MARCH, 2004 |
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BOFA 2004 competes
in the National Tournament of the Canadian Improv Games
at the National Arts Centre, April 13 - 17. Semi-finals
are April 13-16, Finals are April 17!
Be there, as HAMZA ADAM, COLIN
MUNCH, JOSH ISSENMAN, ROBIN
TOLLER, TOM HAYS, NEIL
SMITH,
CARI LESLIE and IRIS
LAPID play for it all!
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KATHLEEN CORNISH clowns with Cirque
du Soleil until July..
Catch her on CBC television too, in Solstrum.
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ANDREW DILLON and RAE-ANNA MAITLAND
sing in the Canterbury Coffee House, March
25. |
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IRIS LAPID models original designs, and TRISHA
ALLISON dances, in the Fashion Show
at Canterbury, March 26, 7 pm. |
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BOFA plays BC, Winnipeg,
Alberta and Toronto, April 15, in the C.I.G. national semi-finals,
NAC., 7:30 pm. |
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HAMZA ADAM was nominated for best dancer in the
Ottawa Hip-Hop Awards at Babylon
Night Club, FRIDAY, MARCH 19 AT 9 P.M., $10,
MORE AT THE DOOR! |
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CONGRATULATIONS
to MARTIN GERO who has just become a Story Editor
for the new Stargate: Atlantis show.
( MGM Studios.) MARTIN has just
moved to Vancouver for the season, where he will also be writing his
own script(s) for the show. |
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JESSICA HOMES is Jasmine in the new CBC
comedy show XPM. |
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TYLER WESTERLUND and White Cowbell Oklahoma:
Tour dates for their new album CENCERRO BLANCO
are April 10 at The Underground in Hamilton, and
April 24 at Babylon in Ottawa.
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You'll want to read JESSICA HOLMES' interview in
Uproar, a NewYork - based magazine about stand up
comedians: http://uproarmagazine.com/issue4/riffingwith3.html
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HAMZA ADAM and Qwod Skwod have
a modern dance performance at the Mercury Lounge,
in Ottawa, March 25. The troupe performed in Toronto and Hamilton
at the end of February. |
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JESSICA BESSER-ROSENBERG performed in The
Vagina Monologues at McGill University
Feb 13, 14, 15. as a part of V-Day. http://www.vday.mcgill.ca/vm/team.html
Congratulations to JESSICA
and her group, who raised $19,000. for their cause.
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JESSICA HOLMES plays Dina in Welcome
to Mooseport, a new movie starring Ray Roamno, Gene
Hackman and Marcia Gay Harden. |
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See MARJORIE MALPASS at Vancouver's TheatreSports
on Granville Island.
http://www.vtsl.com/players/players1.htm Marjorie takes to the
road again with the phenomenal hit, The Number 14,
with Axis Theatre, after a two month run in Vancouver's
Arts Club Theatre this summer.
http://www.artsclub.com/20032004/onstage/number14.htm
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Paul Griffin directs the Canterbury OAC Production,
Picnic at Hanging Rock, playing March 3 - 6, Canterbury
High School. Curtain 7:30.
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MARTIN GERO, KURT SMEATON and Julie Dumais
challenge improv troupes at Clinton's, March 1.
HOWARD JEROME has been spotted in the audience!
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ROBERT PARKER directs Vampire Cowboy
Trilogy
by Qui Nguyen and ROBERT ROSS PARKER
March 5 - 27, 2004 Common Basis Theatre, 750 Eighth
Avenue, 5th Floor (at 46th Street), New York. $20
Call (212) 696-7806 or email tix@vampirecowboys.com
"Cowboys Theatre Company has a mission towards
the creation and production of new works, with an emphasis on Stage
Combat, Dark Comedy, and Avante Garde direction. This is not your
parent's theatre!"
http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/vampire.htm
http://www.vampirecowboys.com/productions.htm
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Paul Hopkins goes to the Stratford
Festival this month to begin work on Shakespeare's Henry
VIII and two other plays for this season. |
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DUANE KEOGH and The Town
Pants play in the Vancouver Celtic Festival,
on opening day of the six-day festival, March 12, noon to 1 pm in
the TD Plaza, outside Pacific Centre.
www.thetownpants.com
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JEHAN KHOORSHED plays at the Cock'n
Bull in Montreal. March 14, 17 and 18. Shows start at 9
pm, with Rachel Hamilton on fiddle and vocals.
(Rachel's a graduate of the Canterbury
Vocal Music programme.)
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STILL HAPPENING:
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JEHAN KHOORSHED plays and sings live on Thursdays
in Montreal, at The Cock 'n Bull. |
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BILL SOUROUR hosts and plays at The iNSTiTUTiON
GREG COCHRANE plays accompaniment there…
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RAOUL BHANEJA, Train 48,
Global weekdays |
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VIK SAHAY, Radio Active, YTV.
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STEPHANIE MOORE, Queer as Folk, SHOWCASE
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JESSICA HOLMES, a regular on CBC's The
Royal Canadian Air Farce, Fridays 8pm, Mondays, 7:30
pm. |
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JENNIFER GOODHUE, Comedy Inc, CTV
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MARTIN GERO and KURT SMEATON,
doing improv big time at Clinton's, Toronto,
Monday nights. |
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Canterbury calling…
If you haven't done so yet, please check out JUDY KIRSH's
new website for Canterbury grads. www.cacda.com
Go to the site to register
as a grad, donate, buy tickets, get information, join the Alumni Association,
and just check it all out!
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New CD's to buy:
Tyler Westerlund:
White Cowbell Oklahoma, Cencerro Blanco
Tyley Ross: East Village Opera
Company, La Donna
Raoul Bhaneja: Raoul and The
Big Time, Cold Outside
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In the Getting On With Life
category, CONGRATULATIONS,
to these BOFA babies
(and friends):
DENNIS VAN STAALDUINEN, JESSICA HOLMES, STEPHANIE MOORE
and Shannon Doern, who, each with their
respective partners, have all bought their own homes in the last
few months. RAOUL BHANEJA and Gitte
are the latest to get their own home!
And to MICHAEL VALLIANT SAUNDERS whose lovely
baby girl just celebrated her first birthday!
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