Hoi Polloi, I’m falling behind again! With a week to go until FRINGE? That’ll never do. Gotta keep myself in fighting-blogging trim, is what the what it here. So let’s get right to it with hit number five on the Magnetic North hit parade, KISMET 1 TO 100, a verbatim-based piece from Vancouver gang The [...]
The River of Time
I’m in a bit of a pickle (as opposed to a piece of cake) about my most recent show. Another night, after all, another Magnetic North show, this time over at the NAC studio. And tonight it was KAWASAKI EXIT, written and directed by Blake Brooker and performed by Calgary’s One Yellow Rabbit. I can [...]
Stepping to the End of the World
Not sure how much time I have to write this…started work at 9 this morning, started drinking at 4, and now it’s 12:30 and bed is calling my name. And before you judge me too harshly for beginning my libations at such an early hour, I should point out that I was having a gentlemanly [...]
Why you should see YICHUD
So, MAGNETIC NORTH. Even after a year of writing this thing, there’s still plenty theatre-wise I haven’t done, and today was my day to pop my MagNorth cherry. A theatre festival that divides its time between Ottawa and, well, somewhere ELSE in Canada from year to year, but always returning to home base in Bytowne, [...]
