Theatre Rusticle

black and white photo of a woman's hands describing something. a silver ring on her upper hand. table in the foreground full of stuff

going back into the studio this week for a little workshopette on a new piece. photo of a director talking with her hands by @mimnagh.bsky.social in 2023 during a workshop for The Tempest #wheelscomingfullcircle #lesson11 #bigsprawlingbrawlingtheatre

cover of an Arden edition of Much Ado About Nothing (featuring a window and a view of illustrated trees and sky) with a pencil lying across it.

#theatrethursday puttering with this beast. directing the graduating class at York University in the fall. #idolovenothingintheworldsowellasyou #muchado #theatresky

photo of an actor sitting on the floor talking to a director sitting in a chair chewing on her finger nails. a rehearsal room. an actor in the background on break.

a reminder of rehearsal halls. Beck Lloyd (actor) and @allysonrusticles.bsky.social (director) in rehearsal for The Tempest (2024). Photo by @mimnagh.bsky.social #TheatreThursday #TheatreSky #theatrerusticlestempest

direction by @allysonrusticles.bsky.social

photo of a woman in a dress with a black top and white skirt in the foreground while a woman in the same dress plus a hat us upstage doing a back bend. blue lighting.

The Stronger Variations 2014 Photo of Chala Hunter & Andrya Duff by @mimnagh.bsky.social Costumes: Dylan Bobier. Set: Lindsay Anne Black Lighting: @lxq42.bsky.social SM: Sarah O'Brien direction me Supported by Canada Council, OAC & TAC #TheatreThursday

photo of an actor playing Oberon pulling themselves out of a crowd of fairies. actors wearing rehearsal clothing. expressions and bodies from the fairy world

rehearsal photo from our Midsummer (2020) by @mimnagh.bsky.social of Kwaku Okyere (Oberon) and fairies: Amanda Cordner, Burg Code, Michael Derworiz, Alexa MacDougall, Matthew Rossoff. SM Sarah O'Brien. Direction @allysonrusticles.bsky.social Supported by Canada Council #TheatreSky #TheatreThursday

Photo is a woman in a cape waking up a woman in an Elizabethan ruff. Blue light. Magic. A spell.

photo of Beck Lloyd and Annie Tuma in our Tempest (2024) by @mimnagh.bsky.social
Costumes Brandon Kleiman. Lighting @lxq42.bsky.social Sm Sarah O’Brien Direction @allysonrusticles.bsky.social supported by @ontarioarts.bsky.social and Canada Council #thetempest #TheatreSky #TheatreThursday

photo of a man on the right in the shadows casting a spell on a man standing in green light wearing a short with skeleton ribs on it and cardigan

poor puck. photo of Kwaku Okyere (Oberon) and @beatlerick.bsky.social (Puck) in Midsummer (2020) by @mimnagh.bsky.social Costumes Brandon Kleiman Lighting Design @lxq42.bsky.social SM Sarah O'Brien Direction @allysonrusticles.bsky.social . Supported by Canada Council #MSND #TheatreThursday

photo of a woman wearing glasses, gesturing with her hands, directing a play. to her right is another woman wearing glasses following the script and making notes. the room is an acting studio from the 1960's

allyson m and Sarah o'brien directing and SM-ing The Tempest in 2024. photographed by @mimnagh.bsky.social (who sees everything) #directinghard #stagemanaginghard #rusticlestempest #theatrethursday

Shakespeare got that right.....

photo of two women. gaze down. both hair pulled back. they're making some dance-theatre. photo of parts of two other women's heads in the foreground.

#TheatreThursday pre-rusticle Rusticle-ing with Tara Rosling and I. somehow we had use of a movie theatre and someone took photos of some thing we were making. at least 30 years ago... #thebeforebeforetimes #whenwewereyoung

man in rustic shirt is playing a stand-up base while a woman in orange tights, aviator hat and green utility jacket (she's playing a duck) spins another woman in a royal blue flapper dress with yellow leggings (she is playing a bird. a small chamber orchestra (flute, violin etc) is obscured in the background)

"what kind of bird are you"? Peter and the Wolf (2011 Theatre Centre). Photo of Joe Phillips, Artfarm, Viv Moore & Lucy Rupert by Kelly Clipperton. Set/Costumes @linanneblack2.bsky.social Lighting @lxq42.bsky.social Music Pat Caird. SM Sandra Henderson Direction @allysonrusticles.bsky.social

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technical rehearsal for Rusticle's Our Town (2017). photo by @mimnagh.bsky.social of Viv Moore, Jenna-Lee Hyde, Francois Macdonald & company. Costumes by Brandon Kleiman. Lighting by @lxq42.bsky.social SM Sarah O'Brien Direction Allyson McMackon supported by: OAC, CC #TheatreThursday #OurTown

on this day last year, The Tempest opened at Buddies in Bad Times. photo of Brefny Caribou by @mimnagh.bsky.social Hats by @linanneblack.bsky.social with Monica Viani Costumes by Brandon Kleiman Lighting by @lxq42.bsky.social
SM Sarah O'Brien. 🙏 Canada Council & OAC #physicaltheatre #TheTempest

gradually migrating over. going through the vaults. photo of Lucy Rupert, Patrick Conner and Matthew Romantini in Rusticle's Dora-nominated April 14, 1912 by @linanneblack.bsky.social lighting design: @lxq42.bsky.social set & costumes: @linanneblack.bsky.social #titanic #physicaltheatre

on this day in 2020. tech rehearsals for A Midsummer Night's Dream. Photos by @mimnagh.bsky.social lighting by @lxq42.bsky.social costumes Brandon Kleiman. Kwaku Okyere, Rick Campbell, Alex Montagnese, Amanda Corner, Alexa MacDougall, Allyson, Sarah, Michelle #MSND #shakespeare #theatreprecovid

also grateful to @aviewfromthebox.bsky.social #thetempest #rusticlestempest 🙏

slowly migrating over to this platform. a reminder of our Tempest from this time last year. always grateful to @glennsumi.bsky.social #physicaltheatre #rusticlestempest #thetempest