Actor, director, and award-winning playwright Cairn A. Moore has been teaching first-year performance students at the University of Winnipeg for more than twenty-five years. She is the former Associate Education Director of Prairie Theatre Exchange School, and the founder and proud owner of Actors Studio with Cairn Moore.
Born Ready! is packed with powerful, practical tools for actors. Discover cutting-edge techniques to help you access emotion without jeopardizing your mental health. Understand more about essential theatre "dos and don't" and safe rehearsal practices. Master a foolproof recipe for scene analysis. Even more importantly, learn how to defeat the anxiety that can hold you back from realizing your full potential. Distilled from many years of working with post-secondary and adult students, Born Ready! is essential reading for actors.
Join Cairn A. Moore for the launch of her new book Born Ready! An Actor’s Handbook (J. Gordon Shillingford) featuring a panel discussion with Cairn and two of her former students, Natasha Fisher and Sophie Helmer, moderated by Andrew Davidson.
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This episode was recorded on October 21, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewees - Cairn A. Moore
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Here's Hoping Theatre Co. had their Fringe Festival debut this year with their production of CliqYou, written by Maia Woods and Annika Binding. Andrew interviews them about their past accomplishments and future endeavours, including future productions together and as individuals.
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This episode was recorded on October 9, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewees - Anika Binding & Maia Woods
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Winnipeg's newest theatre festival will be hosting it's inaugural season on The Gargoyle Theatre's stage. Brainchild of the festival, Linda Olson, is this week's guest. Andrew discusses her life, her love of radio plays, and how the concept of the festival was born.
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The AudiArts Festival is a brand new theatre festival focusing on performances in the radio-play style. The aim is to create a stage for local theatre companies to explore the genre and entertain with this well-loved art form.
October 24-26 at The Gargoyle Theatre
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This episode was recorded on October 1st, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewee - Linda Olson
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Brian Richardson was born and raised in Ireland before coming to North America to pursue his education and career in America. An award-winning actor, artist and playwright, Brian moved to Winnipeg when his car broke down on his way to Vancouver from Halifax.
Kevin Longfield is a Winnipeg-born playwright and actor who earned a degree in mechanical engineering before receiving a second degree in theatre from the University of Winnipeg. Author of 'From Fire to Flood', Kevin has also written several plays and produced multiple productions with Theatre Anywhere.
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Celebrating a decade as a playwriting group, Dramatists in Dotage present “Age is Just a Number!” A reading of six short plays by Bruce Sarbit, Jenny Gates, Sue Proctor, Brian Richardson, Armin Wiebe, and Kevin Longfield.
Come on out on Saturday, October 4 at 7:00 pm or Sunday October 5 at 2:00 pm to the Gargoyle Theatre, 585 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg. Tickets $10, available below or cash at the door before the show.
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This episode was recorded on August 23rd, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewees - Brian Richardson and Kevin Longfield
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Debbie Patterson is a Winnipeg playwright, director, and actor. Trained at the National Theatre School of Canada, she is a founding member of Shakespeare in the Ruins (SIR), and the founder and current artistic director of Sick + Twisted Theatre. She's also one of the performers for Theatre Project Manitoba's production of O.G.I (The Only Good Indian.)
About The Only Good Indian
The Only Good Indian is part lecture, part meditation, and part threat. Or maybe a sacrifice.
It dissects where our similarities begin and where they end, forcing both the performer and the audience to ask themselves: What would I die for?
Tickets can be purchased here.
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This episode was recorded on August 27th, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewees - Debbie Patterson
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Suzie Martin is a director, a dramatug, and a theatre creator located in Winnipeg, MB. Originally from Ontario, Suzie holds a BA-Honours in Acting from the University of Winnipeg and an MFA in Directing from the University of Alberta. After she returned to Winnipeg, Suzie took on the role of Artistic Director for Theatre Projects Manitoba (TPM). On this week's episode, Andrew talks to Suzie about her theatrical background, as has a discussion about TPM's upcoming show, The Only Good Indian (OGI)
About The Only Good Indian
The Only Good Indian is part lecture, part meditation, and part threat. Or maybe a sacrifice.
It dissects where our similarities begin and where they end, forcing both the performer and the audience to ask themselves: What would I die for?
Tickets can be purchased here.
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This episode was recorded on August 14th, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewees - Suzie Martin
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
The team that created The Tales of Hoffmann is back together for Manitoba Underground Opera's production of Count Ory. On this week's episode, Andrew interviews Matthew and Shannon about MUO, their work together, and what makes this upcoming production so special.
About Count Ory
Count Ory is a lecherous human traveling around looking for some tail. Originally set during the Crusades, MUO is getting in there and making some big changes.
Tickets can be purchased here.
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This episode was recorded on July 30th, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewees - Matthew Paris-Irvine and Shannon Hiebert
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Ben Krawchuk is an actor for stage, screen and voice from Winnipeg, MB. He also has credits as a director for JHG Creative's 2024 Fringe production, The Mailroom.
Ben recently played Schmancy Boy for JHG's 2025 fringe production SUGARBOYZ: A Boy Band Musical, which just concluded it's run.
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This episode was recorded on July 14th, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewee - Ben Krawchuk
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Welcome to our Fringe Series! This week we will be wrapping up our behind-the-scenes look at the shows taking place this July at The Gargoyle Theatre during the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.
For our last episode, Andrew steps away from the mic to allow Ellen Peterson to interview our very own Rebecca Driedger, who has written and directed a brand new play titled Parasocial for this year's festival. Ellen and Rebecca have been involved with Creative Manitoba's mentorship program.
Parasocial explores online privacy, vulnerability and the dark side of being an internet personality, highlighting how the blurred lines between public persona and personal life can have devastating consequences.
Advance Ticket Sales for the Winnipeg Fringe Festival are live now, so check out all the shows at the Gargoyle this summer.
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This episode was recorded on July 4th, 2025
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Interviewer - Ellen Peterson
Interviewee - Rebecca Driedger
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Welcome to our Fringe Series! For the next 2 episodes, we will be giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the shows taking place this July at The Gargoyle Theatre during the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.
For our third episode, Andrew speaks to Alli Perlov, a local theatre teacher who, for the past serveral years, has been entertaining fringe goers with her one-woman-musical, possibly comedic performances.
Perlov plays dozens of characters, some human, some animal, and MANY objects, in a comedic exploration of Beauty and the Beast. In an homage to this brilliant musical adventure, through witty commentary and unstoppable energy, Perlov aims to entertain an audience that isn’t forced to be there like her students!
Advance Ticket Sales for the Winnipeg Fringe Festival are live now, so check out all the shows at the Gargoyle this summer.
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This episode was recorded on June 15, 2024
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson
Interviewee - Alli Perlov
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Welcome to our Fringe Series! For the next 3 episodes, we will be giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the shows taking place this July at The Gargoyle Theatre during the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.
For our second episode, Andrew catches up with Ellen Peterson since she was last on the podcast to discuss her Free Theatre project. Ellen will have two of her original plays gracing fringe stages this summer, but The Goose will be taking place at The Gargoyle.
The Goose is adapted from the traditional folk tale The Crane Wife. A story of identity, self-sacrifice, belonging, and the price of true love.
Advance Ticket Sales for the Winnipeg Fringe Festival go live JUNE 24, so check out all the shows at the Gargoyle this summer.
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This episode was recorded on May 20, 2024
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson
Interviewee - Ellen Peterson
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Welcome to our Fringe Series! For the next 4 episodes, we will be giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the four shows taking place this July at The Gargoyle Theatre during the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.
In our first episode, Andrew has a roundtable discussion with friends of the theatre, JHG Creative. They'll be gracing The Gargoyle's stage yet again this summer with a brand new musical.
Sugarboyz: A Boy Band Musical was created by the two-time Harry S. Rintoul Award-winning JHG Creative that brought you The Mailroom (5 STARS), World's Fair 1876: The Centennial Exposition (5 STARS) and Breaking Up With Me (4 1/2 STARS).
Advance Ticket Sales for the Winnipeg Fringe Festival go live JUNE 24, so check out all the shows at the Gargoyle this summer.
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This episode was recorded on May 18, 2024
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson
Interviewees - Cuinn Joseph, Connor Joseph, Ian Ingram and Monique Gauthier
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Jade Janzen and Laurie Monk are two local performers eager to bring their characters to life during the run of How They’ll Tell It, premiering at The Gargoyle Theatre May 29-June 8.
Tickets for How They'll Tell It are available here.
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This episode was recorded on April 27, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewees - Jade Janzen and Laurie Monk
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Sophie Guillas has an BA from the University of Manitoba and a Masters from Western University in English literature, and now resides in Winnipeg, MB. She's the writer for the upcoming play, How They'll Tell It, which will be making it's debut on the Gargoyle stage from May 29 - June 8, 2025.
Tickets for How They'll Tell It are available here.
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This episode was recorded on April 28, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewee - Sophie Guillas
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Tyler Leighton is a singer, dancer, and choreographer who has worked in musical theatre for almost two decades. He's a world class tap dancer who teaches musical theatre at Marquis Dance Academy. Tyler is currently the choreographer for Winnipeg's All-Dentist Musical's 2025 production of Chicago. This summer, you can catch him at Rainbow Stage performing in Frozen, from August 7-24.
He is also the Coordinator of International Programs for the charity organization LiveDifferent.
Want to learn more about LiveDifferent? Check out their website here.
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This episode was recorded on March 28, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewee - Tyler Leighton
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Zahra Larche is a stage manager who graduated from the National Theatre School's Production program in 2017. She's worked for all the major theatre centres here in Winnipeg and with companies across the country. She will soon be stage managing Dry Cold's 2025 production of Dogfight.
Tickets to Dogfight can be purchased here.
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This episode was recorded on March 10, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewee - Zahra Larche
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Eve Ross Moore is a writer, singer and actor living in Winnipeg, MB. Eve is a part of the Village Conservatory's class of 2024/25, and performed her piece "Countdown" at this year's Inhibition/Exhibition, which took place at The Gargoyle Theatre. Eve has also performed with groups like Looking Glass Theatre and Indifferently Reformed, and will be producing her own show at this year's Winnipeg Fringe Festival.
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This episode was recorded on March 3, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewee - Eve Ross Moore
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Kara Joseph is an actor, musician, creator, and arts manager in Winnipeg, Manitoba, who was recently announced as the new Artistic Director of the Winnipeg Studio Theatre. She has performed with JHG Creative, Bad Hats Theatre, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, and others. She's also worked administratively with One Trunk Theatre, the Village Conservatory, Creative Manitoba, and so much more.
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This episode was recorded on February 22, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewee - Kara Joseph
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Hugh Conacher is a lighting and multi-media designer and a photographer whose practice is based on live performance. He has collaborated with choreographers, directors, visual artists, and dance and theatre companies throughout Canada and around the world in venues large and small.
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This episode was recorded on January 27, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewee -Hugh Conacher
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger
Cory Wojcik is an actor, director, musician and playwright you've probably seen on one of Winnipeg's many stages working on projects from Shakespeare in the Ruins, RMTC, to local dinner theatre!
This week, Andrew explores Cory's history with theatre and how it has led to his show, Mixtapes From My Mom, which will be performed on the Tom Hendry Warehouse stage from January 29 to February 15, 2025.
Get tickets to Mixtapes From My Mom here.
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This episode was recorded on January 23, 2025
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Interviewer - Andrew Davidson (Owner of The Gargoyle Theatre)
Interviewees - Cory Wojcik
Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Rebecca Driedger