HAPPY EASTER!

From Christie Watson:

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Seeking performers in all disciplines who want to strut their stuff.
ism(e): a Performance Cabaret, is back for the 3rd installment, and
your 2-8 minute piece is what we want. Dance, theatre, spoken word,
performance art, multimedia, intermedia - if it involves performance,
we've got a stage for you.

How to apply: Send us your name, a two line description of your piece
and that's it. No juries. No fancy application forms. No difficult
questions about the relevance of your art to the modern blah blah
blah.

Contact Scott Florence (scott@fools.ca), Annie Lefebvre
(flamelicked@hotmail.com) or Christie Watson
(christiepeterwatson@hotmail.com) and sign up for the cabaret today!

YEA!  YAHOO! VUNDERBAR!!! EXCELLENT! OMIGOLLY ! SVEN! SVEN!

Canterbury won NATIONAL GOLD in the Canadian Improv Games this weekend!

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to  coaches Jeff Lawson and Dave Dawson and of course to the TEAM, who beat second place Regina by TWO points!

MARTIN GERO is one of the writers nominated for a Hugo Award for Stargate SG-1, 200,  in the category, Dramatic Short Form.
The show is  written by Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Carl Binder, Martin Gero, and Alan McCullough. Directed by Martin Wood. (Double Secret Productions/NBC Universal 

The winners will be announced at the Hugo Awards Ceremonies during the 65th World Science Fiction Convention in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, September 1.

DAVE NUGENT is on his way back to New York from Stratford, with a new play commission in hand.
David’s fledgling theatre company One Kind Theatre- NY was recently awarded a New York State Council for the Arts grant, to co-develop and workshop his newest play, The Old Woman, her Song and the Waves, in collaboration with Medicine Show Theatre this spring. Other projects include collaborations with three NYC based composers to write Ghost Songs, a political musical for New Sounds Theatre (NYC).
http://www.dmca.yale.edu/alumni/drama/nugentd/index.html

http://www.onekindtheatre.com/nyc.php

Tickets for the workshop of Dave’s musical, Open the Dark Door, at Stratford, Oct. 25, are available now through the Stratford box office. http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/events/workshopwindow.cfm

CHRIS COCHRANE plays in Gorky’s  Summer Folk, presented by Studio 58 until April 8.
Check here to see the photo of Chris in full character !

For tickets and show times:  $20.50/16.50/15.50/$11,  604.231.7535 or   www.ticketstonight.ca

From STEVE FISHER’S latest article, “Full Moon for Improv in Toronto,”
 in The Obsidian Sled,  All these( improv)  shows mean that there’s going to be a heck of a lot more opportunity for improv performers around Toronto, which if you’ve even done or considered, is a very rewarding area of study for comics, actors, and performers of all stripes.

JEHAN KHOORSHED has finished the studio recording of his songs on his first CD. You can hear some of them here: www.myspace.com/jehankhoorshed

RAOUL BHANEJA is back from LA, www.raoulbhaneja.com, so is STEPHANIE MOORE . www.stephaniemoore.ca .( For a while.)
RAOUL and ROBERT PARKER are re-mounting Hamlet this spring. www.robertrossparker.com.

DUANE KEOGH  plays and sings with The Town Pants,  April 20, 21 –at  the Dublin Crossing Irish Pub in Langley.
and with Smiling Politely—April 5, 12, 26 at Mahony and Sons, UBC, Vancouver;  and April 6, 13 27, at TC Lions Pub, Vancouver.

TYLER WESTERLUND plays with White Cowbell Oklahoma,U of Montreal)
Wed Apr. 18 - Salt Lounge, London ON,   Thurs Apr. 19 - Starlight Lounge, Kitchener/Waterloo, and April  21 - Underground, Hamilton.
http://whitecowbell.com/home.htm

JESSE GRIFFITHS is playing Macduff in The Classical Theatre Project’s Macbeth, in Toronto in April,  and in Ottawa in May. http://www.classicaltheatreproject.ca/

Jim McNabb directs Ottawa Little Theatre’s, Fallen Angels, April 3 - April 21, 2007
Sunday Matinee - April 15, 2007.  
http://www.o-l-t.com/about_fallen.htm

Congratulations to Canterbury’s 2007 improv team, in second place in the Ottawa standings, and heading for the Nationals of the Canadian Improv Games, along with Lisgar and Glebe, April 3-7.  Canterbury plays in the semifinals at the NAC, Thursday, April 5. CARI  LESLIE is with the Glebe team.

ERIN PLEET  is heading to Queen’s after she graduates, for Master’s degrees in  Public Administration and Law.

She went to see ROBIN TOLLER in his LAMDA production of Two Gentlemen of Verona in London.

MARJORIE MALPASS performs in The Number 14,  March 31 - April 15,  at The New Victory Theatre, New York City,    and April 22, The Imperial Theatre, St. John, N.B., April 28 at The Opera House in Lebanon, N.H., and April 29 at Umass Center for the Arts in Lowell, Maine.

http://www.myspace.com/marjoriemalpass

MATT OUIMET plays April 13 in Montreal, April 26 at the Saw Gallery, Ottawa, and April 28 at Zaphod’s.

Click here for details.

GREG COCHRANE plays The Rivoli in Toronto, April 2, 9 pm.

JESSICA  HOLMES and Penelope Corrin  are both  currently  performing in CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce, and the  300th show at the end of March was great!

MICHAEL VALLIANT-SAUNDERS is riding  in the Heart and Stroke Big Bike, again this year, May 11. He is looking for sponsors.  Anything you can afford would be greatly appreciated.  Click here .
An electronic tax receipt will be sent to you immediately through e-mail.

More than 50,000 strokes and 75,000 heart attacks occur every year. One in three deaths in Canada are due to heart disease and stroke. 

JAMIE FRANKLIN is running the Race for Life in London, England, in June. All proceeds go to Cancer Research. To read what she says, and to sponsor her, go to http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/jamiedee

Penelope Corrin asks that you watch her perform in the short film, The Valet, and then rate it, to help make it stand out in a competition for Steven Spielberg's new reality show, The Lot, which searches for the next big director.
http://films.thelot.com/films/32247

STILL HAPPENING:

STEPHANIE MOORE in G-Spot, Showcase.

MAUREEN WELCH hosts Design U, Mondays, HGTV.

VIK SAHAY,This is Wonderland, CTV.

JESSICA HOLMES on CBC's Royal Canadian Air Farce.

MARTIN GERO is in Vancouver, producing and writing Stargate: Atlantis TMN.

STEVE FISHER emails his list and recommendations for what's on in Toronto, Gracing The Stage, to anyone who asks for it.
steve@gracingthestage.com.

DEREK CARKNER sends out Idol Chatter every week, a commentary on the week's reality televison, by Derek and his friend, Jason. http://www.idolchatter.org/

TERI LORETTO teaches at Algonquin College and is a weather-person for CBC.

CD's to buy:

Raoul Bhaneja: The Legendary Miles Johnson.
www.thelegendarymilesjohnson.com

Tyler Westerlund: White Cowbell Oklahoma, Casa Diablo.
http://www.whitecowbell.com

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              www.maxmusic.ca/home.php

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

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