So many shows. So little time. It’s hard to pace oneself during the Fringe Festival. Hamilton’s Fringe Festival is 11 days. It runs through two weekends and the days between. Deb and I were away for the first weekend, so that made the decision for what shows to see more difficult. There are shows you…
Sometimes you just need a break. And it doesn’t need to be a week or two. Even a day or two is enough. In a pinch an hour or two might be enough. Deb said that we should treat last weekend like a vacation. So, we did. We went to Stratford on…
I had to update my Playwright’s profile on the Playwrights Guild of Canada website. I hadn’t updated in over ten years. There was the option to add a descriptor. Emerging? Or Established? Years ago, it was easy. I was just starting to write plays. At the time, I was “emerging”. I’ve gotten older. But it…
To say that Isaac Asimov was a prolific writer is an understatement. He wrote or edited over 500 books! Five hundred. I read that he would have many typewriters in his office. Each one dedicated to a different book or article that he was working on. This was before personal computers. When he got bored…
I was talking with an acquaintance last weekend. It was at a party, and I hadn’t spoken to this person in a while. She told me that she still thinks about my play Minced. And she asked why it hasn’t been performed more. It’s flattering to know that something I wrote still lingers in the…
What are you waiting for to start that project? To start your exercise program? To start learning that thing? The moons to align? When things quiet down? When you’ve done enough research? When you “feel” ready? You will almost NEVER feel ready. There’s no perfect time to start. Yes, there are some better times to…
Now, it’s hitting me. The post show doldrums. For months, there was a build up to putting on a show. And for weeks, we put on Burn. Now, it’s all done. My next show doesn’t start rehearsals until September. I’ve got over two months of… Freedom? Boredom? Opportunity? I still have a few things to…
The crazy thing about theatre is how ephemeral it all is. Like a flower blooming. If you miss it, you miss it. For weeks, The Player’s Guild has been my second home. And the beautiful set of Burn has been the living room that I spent a lot of time in. Here’s a picture of…
After our Friday performance of Burn, we got a surprise. Before we could go out and greet our family and friends after the show, we were told to head back upstairs. Matt, the director, wanted to talk to us and was bringing some other people. Ominous… It turned out that John Muggleton and his wife…
I’m still having trouble getting going on my playwriting. It’s weird. First, I was trying to write 5 lines of dialogue a day. Didn’t happen. Then it was 5 sentences a day. Similar but less. Still didn’t happen. Now, I’m hoping to write one sentence a day. I’ve been able to meet that target two…
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