Hope McIntyre is an award-winning playwright with multiple titles to her credit, a director, and is currently an associate professor at the University of Winnipeg. She was the founding Artistic Director of Sarasvàti Productions, a company dedicated to social change that she helmed for 22 years. - This episode was recorded on November 20th, 2023 - Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gargoyle Theatre⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) Interviewee - ⁠Hope McIntyre Recorded, Edited, and Produced...

We Quit Theatre is a Winnipeg-based Canadian performance collective made up of Dasha Plett and Gislina Patterson.  The works they’ve made vary widely in style and form, but share a fundamental interest in the space of play between the real and performed self, a destructive impulse toward the canon, and a constant challenge of the expectations of form.  Follow We Quit Theatre @wequittheatre - This episode was recorded on November 15th, 2023 - Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner...

Heather Witherden is a stand-up comedian, an MC, as well as a Burlesque performer. Fun Fact: Heather is Andrew's first cousin! Featured on CBC Radio’s, "So You Think You’re Funny", Heather broke into Winnipeg's comedy scene in 2006. While she doesn't have a stage name for her comedy sets, she goes by Your Mom Kathy while performing burlesque with Divine Femmes Burlesque. Find Your Mom Kathy on Instagram @yourmomkathyburlesque Follow Divine Femmes Burlesque @divinefemmesburlesque - This...

Ellen Peterson is a playwright, dramaturg, actor, visual artist and teacher. Her most recent plays, The Brink and The Eight Tiny Reindeer of the Apocalypse premiered at Prairie Theatre Exchange and Theatre Projects Manitoba. She was also commissioned by the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre to create a stage adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, Sense and Sensibility, which premiered in 2018. - This episode was recorded on October 24th, 2023 - Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of ⁠⁠The...

Kevin Ramberran is a founding member and producer of Club Soda Improv Troupe and The 28th Minute Theatre Company. Like many theatre creators in the city, Kevin wears many hats. He is an actor, a director, a podcaster, and a restauranteur. - This episode was recorded on September 7th, 2023 - Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of ⁠The Gargoyle Theatre⁠) Interviewee - Kevin Ramberran Recorded, Edited, and Produced by ⁠Rebecca Driedger

Ginny Collins works for The Schroeder Foundation as Director of Communications by day, and has developed some amazing theatrical work on her own time. She has worked for Manitoba Film & Music, the United Nations Development Program in Namibia and the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation. Ginny is also the recipient of the 2019 Manitoba Book Award for Best Play. Her plays Good Intentions, The Good Daughter, and The Flats have been highly acclaimed in Winnipeg, MB. Her newest...

Paul De Gurse is a musical professional based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Musician, educator, and administrator, he does it all. He is a managing director at The Village Conservatory, a company member of Outside Joke, and a co-host of Monkeys and Playbills, a podcast about Broadway musicals that had fewer than 100 shows before closing. No bio or description can truly do Paul's talent and experience justice. Connecting to our last episode with Duncan Cox and Sharon Bajer, Paul is the music...

Sharon Bajer & Duncan Cox are two of Winnipeg’s battiest theatre dwellers who have co-written a brand new vampire musical premiering here in Winnipeg at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain later this month. Sharon Bajer is an actress, director, playwright, acting teacher, and Manitoba's first-ever certified intimacy coordinator. She is also the founder of The Keep Theatre Company, a co-producer of Afterlight alongside Walk&Talk Theatre Company. Duncan Cox, who you may recognize...

Gwen Collins is an actor and devised theatre artist here in Winnipeg. She plays a key role in One Trunk Theatre as the Co-Artistic Producer and Artistic Associate. She's been a frequent collaborator having co-created Stage Frights, 204FM, Mission Potluck and I Dream of Diesel. She also has extensive touring experience having travelled the province in PTE Munsch tours, Greenkids shows, the RMTC rural tour and for MTYP. One Trunk Theatre is Manitoba’s company for new, interdisciplinary...

Sarah Luby is a classically trained vocalist, actress, and filmmaker who lives in Winnipeg, MB. In addition to her creative work, Sarah self identifies as a person with invisible disability and an advocate for accessibility and inclusion in the arts. With a Bachelor of Music from the University of Manitoba in vocal performance, Sarah has worked with a variety of local companies such as the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Manitoba Opera, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Dry Cold Productions,...

By day, Mel Marginet is the Publisher at Great Plains Press, a Winnipeg publishing company committed to telling the stories of the people and places that make this part of Canada so special. By night, Mel is a Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Theatre by the River. She has performed in many theatre productions around the city including but not limited to Meet Me At Dawn, A Man Walks Into A Bar, Cock, Bull, Lungs, Tender Napalm, and The Cherry Orchard. - Recorded on July 2,...

Local writers and theatre lovers, Armin Wiebe & Lynne Martin take the stage for this week's episode. Armin is regarded as one of the pioneers of humorous Mennonite writing in English, and has taught Creative Writing at Red River College. After studying opera, earning 2 degrees in English literature, raising 3 children, living in 4 countries and 8 distinct cultures, and pursuing 6 career paths, Lynne returned to her first love—playwrighting. Brought together by friends and life...

Originally from the Dauphin, MB area, Charlene Van Buekenhout is an actor, director, writer, and beginner language learner bringing the Michif language to Winnipeg stages. Co-founder and Artistic Producer of Winnipeg's own Echo Theatre, Charlene expanded on what was originally a university group participating in Fringe. After a few years, she wanted to continue working on theatrical productions under the the title. It was a vehicle for her to try and keep working as an actor–but it...

On this week's episode, Andrew interviews Jorge Requena Romas, the lead singer of local band The Mariachi Ghost and the Event Coordinator at the West End Cultural Centre (WECC) (directly across the street from The Gargoyle Theatre, where we are interviewing Jorge on our stage) Born in Mexico City, Jorge moved to Winnipeg to attend the University of Manitoba to study film under George Toles. He owns a film company with his friend, he's union trained, but he stepped away from Winnipeg's film...

Scott is a Winnipeg-based lighting designer and consultant who has worked at theatres across Canada. Since 1995, he has designed over 150 shows for various companies from Shakespeare in the Ruins to The Stratford Festival.  Scott is a member of ADC-IATSE Local 659 and a graduate of Ryerson Theatre School, and has many stories of his times behind the scenes of some great shows. - Recorded on May 18, 2023 - Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)Interviewees - Scott...

Theatre has many facets. You have writers. You have composers. You have directors and actors. What really helps in a large production? A talented stage manager/production manager and a technical/musical director. Monique Gauthier and Jacob Herd make up the other 2/4 of JHG Creative, who you heard from in Season 2, Episode 2. Moe studied theatre at the University of Manitoba and has been stage managing, acting, designing, and directing for several years. Jacob graduated from the Brandon...

Teachers by day, independant theatre creators by night, Connor and Cuinn Joseph make up half of JHG Creative – an independent theatre company based in Winnipeg, MB. Without having much personal experience with musical theatre, the soundtrack of The Book of Mormon skyrocketed Connor and Cuinn's interest in the multidisciplinary artform. Since then, they have created a number of theatrical works including Understudies, The Standoff, and The Cause, which received the Harry S. Rintoul Award for...

On March 31, 2022, The Gargoyle Theatre took to social media to announce its horrible news–that after a wonderful inaugural show, the doors had to close. The winter of 2021-2022 was brutal, leaving physical scars to the theatre and mental–even emotional–scars on the team running it. To open up the second season of Live At The Gargoyle, Andrew Davidson speaks one-on-one with you, the listener, to say why we left and that we are back! We have a lot in store for you this season, and you won't...

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Lara Rae has made her mark in the Canadian comedy industry. A television and radio writer, she has been nominated 3 times for a Canadian Comedy award and once nominated for a Gemini Award for her work on Little Mosque on the Prairie. She moved from Toronto to Winnipeg and helped to found the Winnipeg Comedy Festival in 2002. Her creatives works span farther than just television and radio, so Andrew dives deep into Lara's past and her accomplishments. She has done...

Brian Drader has had an amazing creative journey as a writer, dramaturg, actor, teacher, and artistic administrator – and he is the current Executive Director of the Manitoba Association of Playwrights. Andrew asks Brian about a number of his creative works including The Fruit Machine and his engagement as dramaturg for Cirque du Soleil’s MJ ONE at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Brian worked for 13 years as the Director of Playwriting at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, and...

He participated in over 80 professional productions in Canada and across the U.K; He holds a master’s degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has studied in Edmonton, Toronto, and The Stratford Festival; He has been teaching voice and theatre for over a decade and has participated in the development and creation of dozens of new works; Over the past fifteen years, his work has been featured across  Canada and the UK; He has had the pleasure of working alongside such companies as...

Noah Boonov, Gennevieve Bourdeau, Zanifa Rasool, Sarah Struthers are 4/5 members of the fourth-year honours Devised Theatre class at the University of Winnipeg. All with different theatrical backgrounds, this group of students come together to perform a show created within the class and directed by Claire Borody. In this episode, we get a bit of background from each of the students, and information about the Devised program and the upcoming show, Truth Reconfigured, running from March 23-26...

This episode includes a combination of our first round of talkbacks, which took place after the evening performances of our inaugural show – Sonja and Richard. The show was written and performed by Steven Ratzlaff, performed by Marina Stephenson Kerr, and directed by Bill Kerr.  • A comedy, of sorts, set in an Amsterdam hotel room and a Winnipeg private girl’s school. Two teachers clash over relationships, identity, and freedom. - Recorded on February 9, 10, 11 and 12,...

Director, playwright, and educator, Cairn Moore has been heavily invested in Winnipeg's theatre community. She teaches at the University of Manitoba, she runs the Actor's Studio at Prairie Theatre Exchange, and has worked with groups like Sarasvati Productions(and Sarasvati's FemFest), Scirocco, and Winnipeg Jewish Theatre. Currently in the midst of writing "Born Ready – An Actor's Guidebook".                                                                      Recorded on January 13, 2022...

Daniel Thau-Eleff is a playwright, performer, founder and artistic producer of Moving Target Theatre Company and has worked as an actor, assistant director and stage manager with many of Winnipeg’s theatre companies. The plays he creates can be called “personal-political”, meaning they deal with themes of human rights, peace and social justice through individual struggles, mixing documentary elements into fiction. Daniel loves to help out in his community and help others using...