OCTOBER, 2005
 
HAPPY FALL, THANKSGIVING, ROSH HASHANAH, RAMADAN (and hockey…)!!!!

MATT EDISON performs in Waking Walter: The Walter Gretzky Story, Nov. 6,
8pm on CBC television.
info@accent-entertainment.com

TERI LORETTO performs in the two-hander, 'Night, Mother, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Marsha Norman, and the debut production of Still Standing Theatre Co. Oct 19-22, 2005 8:00 pm, SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa.

Tickets are available at the door ($15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors),
or can be reserved by calling 266-5130.

RAOUL BHANEJA announces an amazing benefit Blues concert in to help those injured by Hurricane Katrina.
October 25, 8 pm., Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto

Here’s the announcement:

“ Local Blues staples Raoul Bhaneja and Danny Marks have rallied the Jazz and Blues community, and are set to produce a star-studded collective of talent in support of Hurricane Katrina victims, as their heartfelt response to the area’s recent blow from Mother Nature. To honour and profess their inherent love for all things Blues, and its deep South birthplace, and with support from the Toronto Blues Society, these stage mainstays, together with The Drake Hotel, Jazz-FM91, Southern Accent and the Phoenix Concert Theatre are ready to open hearts and wallets alike, all for the cause, on Tuesday, October 25 at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St.

The evening - a veritable who’s who of famed Jazz and Blues performers - will feature Colin Linden, Chris and Ken Whiteley, Sue Foley, Paul James, Donnie Walsh, Rhythm and Truth, former New Orleans resident Kevin Clark, Richard Underhill, Alex Pangman, Joe Sealy, Jon Knight, Goddo and Danny Marks and The Hurricane House Band among many more. Bhaneja and Marks have also invited local Burlesque broads Les Coquettes as well as actor Phil Atkin to perform. The production will be directed by Canadian theatrical legend Paul Thompson.

With tickets priced at $20, all proceeds will be donated to the Canadian Red Cross and MusiCares. Doors open at 7pm with the show at 8pm, and tickets are available through Ticketpro (www.ticketpro.ca or 416.645.9090).

For more info, visit www.torontobluessociety.com, or for media relations, please call Eric Alper at 416.292.8111 x 240, eric@kochcan.com


RADEK HAJDA is in Prague…

CHRISTIE WATSON performs in Alistair MacLeod’s No Great Mischief, directed by Richard Rose, at the Great Canadian Theatre Company, Oct 11-30.
http://www.gctc.ca/news/050406.html

CONGRATULATIONS!!! to MARTIN GERO, who has been nominated for a Gemini Award, for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series, for The Brotherhood, in Stargate: Atlantis.

Also nominated in in this category are: the writers of Da Vinci's Inquest, The Eleventh Hour, ReGenesis and This is Wonderland.
( Martin is sandwiched on the list between Jason Sherman and George F. Walker, can you believe it!)

The awards will be given Nov 18, in Toronto.

http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini20/main.cfm


MARJORIE MALPASS is doing well with her recovery, and is visiting home. There is a “sip’n hug” in Toronto, October 5, for Marjorie.

If you want to help support her, while she is unable to work, and is still having her leukemia treatment, you can donate to this account at any Canada Trust:
(Malpass Trust account #9448-6257609.)


As Gala and Special Presentations Co-ordinator, at the Toronto International Film Festival, DEREK CARKNER dealt with all of the big premieres this year, and such stars as : ( here we go)
Elisabeth Shue, Dakota Fanning, Kurt Russell, Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Kirsten Dunst, Orlando Bloom, Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Ray Liotta, Madonna, Charlize Theron, Sissy Spacek, Woody Harrelson, Frances McDormand, Anthony Hopkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Shirley Maclaine, Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Jackie Chan, Helena Bonham Carter, Annette Bening, Morgan Freeman, LL Cool J, Dylan McDermott and Justin Timberlake… to name a few...
...and DEREK introduced many directors at their screenings, including Niki Caro, Stanley Tong, Guy Ritchie, Danis Tanovic, Phyllis Nagy, Ang Lee, David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan and Deepa Mehta .

DEREK is teaching two classes of Musical Theatre in Toronto.

RAOUL BHANEJA is shooting his own short movie, for which he has received funding from Bravo.

STEPHANIE MOORE plays Livia, a recurring role, in the new Canadian comedy series, G-Spot, on TMN. Congratulations!

ROBIN TOLLER is back at school at LAMDA in London, England.

MARJORIE MALPASS is coming east in October, and will be visiting in Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa.

From DUANE KEOGH and The Town Pants - their new CD, Weight of Words, is available online- buy it on their website, www.thetownpants.com, or go directly to their on-line distributor at Indiepool.


MICHELLE RAKOS is teaching in Australia and also directing THREE shows there!
MICHELLE and her partner, Dave, have just bought a house in Wollongong. Congratulations!

PETER WIELGOSZ is also in Australia! He has just completed a degree there, in Law, and plans to work in Australia for a few years. Congratulations!

AMY RUTHERFORD plays Moyra Jacobsson, girl friend of Roger Bannister, the first man to break the four-minute mile, in this made-for-television movie scheduled for October 6. ESPN2, 7:00 pm.

CHELSEA O’CONNOR performs in Walking On Water by Dave Carley - a murder mystery, at Ryerson, October 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, at 8 pm. and October 15 at 2 pm.

CHELSEA will also be performing in The Hostage in November.

TYLEY ROSS and the East Village Opera Company released their new CD, September 27.
Watch their video, hear Tyley sing, and read more on: www.myspace.com/eastvillageoperacompany

The band tours Philadelphia, Oct. 19, Boston, Oct. 20, Los Angeles, Oct. 24, San Francisco, Oct. 25, Toronto, Nov. 5, and Ottawa, Nov. 6 www.eastvillageoperacompany.com/


DUANE KEOGH and The Town Pants play Vancouver, Oct.7, 8; Seattle, Washington, Oct. 21; Oregon, Portland, Oct. 22.


STILL HAPPENING:

 
MAUREEN WELCH hosts Design U, Mondays, HGTV.
 
RAOUL BHANEJA, Train 48, Global.
 
VIK SAHAY, Radio Active, YTV;This is Wonderland, CTV.
 
JESSICA HOLMES on CBC's Royal Canadian Air Farce.
 

STEPHANIE MOORE, Queer as Folk, SHOWCASE

 

JENNIFER GOODHUE, Comedy Inc, CTV

 

KURT SMEATON improvises at Clinton's, Toronto, Monday nights.

 
MARTIN GERO is in Vancouver working as producer and writer on Stargate: Atlantis. TMN, Mondays. He is also working on Stargate SG-1.
 
STEVE FISHER emails his list and recommendations for what's on in Toronto, Gracing The Stage, to anyone who asks for it and many people do! Steve, who follows current music with a passion, also provides incidental music for Clinton’s improv on Mondays.
steve@gracingthestage.com.
 
ADAM DENAULT hosts his own show on CKCU radio, Tuesday Overnighter , airing alternate Wednesdays, from 2AM to 7AM.
 

CD's to buy:

Jessica Holmes, 25 Laughs To The Gallon. http://www.airfarce.com/info/25laughs.html

Duane Keogh: The Town Pants, Weight of Words
www.thetownpants.com

Tyler Westerlund: White Cowbell Oklahoma, Cencerro Blanco
www.whitecowbell.com/


Tyley Ross: East Village Opera Company, La Donna
www.eastvillageoperacompany.com/store.html


Raoul Bhaneja: Raoul and The Big Time, Cold Outside
www.raoulbhaneja.com



Canterbury calling…
If you haven't done so yet, please check out JUDY KIRSH's 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…
 

 

 
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