Shows
Described Toronto PodcastDescription Rich Story Hour - Part FourThe stage is set, the performers are ready, the amphitheatre has an audience sprinkled on benches and lawn chairs, the sun is shining, the air is soft, Lee Lifeson Art Park is full of the sounds of an Autumn weekend in an urban park, and it’s time for the Description Rich Story Hour. In this episode it’s all about the stories! Tellers Katherine Sanders, Shak Gobert, Rbecca Singh, olivia shortt, and Christine Malec take the limelight, on the appropriately named Limelight Stage, and tell tales of the park, past, present and future. These stories will take you plac...
2025-10-061h 04
The No Normal Podcast5.4: Olivia ShorttOlivia Shortt is a storyteller, and they tell us their stories through absurdist and maximalist music, video art and fashion. Olivia discovered that this extravagant combination of art forms can conjure unique spaces for story telling, and such mediums assist her in designing sonic environments for all people to experience and uncover their own personal meaning. In the newest episode of New Music Edmonton's The No Normal podcast, Reid and Olivia discuss her recent residency in Edmonton, her work with the Jack Quartet and her ongoing journey of navigating the strange and weird as forces for her artistic expression.
Olivia...
2025-05-2754 min
New Musings on New MusicNMNM - Olivia ShorttFor more information on Olivia please visit their website. There are lots of links there to many of Olivia's collaborators referenced in this episode.Importantly, Raven Chacon the Diné composer and artist has been a collaborator and mentor to Olivia.Also please jump back and listen to Gabriel Dharmoo's episode from NMNM's first season.
2023-12-2156 min
Infuse présenteL’improvisation structurée d’Olivia Shortt au saxophone [ENGLISH]Avec son saxophone baryton, une pédale de boucle et sa voix, Olivia Shortt génère des couches de son dans ‘Makwa’, utilisant la salle et les auditeurs comme inspiration pour guider l’improvisation. [En anglais]La pièce est sur le programme d'Infuse, que présente Olivia Shortt au saxophone dans un concert avec Laura Ortman (violon) le jeudi 15 juin 2023 à 21h à La Fine Gueule, 21, rue du docteur Leray 75013 Paris.Concert : www.facebook.com/events/800356658390756Oilvia Shortt : www.olivia-shortt.com(Réalisation et montage : Sarah Elzas) Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
2023-06-1206 min
Climate Change and Other Small TalkAbsolutely Nothing Of Any MeaningA couple leave outraged reviews about products delivered by Amazon, while climate chaos swishes into their home. Their responses to their escalating crisis become increasingly absurd, topped only by the absurdity of Amazon’s tactics to thwart them.Absolutely Nothing Of Any Meaning was written by Sunny Drake. Find the transcript here.Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get...
2023-04-2223 min
ThisGen PodcastThe Significant Role of a Sound DesignerIn this episode, Rimah sits down with sound designers Olivia Shortt and Elisheba Ittoop to discuss mentorship, script analysis beyond Shakespeare, and rethink our relationship to sound. We explore the concept ‘theatre of the mind’ and the role of sound design in creating space in the mind. Support the show
2021-06-1518 min
Medicine for the ResistanceMaking space for Indigenous art with Olivia ShorttIt's Indigenous art if Indigenous artists make it. Olivia Shortt joins us to talk about her project with Face the Music and the Jack Quartet in New York City, creating Indigenous space in a new environment. She talks about the impact that the quarantine has had one her work, and how it has made her think about creative ways to accomplish her goals. We also talk about the overwhelming elitism of the arts and how difficult it can be as Black and Indigenous women to be in these places. Transcript is available here: http...
2020-04-201h 07
StageworthyJudith ThompsonJudith is a playwright, director, actor and professor of theatre at the University of Guelph, and the Artistic Director of RARE Theatre Company. She is the author of 15 published plays, many of which are performed all over the world. They include The Crackwalker, Lion in the Streets, Perfect Pie, and Palace of the End. Her play Who Killed Snow White will premiere at the 4th Line Theatre in August, 2018. She has directed and co-created four plays with artists with exceptionalities including Body and Soul, Sick, RARE, and Borne Most recently, she wrote the play Wildfire specifically for 7...
2019-05-0739 min
INDUSTRY TACTICS with FRIENDLY RICHEP. 54 - OLIVIA SHORTTJust a magpie with a dream, Olivia Shortt is a freshly shorn master of music! The saxophone phenom and new music champion originally from North Bay, she now pushes Toronto's new music community to new frontiers both on and off the stage. Take a fun stroll with Olivia!
2018-05-141h 03