Rough Trade Inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame
A landmark honour recognizing the trailblazing legacy of Carole Pope and Rough Trade in Canadian music history.
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CBC Arts · Sep 28, 2023
'80s rock trailblazers Lee Aaron and Carole Pope talk about their time navigating the Canadian music industry
Carole Pope sits down with CBC Arts to discuss her experience as a queer woman in the male-dominated Canadian rock scene of the 1980s.
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ROUGH TRADE MUSICAL completes 2-week workshop in New York City
With an incredible cast of Broadway performers led by Chilina Kennedy as Carole Pope, The Rough Trade Musical recently completed a 2-week workshop and sing-through in Manhattan, culminating in a special concert of music from the show at the Public Theater's showcase venue Joe's Pub.
"Rough Trade" Rock musical set in 1980s AIDS pandemic gets seed funding from The P. Austin Family Foundation
We are thrilled to announce that the development of the Rough Trade Musical, together with in-person workshops all set for 2022/early 2023, have been seeded with a generous donation from The P. Austin Family Foundation.
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Early Script and Score Workshop at the Mirvish Rehearsal Hall, Toronto
The Rough Trade Creative Team working hard on the score in a rehearsal room — composer, book writer, director, musical director, and copyist all collaborating to bring the story to life.
