Right! Intermission is finally over (I certainly hope you availed yourself of refreshments at the Visitorium bar…Winston mixes a mean margarita), and now it’s time to dim the lights, pull back the curtains, end this stupid goddam metaphor and get on with part two of my Evolution Theatre double-bill review. Because now I’m two shows [...]
Is It Blue? – Evolution Times Two 1 of 2
As is often the case these days, I’m a little under the gun with this post. REALLY should have written and posted these reviews last night, but I didn’t get home til after midnight, and I just don’t have those Fringe-levels of reckless energy at my disposal just yet (Curious aside..less than TWO MONTHS UNTIL [...]
Evolution 2-Bill: the Rehearsal Interviews, part 1 of 2
It took me awhile, but I finally found the rehearsal room. Once everyone inside had put their clothes back on (just go with it) I went inside and began the interview. I remember, at one point, we were all just staring at my cellphone/tape recorder as it sat on the table, as if waiting for [...]
Love to the Rescue
I’m feeling a little out of it these last few days…kind of a cyclical low point that I TOTALLY knew was coming, but it’s still knocking me for a loop, you know? And as a result, I can’t for the life of me think of a snappy/cool intro for this post, so the Hell with [...]
Front of House diary, second entry (and about time)
Yow, I let a whole week slide by there…I don’t think I’ve EVER let a week go by on the blog without posting SOMEthing. Well, maybe that grim few weeks in August, I’d have to check. But that can wait, as I apparently have a ton of catching up to do! Sort of. I mean, [...]
Take a ride on the Lavender
This whole ‘reviewing shows’ thing is officially getting a little conflicted. I mean, it was already becoming odd as I started to know more and more performers…how to remain unbiased about that guy on stage when you just had beers with him the say before yesterday? And now, it’s even stranger, as for reasons passing [...]
The Lavender Railroad – Preview!
Okay, so it turns out I can be a bit of a pest. I can whine and tagalong with the best of them, and you better believe I can feel sorry for myself. Sometimes, I can EVEN go moaning to poor Nancy Kenny that ‘how come you don’t invite ME to your media calls for [...]
How to Make a Martyr
An apology. Last week, after a great night of THIS IS A RECORDING at the Undercurrents festival, I was privileged enough to be invited out to Absinthe with a few Ottawa theatrical luminaries, including Nancy Kenny and Margo Macdonald, among many splendid others. But Nancy and Margo Mac, they were premiering a new show this [...]
Evolution of a Birthday party
I’m a little behind on my planned end-of-year post…no, I don’t mean early, neither. In the Visitorian calendar, we’re already a couple days into the new year. But I have a good excuse! Seems there were a few birthdays getting in the way, and social butterfly that you know I am, I could hardly turn [...]
