What could this cult sci-fi classic teach us about Shakespeare’s Caliban? Let’s find out.
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What: Shakespeare in the Ruff Trivia Fundraiser
When: Monday, October 16th 6:30/7pm-9pm
Where: Black Lab Brewing 818 Eastern Avenue, Toronto
Dogs and outside food are welcome!
Come out and support Shakespeare in the Ruff on Monday, October 16th for our annual Ruff Fundraiser! Back by popular demand, Ruff will be hosting Trivia at Black Lab Brewing. Sign up as a group, a couple, or as an individual and join a team to test your knowledge in various trivia categories– including Shakespeare. There will be auction items, raffle tickets, food, drinks and great company. Silent auction items include tickets to local theater performances in the city (courtesy of our friends at Soulpepper, Tarragon, Native Earth Performing Arts, and The Theatre Centre), new reads from Queen Books and Playwrights Canada Press; vouchers to the ROM, AGO, Canada’s Wonderland, and more!
Join us for our annual fundraiser in supporting Ruff’s ongoing work in providing professional outdoor theatre, education and community engagement. Doors open at 6pm and tickets are available on the HERE.
Can’t make it but would like to support? You can make a donation to Shakespeare in the Ruff here. We look forward to seeing you on October 16th. We hope you’ll spread the word.
Ruff is hiring a Front-of-House Manager to join our team this summer. We’re looking for someone organized, friendly, and self-motivated with a love for theatre and the unpredictability of working outdoors!
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We have been blown away by your excitement and support this season. From your participation in Ruff Reads to selling out our Queen Margaret reading; from filling Blind
Imaginings beyond capacity to your words of celebration about our Richard Three casting announcement; from subscribing to Ruff Radio to spreading the word about the Young Ruffian
program. We love you, and we are grateful for you!
We are thrilled to introduce Nicole Wilson as the Education Coordinator for the 2023 season. Nicole will be working with PJ Prudat and the Ruff Collective to develop the Young Ruffian Apprenticeship Program and dream BIG with us this summer.
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Shakespeare in the Ruff is thrilled to welcome award-winning actor, writer, director, and educator Alex Bulmer to The Playground! With the generous support of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Ruff is hosting Alex’s workshop for creators, BLIND IMAGININGS, on Saturday April 22nd from 1pm-4pm.
Join us on February 26 for the second annual Ruff’s Winter Tale, presented this season with the generous support of Crow’s Theatre. Each year, RWT acts as the official launch of our season and initiates our interrogation of the themes, characters, and stories we are focusing on for the year.
This year a limited number of 2022 Holiday cards went out to the Ruff 100 and some special donors. We are thrilled to introduce you to the artist featured on our card:
Ruff’s own Technical Director Carley Melvin!
Shakespeare in the Ruff is thrilled to welcome renowned actor and teacher Irene Poole to the Playground. In this three-day intensive, participants will explore ways of making Shakespeare’s language and poetic images personal and playable. By using a variety of techniques to find meaning, clarity of thought, and the emotional journey, participants will strive to get to that magic place where poetic image is married to situational truth.
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One of the defining pillars of Ruff is that we get to call the beautiful Withrow Park home. We are fortunate to have a rich, vibrant and natural stage from which we perform our work and build our community.
For this year’s fundraiser, we invite our friends, family and community to connect with the more-than-human world of Withrow Park by forest bathing in Withrow Park.
Your guide to forest bathing will be Melanie Hazell – an ANFT certified Forest Therapist and long-time friend of Ruff. Melanie’s story can be found here.
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