Nadia Cheechoo directorial debut in upcoming
Thunder Bay play showcase
By Rick Garrick
Nadia Cheechoo (PHOTO: Rick Garrick)
THUNDER BAY—The Seventh Annual 10×10 Showcase will feature the directorial debut of Nadia Cheechoo, the head carpenter at Magnus Theatre in Thunder Bay whose mother is from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.
“I did a little bit of directing when I was going to [Confederation] College — I took the film program,” Cheechoo says. “We did three short films the first year and then our big thesis film the second year. I find that theatre is definitely a lot more [where] you’ve got to use your imagination because you only have the particular setting as well as the pieces that you get and the fact that it is live as well instead of being able to take multiple shots for film.”
Cheechoo is directing the play Baggage Check, which was written by Sue Blott and will be performed during the 10×10 Showcase later this week on April 12-13 at Magnus Theatre.
“Baggage Check is about an older couple who have been married for about 25 years,” Cheechoo says...
Read the full article here: Nadia Cheechoo/Anishinabek News
“I did a little bit of directing when I was going to [Confederation] College — I took the film program,” Cheechoo says. “We did three short films the first year and then our big thesis film the second year. I find that theatre is definitely a lot more [where] you’ve got to use your imagination because you only have the particular setting as well as the pieces that you get and the fact that it is live as well instead of being able to take multiple shots for film.”
Cheechoo is directing the play Baggage Check, which was written by Sue Blott and will be performed during the 10×10 Showcase later this week on April 12-13 at Magnus Theatre.
“Baggage Check is about an older couple who have been married for about 25 years,” Cheechoo says...
Read the full article here: Nadia Cheechoo/Anishinabek News
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