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An open letter from touring artists of the Canadian Fringe Festival circuit

August 12, 2007

Recent developments in the administrative structure of the Edmonton and Vancouver Festivals have raised serious questions about the philosophy of the Fringe, questions  about the financial viability of Fringe touring, and questions about the future of artists’ participation. The Edmonton festival has announced the suspension of sales of tickets at individual venues.  We feel that [...]

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Big black hole

June 15, 2007

I spent much of yesterday preparing for our precious three-hour tech time for the Ottawa run of The Churchill Protocol.  I ran around to Home Depot and Canadian Tire and got some loose-end-type things that we needed for the show: chicken blood, batteries, tazer gun, screwdriver, ball gag. I also burned two copies of the [...]

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Two weeks til opening!

June 2, 2007

We are officially two weeks away from the first public performance of The Churchill Protocol. I was hoping to make today something of a day off but I thought I’d try to get the “prologue video” finished before relaxing with a movie and Spider-Man comics; that was seven hours ago (after a nap) and while [...]

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On the Rubato road again

May 21, 2007

With the rebirth of the Gruppo Rubato web site and the beginning of the long trudge across Canada with The Churchill Protocol, it’s highly likely that my blog postings (until September) will take place more frequently on the Rubato site.  If I’m struck by anything that’s not related to the show, I’ll post here… but [...]

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An early birthday gift from the Canadian government

April 24, 2007

Our director and a fine young actor (serving as Pat‘s less hairy proxy) met with me this afternoon to read through and talk about our Fringe play, The Churchill Protocol. I baked fresh bread and made chicken chili. The fine young actor brought along a small pizza topped with an oddly incredible combination of broccoli, [...]

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The official title for the formerly untitled play involving a goat

March 16, 2007

It’s official as of this afternoon, since we’ve sent our material off to the Ottawa Fringe Festival producer: Our 2007 Fringe production, coming soon to a major Canadian city near you, is The Churchill Protocol. And our entry in the Ottawa Fringe Festival program will look a little like this: Gruppo Rubato presents The Churchill [...]

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I can see clearly now…

February 25, 2007

… cuz I got no big projects lined up until the Fringe!  Aside, of course, from the lovable job at the video store, and a neat two-week gig that involves being pushed around by a MFA in Directing student who wants me to play Mitch in a scene from A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite the [...]

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Getting draftier

February 19, 2007

At about 10 AM this morning I put the final touches on what is henceforth known as draft six of the “untitled goat play“. I had a lovely chat with Tania this past weekend about the bizarre process of creative writing. We are of one mind in that we both feel that scheduling time to [...]

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A kick in the pants

February 11, 2007

We wrapped up the Modern Broadway cabaret last night on a very high note: all four of us were having a great time with the audience and with each other, and I think it made for a very enjoyable evening.  I met afterwards with some folks from Deep River (who seem to be trolling Ottawa [...]

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Preppin’ the wild party

February 7, 2007

We’re putting the finishing touches on the next Zucchini Grotto cabaret, which runs at the NAC’s 4th Stage this weekend. We’re very close to sold out, so if you don’t have tickets yet, you’d better hurry up! The evening looks to be a solid mix of comedic and dramatic songs, and I think the four [...]

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