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Twelve Thumbs Up – It’s a Wonderful Life at Lunchbox Theatre

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Andy Curtis, Devon Dubnyk, Arielle Rombough, Kevin Rothery, Katherine Fadum. PHOTO CREDIT: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo

Andy Curtis, Devon Dubnyk, Arielle Rombough, Kevin Rothery, Katherine Fadum. PHOTO CREDIT: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo

Gather up the family and invite your friends, coworkers and neighbours to come experience the true spirit of Christmas at Lunchbox Theatre’s production of It’s a Wonderful Life. Presented as a radio play from the 1940s this production is a fun, energetic and inventive retelling of the classic story.

The Lunchbox production features an outstanding cast, brilliant direction, a beautiful set and an amazing mix of sound – both recorded and created live – to bring the story of George Bailey and the town of Bedford Falls to life.

I give it  two thumbs up. Although I went to see the play with my sister, her husband, my niece, her boyfriend, and his mom and we all gave it two thumbs up so that’s twelve thumbs, right? How can you argue with twelve thumbs? That’s got to be as good as, if not better than, four stars or five sugarplums.

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You don’t say.

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Last year I read Seven Guitars by August Wilson. He’s a fine writer and a good writer to read. One of the ways you learn about your craft is to simply read other writers.

If you’re a playwright read plays. If you’re a screenwriter read screenplays. If you’re a novelist read novels. But of course that doesn’t mean that a playwright shouldn’t read novels or screenplays or that a novelist shouldn’t read other forms of fiction. It’s all story and it’s all good and when you read work by other writers  you get to experience different styles. [Read more…]

Never Give Up & Words of Encouragement

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6th Annual Seoul Players 10 Minute Play Festival

My short comedy, Never Give Up, is one of 16 plays being presented at this year’s 6th Annual Seoul Players Ten Minute play Festival in Seoul, South Korea from November 12 to 19th. The production is being directed by Ernest Lee and stars Chris Gilmore as Nigel Davenport and Garen Fitzgerald as Todd Sparks.

seoul-playersSeoul Players is an English-speaking volunteer-run theatre company founded in 2001 by Australian Roman Zolnierczyk and is dedicated to bringing English-language theatre to Seoul. The company produces one or two main stage shows a year, an annual shadow cast production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show around Halloween and a 10 Minute Play Festival every fall. Productions are presented with Korean subtitles and are intended to help increase awareness of foreign theatre in Korea.

Never Give Up is about playwright Nigel Davenport who has been entering the Short Cuts Playwriting Festival for years. He’s never won, in spite of submitting hundreds of plays. When Nigel gets a call from Artistic Director Todd Sparks, he thinks his luck has finally changed, until he meets with Todd and Todd tells him that they’d like him to stop submitting to the Festival because he’s a terrible playwright. In fact, three members of this year’s reading committee resigned, two were treated for depression and one tried to commit suicide all because of Nigel’s plays. But instead of giving up this only inspires Nigel to try harder and figure out how to write an award winning play that will win the festival.

  • Download a free copy of Never Give Up by clicking on this link: Never Give Up

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