Welcome to the Great Canadian Theatre Company's new Artist's Blog! The blog is a new way of bringing you, the reader, a 'behind the scenes' look at the inner workings of GCTC.
During each of GCTC 2006 - 2007 Season Lineup an actor, director, playwright or designer involved in the production of a specific play will write a journal on the creative process of putting that play on. If you've ever wondered what the rehearsal days are like for an actor, asked yourself what the stages of designing a set are, or have wondered how a director brings it all together, then this blog will give you a direct 'in the trenches' view on how it all happens, from the artist's shoes.


For our first blog series, we would like to introduce Ottawa's own Paul Rainville who will be playing the part of Jack in the GCTC and Tarragon Theatre World Premiere of The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion. Paul is known at GCTC for his parts in Better Living, Pauline and Turgenev, Criminal Genius, Inexpressible Island, Our Country's Good, The Collected Works of Billy The Kid, Summer of the Aliens, Art, McLuhan: The Musical, Relative Good and No Great Mischief.