So, funny story: last year at the SUMMERWORKS festival in Toronto, like a Fringe Festival only juried, there was this play, HOMEGROWN by Catherine Frid. I didn’t catch it myself, but even before it had been put up some folks at the Toronto Sun got themselves in a kerfuffle of a tizzy over it, saying [...]
‘Works: a Summer Roundup, part 1
Okay, so that was a bit of downtime I took there. Apologies, I was a little busy finding out that I’m the worst person in the God-damned world. Suck it, Cheney. So now that the maelstrom of life-shit I dropped myself in is, if not behind me,at least past its destructive apex (fingers crossed), where do I go from here? Yeah, [...]
SUMMERWORKS – Day SEVEN
So, as I write this, I have worked my last Summer, my theatrical road trip coming to a close. It was a good time and ended on a high, but I’m still annoyed that it ended. With just a few more days, I couldá seen EVERYthing. But, them’s the breaks, eh? At least I had [...]
SUMMERWORKS – Day SIX
Getting close…after this I’ll only have one final night of shows to post about before it’s time for the long, grim ride back to Ottawa, and work. So let’s enjoy this baby while we can! As for yesterday, that meant a breakfast at Mars, lunch at Sneaky Dee’s, a few books from She Said Boom!, [...]
SUMMERWORKS – Day FIVE
Today started with a little much needed R&R (or ‘rander’, to put it in Haunted Hillbilly terms), with a trip back out to Markham and Bloor. Successfullly stalked the hard-to-find Green Room, where I had a delicious and cheap b-fast on a goddam lovely patio. I’d love to go back there with some folks and [...]
SUMMERWORKS – Day FOUR
Sunday was a great day, a GREAT day! How great? Ýou know how it started off? I ALMOST talked to Emily Pearlman!! Exciting, right? You know it is. I mean, we didn’t REALLY talk, but just about..! I knew it was going to be a special day, yessiree. In fact, the reason i had this [...]
SUMMERWORKS – Day THREE
Hakk. Fucking cough. Blah blah blah, etc. That’s how it is, let’s move on, righty-o? While I’m still breathing over here. Weak and rotting though I might have been, I still managed to push out for five shows yester, tho I had to pass on the performance bar. Sorry, Ghost Bees! Play Ottawa sometime, I’ll [...]
SUMMERWORKS – Day TWO
So I’m sick. And THAT is a thing that is not going away anywhere near as fast as I’d like. Blah. No wonder I never take vacations, they apparently hate my guts. Whatever…as I’ve said before, what’s art without suffering? And art is what we’re here for, folks, art and getting needlessly confused by the [...]
SUMMERWORKS – Day ONE
THAT was a hectic day or so, for a vacation. Didn’t get off work on the wednesday until 11pm (I think my boss was inflicting petty revenge by scheduling me for a nite shift the day before my first, like, EVER vacation). Drinks, then home for a quick final check and few hours snooze before [...]
SUMMERWORKS – Preamble
In just a few short days, I’ll be taking my first ever theatrical road trip. This is a big thing for me…recall that, barely more than two years ago, I’d NEVER voluntarily seen a play in my life. Now Im a little…weird ,about it. When I talk to some of the folks at work about [...]
