Some points of interest for your free web time today... First off, my delightful and unstoppable acting mentor Jessica Van der Veen (the woman responsible for the theatre obsessive in me) has leaped from the classroom to the political arena and is seeking provincial candidacy for the Oak Bay/Gordon Head area of Vancouver Island. This… Continue reading A few good clicks
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Theatre adventures
Guest blogger Jessica Van der Veen on her recent trip to Europe and bumping into a Canadian legend. I haven’t told you a whole lot about our adventures in the theatre. There weren’t any shows in Paris that I wanted to see, and my French isn’t up to snuff for literary theatre anyway. In Berlin… Continue reading Theatre adventures
Wanted: Theatre Artists for Civic Action
Victoria-based acting teacher turned governmental watchdog Jessica Van der Veen is looking for a few good theatreists to help out with an upcoming action at the BC Legislature next month. On Monday, April 7 there will be a rally drawing awareness to the issue of the closing down and selling off of public school lands… Continue reading Wanted: Theatre Artists for Civic Action
This One Goes to Eleven: Jessica Van der Veen
Hi. My name is Simon, and I'm a playwright, actor, and working theatre artist. I can claim all of these things to be fact today because of Jess. Hers was the very first acting class I was dragged to, by a doorman at some club I was flipping bottles in at the time, 15 years… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Jessica Van der Veen
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