the daily procrastinator

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Oh My God, what have I been up to??!!???!!

What haven't I been up to? Blogging, that's what. I have spent the last two months in places where, if I had email access, it was for moments at a time, in between other people's lives and my insane schedule. I love that about my life though - it's either deadly quiet and slow, or action-packed and intense. I never half-live.

I'm currently on a brief break from the madness that is the Canadian Fringe Festival circuit. Finished playing JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years to audiences in Toronto and Winnipeg. Reactions range from wildly enthusiastic to moderately appreciative. No-one has picketed our theatre or thrown eggs at us (so far). Perhaps the DaVinci Code has jaded everyone already. What's one more blasphemous little show after a huge blockbuster?

Now I'm back at my parent's home in Calgary, enjoying creature comforts again (like I was roughing it in Winnipeg), and resting up for the next leg of the tour - ie. Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. I am thanking the Lord (ie. Ryan Gladstone of Monster Theatre), that we didn't do the Saskatoon Fringe, so we could have this little vacation in between bouts of Fringey Madness.

If anyone's reading this in the Western region and wants to see a kick-ass show, check out www.monstertheatre.com for showtimes in your area. I play Jesus, Mary, Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist, Hindu goddess Kali, etc etc etc. It's fun.