{fieldnotes} : the paprika festival

I had the pleasure of taking in a wonderful reading this past Saturday of a splendid new play, Henry and Lucy, by Rosamund Small.  Bravo Rosamund on your beautifully crafted play, filled with insight, humour, wonderful characters and kinetic dialogue.

Congratulations to The Paprika Festival and ten years of championing emerging young artists!

[The beaming Artistic Producer, Rob Kempson]

{fieldnotes} : the national ballet of canada

As part of the Canadian Stage Intensive, I had the pleasure of visiting The National Ballet of Canada to observe their rich and exciting Education and Outreach Programs. On a snowy day at the end of February, I joined a tour of the Walter Carsen Centre, home of the National Ballet of Canada, along with a rambunctious group of grade two students from a downtown public school. 


The best part of the entire tour: after auditing a twenty-minute rehearsal of Themes and Variations, a rough and tumble seven-year old boy walked out of the studio, dragging his feet, stopped and exclaimed:

"That. Was. Awesome!"

Tours are absolutely free; a splendid thing to do for March Break. Click here for more information.


Thank you to Sharon Vanderlinde, Senior Manager of Education and Archives, and Adrienne Nevile, Archives for Coordinator generously letting me be a fly on the wall. 

{fieldnotes} : groundswell

Lisa Codrington's new play The Aftermath at Nightwood Theatre's Groundswell Festival.