Partners

Magnetic North

The annual Magnetic North Theatre Festival showcases works by Canadian theatre artists from across the country. The 2008 festival will offer a wide range of English Canadian theatre, including a number of newly commissioned works from Vancouver. By featuring some of the most exciting productions of English theatre to tour Canada, Magnetic North promotes the diversity and quality of Canadian theatre to Canadians. Established in 2002, the Magnetic North Theatre Festival alternates between Ottawa and a different Canadian city each year. In addition to live theatre, the festival is a forum for Canadian theatre professionals to market their work to national and international presenters and touring venues.

RealTime

RealTime is Australia's largest arts magazine, with a print run of 27,000 copies distributed bi-monthly and free to over 1000 points across the country as well as to subscribers and overseas readers. Now in its 14th year, RealTime provides free access in print and online to quality writing about innovation in the arts in Australia. Most of the writing is by practising artists and artworkers along with leading arts experts. RealTime’s focus is on contemporary performance, dance, music, sound art, film and visual and media arts. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between new media and performance and the resulting hybrids. RealTime's can be found at www.realtimearts.net.

RealTime also creates writing teams and conducts writers’ workshops to respond to international arts festivals, producing daily responses to productions and exhibitions online. It was during one of these workshops at PuSh that the partnership between Plank and RealTime was established.

The Next Stage: A Magazine About Talking About New Theatre

The Next Stage is Vancouver's online theatre magazine, a non-partisan support site dedicated to the stimulation of theatre discourse. Founded on the principle that talk leads to action, we offer a behind-the-scenes look at the workings of the theatre that affects our city and those who make it, keeping it compelling and accessible to practitioners and audiences alike. The successful "This One Goes to Eleven" interview series offers a chance to get to know some of the influential artists working in and around Vancouver, and regular columns by our contributing writers discuss news, op-ed commentary and help with the business side of Show Business. And the weekly soundtrack always kicks ass.

The Next Stage is always open to reader commentary and discussion on any of our posts. This is, in fact, the reason the magazine exists. Please stop by and join the conversation.