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THE WHEATLEYS KNOW WHO I AM.
In the great sea of the internet, anyway. This is what happened on Twitter today: iPhone capture from Twitter. I have been waiting to see this film since last July. I tweeted this musing randomly (what...
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Go see Murderers Confess at Christmastime!
I’ve already tweeted this, but it’s very, very important you go see this show. Jason Chinn is one of my favourite playwrights – not just “local” or someone I know, but one of my favourite writers...
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Photographic memory.
Two members of Walterdale Playhouse have done something mad and amazing. Now online are the production photos from every show ever performed at Walterdale. Since 1958. This includes the premiere of...
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come say hi and have GELATO!
Okay, I’M having gelato. You can have whatever you want. The intrepid executive director of Alberta Playwrights Network is going to be in Edmonton for Wordshed this weekend, and Friday night, June 20,...
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Have you ever been so depressed you forgot to be happy?
Since I’ve blogged about my endometriosis, and I had a minor revelation this weekend, it may be time to talk about my clinical depression. Yes, I’m a bag of laughs. Once again, I have no idea how long...
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A kick in the butt, and I’m rethinking my life. Yes, again.
I’m going to try – and fail – to describe the Dramaworks workshop I was at for the last five days. Investigative Theatre, 35 hours in total, with Vladimir Shcherban, Associate Director of Belarus Free...
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the Ugly Princess cometh!
I actually have PLAY NEWS. The play I wrote at APN’s Writeathon, which I’ve been babbling about since last September, will get its first, full, public reading! Ladies and gentlemen, it’s The Ugly...
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I’m writing a play in 18 hours or less!
I can’t do it in 24 hours, because I work until 5 pm. Yes, the 2nd Annual Writeathon begins at noon tomorrow! Last year’s was…bonkers. Fellow writers made velcro out of their beards and resorted to...
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What goes into a show? OR, how much is a free wedding dress worth?
Regarding set, props, and costumes for The Ugly Princess. Over the last few weeks, I have been picking up, transporting, or even storing in my car, the following: a green velvet Renaissance dress 6...
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I’m one of the Best!
So says the Alberta caucus of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, anyway. The weekend of May 29 to 31, 2015, the annual PGC Conference will be held here in Edmonton. And on the very first night, ten...
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I must be a writer, because I can’t stop…
…even when I try. I haven’t posted a thing about writing, theatrical or otherwise, in months, for several reasons. The biggest, of course, is that I’m currently in southern China, teaching English....
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Why I love theatre technicians.
Having sent out what I believe to be a pretty kick-butt play, I’m now at the hard part: waiting. Waiting to see if anyone else with any pull to put the play onstage thinks it’s remotely as good as I...
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“Someone’s going to blow that place up soon.”
Said to me, in 2004, by a friend I hadn’t seen in ages. It was a few days before I flew to London, England, United Kingdom. I answered him, “That’s why I have to go see it now.” I got to see Big Ben,...
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Today, I’m out of love with #playwriting. It’s like a bad day in a long term...
I realised something this morning, on a sunny day in the south of France. It’s a bit of a whinge. But it’s also a bit scary for me, and makes me sad. I just sent off an application for a playwriting...
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Photos from FRANCE: Cannes
Part of the reason I applied for my current artists’ residency was its location: the French Riviera is among those almost mythical places you read about. Where the gargantuan artists and authors...
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A good start in a new direction – #film pre-production
I didn’t expect to be accepted to this residency in Vallauris, AT ALL. It’s primarily for ceramicists, because that’s what the town has been known for, for centuries. But, it sounded interesting, and...
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Photos of #Japan : The East #Imperial Gardens, #Tokyo
The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace of Japan…distinct from THE Imperial Gardens because those are immediately around the current Palace, and are off-limits. And what you do get to see is utterly...
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Kabuki Theatre and Oiwa #theatre
I am a theatre junkie. Kabuki is at least as old as Shakespeare. It’s one of THE drama traditions I heard about as soon as I decided theatre was my life. Going to a kabuki play was on my must-do list...
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meet Janine Waddell – intimacy co-ordinator
A director and certified movement instructor since 1991, Janine has drawn from her experience in dance, theatre and film to develop her stage combat and intimacy practices. She is an internationally...
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