| MAY, 2004 |
| CONGRATULATIONS!!! Maclean's Magazine has named Canterbury High School as having the best Arts Programme in CANADA!!! Thanks to hard-working teachers and administrators over the years for building the programme and our exceptionally high quality school! And thanks also to the huge number of teachers, parents, grads, students and friends of Canterbury who wrote to Maclean's to let them know about its excellence. ( Jim McNabb) |
| JESSICA HOLMES plays in the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Friday, May 28, CBC (television), 8 p.m. |
| After years working in London, JAMIE DEE FRANKLIN is heading back to school! She has been accepted into the BA European Theatre Course at Rose Bruford in London this year. Congratulations! |
| Congratulations to DAVID NUGENT for winning a Research Fellowship at Yale University. |
| Congratulations to HAMZA ADAM who has been cast in a play at GCTC in April of next season. |
| Congratulations to ROBIN TOLLER who has been accepted into Ryerson and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Robin will be heading to London, England, to attend LAMDA, CHRISTIE WATSON's alma mater. |
| BOFA won their night at the Institution, May19, and next play in the finals, Wed., June 2, 9 pm. Congratulations to COLIN MUNCH, ROBIN TOLLER, HAMZA ADAM, IRIS LAPID and CARI LESLIE. |
| JEHAN KHOORSHED sang a wonderful set, including the "prairie song" at Ottawa's Elbow Room, May 19. |
| HAMZA ADAM has been accepted into Studio 58 for Jan 2005! |
| DUANE KEOGH and The Town Pants
play in Seattle, at the Owl'N Thistle, May 14 and
15. And every Monday at Mosquito Creek in North Vancouver.
The Town Pants have two CD's, Piston
Baroque and Liverdance available
through Amazon.ca. |
| TYLER WESTERLUND and White Cowbell Oklahoma
hold a video release in Toronto MAY 14 at The Mod Club Theatre. They also play May 27 in Montreal at Café Campus. Click here for their latest information. |
| RAOUL BHANEJA is Samir Miklat in Godsend, a Lion's Gate movie with Greg Kinnear and Robert De Niro. In theatres now! |
| RAOUL stars in CBC's Open Heart with Megan Follows. It will air on CBC and on Movie Central. The movie was shot in Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Jim McNabb is directing The Women, Arts Court, May 27 and May 28. |
RAOUL BHANEJA and the BIG TIME are playing on
Studio 2 between 8 and 9 pm. on May 20. |
CONGRATULATIONS to MARTIN GERO! Shooting has begun in Vancouver on his first screenplay for Stargate: Atlantis. |
Check out LEVON HENDERSON's first professional
gig after graduating from Vancouver Film School this January: (You'll need a high speed connection and QuickTime player |
TYLEY ROSS stars in the musical The
Last Five Years, 'til May 29, Canadian Stage,
Berkeley St. |
| CONGRATULATIONS to HAMZA
ADAM, COLIN MUNCH,
ROBIN TOLLER, JOSH ISSENMAN, CARI
LESLIE, TOM HAYS,
NEIL SMITH and IRIS LAPID for
a wonderful year. A super strong team, after winning regional gold, they finished sixth in the Nationals and did not play in the Finals. Who'd
a thunk it?? : ) |
| CHRIS COCHRANE plays Tom in George F. Walker's Escape from Happiness, May 17, 18,19, 21. 6 pm, Mon. and Fri., 8:30 pm. Tues. and Wed., at Stella Adler Studios in New York City, located at 31 West 27th street, between Broadway and Sixth Ave., on the third floor. |
| LEVON HENDERSON is working on a short film, entitled Paradise. Shoot Dates: May 22/23, 29/30, June 5/6. He is also Assistant Camera for a music video, shooting on 35mm. |
NEIL SMITH, JOSH ISSENMAN, RAE-ANNA MAITLAND
perform in The Cherry Orchard, directed
by Angelina Trottier, May 26 - May 29, The Barrie, Canterbury High
School. |
| RAE-ANNA MAITLAND has been accepted into Concordia's acting programme and CHRIS COCHRANE into Ryerson. |
| BRIAN FROMMER is again teaching his summer school course in Film at Queen's University. And working with a children's theatre festival. |
| On May 8, BOFA plays The Silver Screen - Movies of the Thirties for the Maycourt Ball, Westin Hotel, 9:30 and 10:15. |
| BOFA: ROBIN TOLLER, COLIN MUNCH, HAMZA ADAM, TOM HAYS, CARI LESLIE and IRIS LAPID shot videos with GAPC, for the Canadian Supreme Court Judges' Association., at Lansdowne Park and the Delta Ottawa Hotel. |
| BILL SOUROUR is hosting and improvising shows at The Institution, Friday and Saturday nights- lots of Wednesdays too. |
| BOFA won their night at The Institution's 25 to Life Wednesday series. They next play at the Institution May 19. |
| Congratulations to HAMZA ADAM who has been accepted at AMDA, and has a call back for NTS. |
| TRISHA ALLISON dances in SIX numbers and choreographed another - see it all at Dance Night, at Canterbury, May 7, 7:30, $10.00. |
Congratulations to TRISHA, who has been accepted
into Montreal's Les Ateliers de Danse Moderne de Montréal
Inc. |
| KATHLEEN CORNISH clowns with Cirque du Soleil until July. Catch her on CBC television in Solstrum. |
| JESSICA HOLMES plays Dina in Welcome to Mooseport, a new movie starring Ray Romano, Gene Hackman and Marcia Gay Harden. |
| PAUL HOPKINS plays the Earl of Surrey in Henry VIII at The Stratford Festival, Aug 14 - Oct 29 |
| SARAH McVIE plays in Timon of Athens at The Stratford Festival. |
STILL HAPPENING: |
| JEHAN KHOORSHED plays and sings live on Thursdays in Montreal, at The Cock 'n Bull. |
| BILL SOUROUR hosts and plays at The iNSTiTUTiON Thuesdays and Saturdays. |
| RAOUL BHANEJA, Train 48, Global weekdays |
VIK SAHAY, Radio Active, YTV. |
STEPHANIE MOORE, Queer as Folk, Mondays, SHOWCASE |
JENNIFER GOODHUE, Comedy Inc, CTV |
KURT SMEATON, improvises at Clinton's,
Toronto, Monday nights. |
In the Getting On With Life category, CONGRATULATIONS, to these BOFA babies (and friends): DENNIS VAN STAALDUINEN, JESSICA HOLMES, STEPHANIE MOORE, RAOUL BHANEJA and Shannon Doern, who, with their partners, have all bought their own homes in the last few months. |
| And MARTIN GERO who has recently moved to Vancouver to be an editor on MGM's Stargate: Atlantis |
Canterbury calling… |
| Hallelujah! A reversal of the Ontario Art Gallery's vastly unpopular and short-sighted decision to axe the displays of the beloved works of the Group of Seven was announced in the Toronto Star, April 19. |
New CD's to buy: Tyler Westerlund: White Cowbell Oklahoma, Cencerro Blanco
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