Rag & Bone Blog

Online course with The Toronto School of Puppetry

April 12, 2024

Listen Up!

Mr. Toad on the sound stage
Mr. Toad on the sound stage

We’re looking forward to presenting our sound production for puppets session—online, with The Toronto School of Puppetry, on Sunday April 21, from 1 to 2:30 EDT.

We’ll talk about ways to arrange your space for less echo, fewer extraneous noises, and more clarity; options for mic placement; choosing mics and recording equipment; processing and editing techniques; places to find sound effects and music. And we’ll touch on using your recordings in a live setting.

Register here.

Shakespeare Summer Camp 2024

January 18, 2024

Twelfth Night

Two Happy Campers

For young people ages 10–18

July 8 to 26 at the Billings Estate

Challenging, inclusive, unforgettable fun.

Join us this summer for three amazing weeks as we rehearse and present the fun and funny Twelfth Night, full of tricks and twins, awkward romances and fights.

The camp is held outside, on the beautiful grounds of the Billings Estate Museum, 2100 Cabot Street, near Billings Bridge. We have access to some indoor space in case of rain, but there’s something magical about learning lines and rehearsing a play among the trees, the gardens and the fresh air.

No experience necessary. This play is a great introduction for beginners. For those with experience, it’s a chance to be challenged and to bring your work to the next level, while having a lot of fun.

Request more info, or ask a question here.

Register here.

 

Camp leaders:
RJ Mayo (they/them) is an actor, director, and writer. In 2022 they graduated from Centennial College’s Theatre Arts and Performance Program. They attended Shakespeare Camp for seven years as a camper, and they’ve been with the camp as staff since 2017.

Rosemary Nolan (she/her) is a theatre professional and certified teacher who has acted in 17 productions of Shakespeare plays and directed six!

Dates and times:
July 8–26, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm

More about the camp here.

Fees: $850 per camper, for the full three weeks. Sibling discount available.
Some subsidies are available for families with financial disadvantages. Please ask for details.

A podcast for adult audiences

January 18, 2024

Miss Maple Mysteries

Miss Maple ponders

Rag & Bone is trying something new: a podcast for adult audiences.

Check out Miss Maple Mysteries. These family-friendly, cozy crime capers feature retired civil servant Mabel Maple, who becomes known as the “Miss Marple of Orléans,” as she investigates murder and mayhem in the east end of Ottawa. You can listen on our web page, or on Apple, Spotify or Google.

  • Episode 1: The Body in the Dumpster
    When you leave your safe, suburban house at the end of a pandemic, you’re taking your life in your hands, but you don’t expect to be suddenly on the run from a murderer.
  • Episode 2: The Fault Line
    Orléans is built on a fault line, and so are some relationships.
  • Episode 3: Call Before You Dig
    After two suspicious fires in Mabel’s neighborhood, an excavation unearths some long-buried secrets and a body.
  • Episode 4: Mabel breaks into a stranger’s house with the best of intentions and discovers an attractive, naked dead man in an upstairs bedroom.
  • Episode 5: A voice on the phone tells Mabel that if she doesn’t act quickly, a close relative could end up in jail.

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