So it finally happened: the last show of the tour. I went out with a bang. The tech went smoothly; I rocked the show, I don’t know what else there is to write. What to do except sum up the tour (at least for now)? The Cons Smaller houses than planned …
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Sep 05
Fourth Show
There was some scheduling weirdness yesterday, and It’s Raining in Barcelona finished right when we were supposed to load in, leaving only fifteen minutes for both their strike and our setup. Not their fault: like in London, there was some kind of scheduling SNAFU, but it’s a bit maddening. I’m not an actor who is …
Sep 05
Victoria – Fifth Show and Fuck You
Fuck you, Victoria Fringe organizers. Actually, you are generally nice people, and kudos on organizing such a great Fringe. But you’ve hit this performer where it hurts: his house, and he’s upset. For my other readers, let me give you some context: So here I am, doing my show, and other than a …
Sep 03
Third Show
Another great, high energy show today, with an even bigger house than yesterday (at least from what I could see). A few things marred tonight’s show, most of them to do with the show before us taking a fuck of a long time to load out and clear the dressing room for me. Now …
Sep 03
Victoria – second Show
Running on two consecutive nights of 4 hours of sleep or less, and a whole day of zipping all over Victoria, I found myself standing backstage as the clock crept closer and closer to 22:00; our curtain time. I’m still not satisfied with the first few moments of the show. I think I had …
Sep 02
Victoria Review
Monday Magazine has reviewed “39”. Three stars, but I don’t know what the James T. Kirk crack is about, unless it’s the crack the reviewer is smoking. Not a terrible review, though, considering how I felt about Monday’s show. http://www.mondaymag.com/articles/entry/2010-fringe-reviews-f I call this photo “Bones… Spock… you’ve got to help me!”
Sep 02
Opening Night in Victoria
I’m writing this in a Starbucks, in a Chapters, which redeems itself by having free wifi and an occasional Daniel Lanois song playing in the background. It’s taken me two days to get this up (we opened on Monday night), because we tend to get home quite late due to the necessary late night …
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