I’m writing this in Montreal, where I’ve returned to prepare for next Wednesday, known as Canada Day in the Rest of Canada but Moving Day in Quebec. I’m sitting here surrounded by boxes and change-of-address forms, roasting in the heat, and looking forward to returning to Ottawa. Perhaps because I’m physically removed from the Fringe [...]
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Monday morning, June 22. It’s officially summer now, and the dawn of a beautiful day in Ottawa. Where I’m billeted, on Riverside Drive, is near a recreational trail, and this morning I went for a run, my third since arriving here. I’ve developed a pleasant little circuit that takes me along both sides of the [...]
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As I write this on Tuesday evening, I’ve been in Ottawa for all of two hours. My main concern at the moment is my opening show, which is scheduled for Thursday night at 11 p.m. In contrast to the classic image of the actor as a roll-out-of-bed-late, party-all-night kind of guy, I’m usually in bed [...]
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Hard Times
Writer/Creator: John Arthur Sweet
Fresh from the Prague Fringe comes this moving, comic, occasionally poetic meditation on meaning and meaninglessness—-and the relevance of theatre. And, above all, Love.
A man is haunted by the memory of a schoolmate, a mysterious artist named André, who wasn’t exactly a friend and yet made an indelible impression in the [...]
Filed under: $10.00, 2009, Active Performance, Ages, Dark Comedy, Genre, Hard Times, Locations, Mature, Montreal, QC, Performance, Price, Production Company, Venue 4- Arts Court Library, Venues by Info
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