See that cute couple up there? That's Justin and Kristi; dear, sweet friends of mine. Many, many moons ago they were 2/5ths of my very first theatre company, Face Full of Theatre, a sketch comedy/sketch drama troupe that was poised to take over the world (as are all first theatre companies, aren't they?). We done… Continue reading Hey Toronto, Need a Laugh?
Month: November 2007
I’ll Go See Your Play if You’ll Come See Mine
This One Goes to Eleven: Ben Ayres
Next up in our jPod special series of interviews is Mr. Benjamin Ayres, a fixture on Vancouver's indie stages in between his burgeoning TV/film career (and, I should mention in respect of full disclosure, a regular collaborator with yours truly). The hardest working man is show business, Ben's theatre hyphenate list stretches the gamut from… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Ben Ayres
Getting the Ball Rolling…
My bogging has been a little blogged down of late, but my excuse is a good one: I'm back in the director's chair workin' on a new piece that I wrote for the company as my contribution to this summer's Write Club. The work my lovely cohorts turned up with was breathtaking (it turns out… Continue reading Getting the Ball Rolling…
This One Goes to Eleven: Torrance Coombs
I first caught Torrance onstage last year in Bard on the Beach's production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead which, being one of my all-time favourite plays, I was nervously hoping they weren't going to screw up. They didn't, not by a long shot. They took a difficult play and made it look easy, top… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Torrance Coombs
Simon Ogden 