Crane Creations Theatre Company is a professional theatre company in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. We present Bridges International Puppetry Festival each year in March, have training opportunities for youth year-round, and create live theatre productions for local audiences.
Taking the first steps into your career is daunting, and if you are reading this, it means you are hoping to build a career in the arts. Take it from me, that is not an easy path, but, as I sit here writing this, let me tell you it’s possible, just extremely difficult.
Studies show that students who experience live theatre are better at reading, vocabulary and have increased tolerance, more so than if they had just read or watched a book or movie version of the same story. Not only is live theatre a great tool for learning academic skills, it also helps with social skills and general acceptance of their peers.
So you want to know how it all started? How does one make a professional theatre company in Mississauga?
“This was a great experience and I think everyone should join in the readings.”
– Ravi Sharma
Preseren Theatre Kranj (Presernovo Gledalisce Kranj) is one of 13 professional, nationally funded repertory theatres in Slovenia. They are the publishers for the Cankar Project.
Artistic Director of Crane Creations Andreja Kovač is a professional theatre director with over 15 years of experience directing in Slovenia moved from Slovenia to Canada in 2012 to attend the National Theatre School directing program. Upon her arrival, she sought out Ivan Cankar’s works to use during her time at school since they were ideal for a large cast and broached complex topics that are still extremely relevant today.
Cankar is regarded as the greatest writer in the Slovene language and yet is unknown in most of the world. The plays will be translated from Slovene into English by professional expert translators to allow for many more people to experience his genius.
Learning about the professional theatre/acting industry in Canada is challenging, especially as an emerging artist, or aspiring actor looking to build a career.
Surprisingly large number of actors have dyslexia, including Whoopi Goldberg and Jeniffer Anniston, and most absolutely hate cold reading.
Crane Creations acknowledges that the land on which we are grateful to work, and which the city of Mississauga operates on, as being part of the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and The Huron-Wendat and Wyandot Nations. We recognize these peoples and their ancestors as peoples who inhabited these lands since time immemorial.
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ends 12/20/2023