{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"From Here Forward","title":"Meet a UBC alum bringing a Canadian classic to the stage","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8ff9229e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1802,"description":"UBC creative writing professor and award-winning playwright Anosh Irani (BFA’02, MFA’04) joins From Here Forward to talk about adapting Rohinton Mistry's Giller Prize-winning novel A Fine Balance for Toronto's Crow's Theatre. Anosh shares what \"truthfulness\" over faithfulness means in adaptation, how opening-night previews reshape a script, and how his UBC MFA years shaped his career as a novelist and playwright.\nLinks & Resources Mentioned in This Episode:\nA Fine Balance Tickets\nLearn more about Anosh Irani\nUBC School of Creative Writing\nContact Carol\nContact Jeevan\nFrom Here Forward\nPodium Podcast Company","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ENlau8ScqZWR8JSi4KOiwAZe_qqmcZHZjOdXPHbSrE0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4NDY2LzE2OTk0/NzA1MTItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}