Min and Bill

July 2013

Severe Thunderstorm warning. Its been really hot these past few days. Too hot to work, but I headed over to the library to do some research on Marie Dressler. I am working on a show about her life that opens in September. The library is air conditioned which is a great relief.

Born is Cobourg Ontario, Marie's life journey was unusual although she obtained great success in her career, winning an Oscar in her early 60's. An unlikely star, Marie had worked  in touring Vaudeville Shows, Opera Companies and ultimately Broadway. She was blacklisted for leading a revolt against greedy producers and subsequently found herself without work for ten years. Marie was a comedian, singer and actor. One of her best performances can be seen in the film "Min and Bill".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMGFuQSAeic

2013 Dora Nominations

http://praxistheatre.com/2013/06/indie-dora-2013-nominees/

Dropping Stitches

My knitting is unravelling slowly. I am dropping stitches. Memories dripping away, disappearing, disintegrating, evaporating, fading.

The cloudy brain is left with a conscious mind, floating in the "now"

Today, the moment holding no steady position in history, or is it history falling away from the present conscious mind?

I live here in the present, I live within the day, this hour, this minute, not one second after or before this very moment.

My life is a long coat made of knotted threads, some transparent and fragile, some solid as steel, there is shape and texture, quality, woven in love and despair, comedy and tragedy.

There are moth holes appearing in this fabric, this web of life.



(for Lucy Ivens)

Within Distance by Simone Jones

http://vimeo.com/66263161

http://torontoist.com/events/event/a-few-brittle-leaves-one-strong-play/

http://buddiesinbadtimes.com/shows/a-few-brittle-leaves/http://buddiesinbadtimes.com/shows/a-few-brittle-leaves/

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes
a Cabaret Company production

A FEW BRITTLE LEAVES

written and directed by Sky Gilbert
starring Gavin Crawford, Zahir Gilani, Phillipe Van de Maele Martin, and Edward Roy

Veteran actors Edward Roy and Gavin Crawford play a pair of spinster sisters who, through a series of touching and comedic disasters, are forced to deal with the question: how does one age gracefully? Perennial provocateur Sky Gilbert returns to Buddies with this gender-bending dramatic comedy.

set design by Scott Penner
lighting design by Siobhan Sleath
costume design by Sheree Tams

SHOW TIMES

Wednesday – Saturday 8PM | Sunday 2:30PM

"A Few Brittle Leaves" by Sky Gilbert

http://buddiesinbadtimes.com/shows/a-few-brittle-leaves/