One Actor - Another Show

 I was cast as King Berenger in Ionesco's "Exit the King". When I first read this script through, I thought immediately that it was about the end of all things. The end of the world. My character was an everyman: the good, the bad and the ugly of humanity. And in a sense, I think, that is a correct assessment. But, even more, it is about our fear of death. And our unwillingness to accept its eventuality. Because we don’t come to terms with it, we often waste our lives. I think it was Mark Twain who wrote that “Youth is wasted on the young”. Sometimes I think life is wasted because we fail to recognize how short it will be. As my character says when informed early on in the play about his impending death, “But I know that. Of course I do. We all know it. Remind me when the time comes.” Yes. We do all know it somewhere in the recesses of our mind. But it stays there as our life unfolds. However later on, Berenger exclaims: “I fear that what is to end one day, is end...

BOOK LAUNCH: AT THE MAD HATTER   Paul Rapsey’s fourth mystery novel, Deadly Sea Weed , has now been released. Like his first three novels, the story takes place in sleepy, small-town Nova Scotia. It is as much about the delightful characters in it as it is about the mystery that slowly unfolds. Although the tale involves some serious issues, it is written in the author’s easy conversational style and in a lighthearted manner. One can feel his love of Nova Scotia and its people. The book launch in Nova Scotia will be held  on  Tuesday, April 8, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.  at the Mad Hatter Bookstore in Annapolis Royal. Paul will do readings from the book. Come and listen to this wonderful storyteller and enjoy a glass of wine while you are there

  BOOK RELEASE: Paul Rapsey’s fourth mystery novel, Deadly Sea Weed , has just been released. Like his first three novels, the story takes place in sleepy, small-town Nova Scotia. It is as much about the delightful characters in it as it is about the mystery that slowly unfolds. Although the tale involves some serious issues, it is written in the author’s easy conversational style and in a lighthearted manner. One can feel his love of Nova Scotia and its people. The book is available from Amazon Books as both a soft cover and as an e-book. However, because of Paul’s busy schedule, (he is starring in Eugene Ionesco’s “Exit the King”) the formal book launch in Nova Scotia will be on April 8, 2025 at the Mad Hatter Book Store in Annapolis Royal from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.   

"The Little Wooden House" (2024) has just been jury slected for consideration by the LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival (USA). The script was originally performed live by Paul Rapsey in May 2024. The filmed version came out in the summer of that year. This is the story of loss and discovery. Although it is a fictional story, it is based on a real incident that occured while the playwright was on holiday in Cuba.

Paul Rapsey's independent film, Desperately Seeking Samuel , has just been jury selected for inclusion in the Alpine Frame Film Festival (Switzerland). The film has already been included in a number of other festivals in Marseille and Montmartre, France; Mallorca, Spain, and Moscow, Russia. It won a merit award in the LGBTQ Unborderered International Film Festval (USA). This is a essentially a dramatic monologue, or rather two monologues starring Paul Rapsey, and Gillian Ormerod; and introducing Katie Yeoman. In a sense, it is an allegory about a decent into "hell" and "resurrection". Paul performed a stage version of the play in Granville Ferry in 2023.

Paul Rapsey's fifth novel, " A Market for Mystery " is set for release in March 2025. A book launch will not be held until later in the spring.  The working Title of "A Market for Murder" turned out to be unavailable because there is already a book by that title in the United Kingdon.