Happy New Year!

I’m still busy being in Beauty and the Beast at Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon, so in the same spirit as last week’s recycled Christmas column, this week I’m recycling (and refurbishing with fresh material!) a New Year’s column from 1995, because, hey, isn’t doing more reusing and recycling one of those things we all resolve …

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Happy New Year!

I’m still busy being in Beauty and the Beast at Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon, so in the same spirit as last week’s recycled Christmas column, this week I’m recycling (and refurbishing with fresh material!) a New Year’s column from 1995, because, hey, isn’t doing more reusing and recycling one of those things we all resolve …

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An old chestnut, re-roasted

Time for the traditional Christmas column, and just as we haul out the same old ornaments year after year, this year I’m hauling out an old column (from 1994) because, well, it’s timeless. Also, it’s almost Christmas, and I’m lazy. (Something to do with the conservation of mass and energy: at Christmas, your mass increases …

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An old chestnut, re-roasted

Time for the traditional Christmas column, and just as we haul out the same old ornaments year after year, this year I’m hauling out an old column (from 1994) because, well, it’s timeless. Also, it’s almost Christmas, and I’m lazy. (Something to do with the conservation of mass and energy: at Christmas, your mass increases …

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First review for Marseguro

It’s from the Harriet Klausner, of course. Here’s the final paragraph of the whole thing: The regime in power is so xenophobic that it makes war on innocent men, women and children subduing colony worlds by deadly force. Marseguro is determined not to be conquered but if they use the only means available to stop …

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First review for Marseguro

It’s from the Harriet Klausner, of course. Here’s the final paragraph of the whole thing: The regime in power is so xenophobic that it makes war on innocent men, women and children subduing colony worlds by deadly force. Marseguro is determined not to be conquered but if they use the only means available to stop …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

I’ve been a bit slack on these entries, but I have a good excuse: this is opening week for Persephone Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast, so my focus has been pretty much entirely on the show. We had our first show in front of an audience Tuesday (an invited dress rehearsal), then previews Wednesday and …

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The first sentence I wrote today…

I’ve been a bit slack on these entries, but I have a good excuse: this is opening week for Persephone Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast, so my focus has been pretty much entirely on the show. We had our first show in front of an audience Tuesday (an invited dress rehearsal), then previews Wednesday and …

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Sweet science

’Tis the season for peace and love and carols by the fire and decorated fir trees and all that sort of thing. ’Tis also the season for candy: candy canes, fudge, toffee, peanut brittle, bon-bons of all kinds. A lot of it is store-bought, but a lot of it is made from scratch. As Grandma …

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Sweet science

’Tis the season for peace and love and carols by the fire and decorated fir trees and all that sort of thing. ’Tis also the season for candy: candy canes, fudge, toffee, peanut brittle, bon-bons of all kinds. A lot of it is store-bought, but a lot of it is made from scratch. As Grandma …

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The first sentence I wrote today

She and her mother were in the second load to be ferried to the shuttle.Words today: 1,406Total thus far: 18,532Percentage completed: 15.4

Photo of the (Yester)day: Beauty and the Beast kickline

From Darla Biccum (one of our cast member)’s Facebook page, here we are rehearsing Beauty and the Beast yesterday. This is the end of Be Our Guest. I’m the tall fellow on the right who has bravely taken off his dust mask to sing. Today we did cue-to-cue of Act I, and this show being …

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