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Nice review of “A Little Space Music”

By Edward Willett in Blog
July 15, 2012
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Speculating Canada, a relatively new blog focusing on Canadian science fiction, fantasy and horror, has a nice review of “A Little Space Music,” my humorous “amateur theatre in outer space” short story just published in OnSpec. It begins: In “A Little Space Music”, Edward Willett demonstrates his creative wit and humour. He plays on an …

Saturday…er, Monday…Special from the Vaults: An interview with Persephone Theatre artistic director Del Surjik

By Edward Willett in Blog, The Vaults
May 21, 2012
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I know, I know, I call these things “Saturday Specials” and here it is Monday. But I have a good excuse: I spent the weekend in Saskatoon at Dance Power, the dance competition in which my daughter and her studiomates from Class Act Performing Arts Studio were competing (they did extremely well!). The competition was …

My review of Globe Theatre’s production of Marion Bridge…

By Edward Willett in Art Columns, Blog
January 22, 2010
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…has already shown up online, even though it won’t appear in print until tomorrow. This is the first time I’ve seen something I’ve written pop up that far ahead of the ink-on-paper version, though maybe I just haven’t noticed until now. The review begins: I confess that I went into the opening night performance of …

My preview of Globe Theatre’s upcoming production of Marion Bridge…

By Edward Willett in Art Columns, Blog
January 14, 2010
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…is in today’s Regina Leader Post. It begins: The 18th-century French poet Jacques Delille famously noted that while we can choose our friends, “Fate chooses our relatives.” More than one family has fractured because siblings discover they have nothing in common with each other … which is exactly what has happened to the family in …

My preview of Globe Theatre’s production of Peter Pan…

By Edward Willett in Blog
November 19, 2009
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…is in today’s Regina Leader Post. It begins: For Ruth Smillie, artistic director of Globe Theatre, the key to Globe’s upcoming production of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale of Peter Pan is that children don’t differentiate between reality and make-believe the way adults to. Smillie, who is directing the production, recalls that this past summer she …

Tent Meeting featured in LeaderPost

By Edward Willett in Blog
October 29, 2009
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No, I haven’t been blogging much. There’s the novel to rewrite and the Johnny Cash biography to proofread and Fine Lifestyles Regina editing duties to look after and…well, lots. Including directing and being part of the cast of Tent Meeting, Regina Lyric Musical Theatre‘s fall show, which opens next Tuesday, November 3, and runs through …

My preview of the Regina Little Theatre One-Act Plays Cabaret…

By Edward Willett in Art Columns, Blog, Columns
October 22, 2009
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…is in today’s LeaderPost. It begins: Before Angel Genereux became the producer of Regina Little Theatre’s programs of one-act plays in 2007, they were seen strictly as a venue for new talent on and backstage, and traditionally drew small audiences. Genereux thought they could draw new audience members, too. She boosted publicity. The result: last spring’s …

My preview of the Regina Fringe Festival…

By Edward Willett in Art Columns, Blog
July 2, 2009
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…and in particular of Julia Mackey’s play Jake’s Gift, is in today’s LeaderPost. An excerpt: Mackey says one of the main reasons she created the show was to let veterans know that a lot of people really do appreciate the sacrifices they made. Another was to educate children, and Jake’s Gift, Mackey says, elicits the …

Two more Follies performances left…

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 23, 2009
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Jeff Tonita and company sing “Live, Laugh, Love” …and then I can think about other things again. After a week of rehearsals and performances mixed in with other stuff, I was more tired after last night’s show than I think can remember ever being before. But a good night’s sleep took care of that, and …

LeaderPost preview of Follies, avec moi

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 14, 2009
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Today’s Regina LeaderPost has a preview of next week’s Lyric Musical Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, in which I play Buddy Plummer. And no, I didn’t write it myself. Kelly-Anne Reiss did the honours; the photo is by Tony Fleece. Here’s an excerpt: Regina audiences are in for a rare treat as the Lyric …

Professional entertainment, amateur audiences

By Edward Willett in Art Columns, Blog, Columns
June 29, 2001
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Last night I attended the Conservatory of Performing Arts Ballet Program’s outstanding production of La Fille mal Gardée at the University Theatre at the University of Regina. The production was just one more example of the incredible depth of talent we have here in Regina, demonstrated both by the young people who did the dancing …

The shock of the new

By Edward Willett in Art Columns, Blog, Columns
November 10, 2000
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The Apple Tree, the Broadway musical Regina Lyric Light Opera is presenting at the Shumiatcher Theatre in the Mackenzie Art Gallery through Sunday afternoon, is a fabulous, funny show that shouldn’t be missed. Unfortunately, judging by the half-full houses on Wednesday and Thursday, it is being missed, by far too many people. Why? Most …