One Actor - Another Show

Paul Rapsey's fourth novel, Deadly Sea Weed , is scheduled to be released in early 2025. As with his first three novels, the story is set in small town Nova Scotia along a famous tidal  river.  If you have read any of his earlier works, you will discover several of the same delightful but flawed individuals. Paul's fictional stories are as much, or more, about the interesting characters and relationships as they are about the mystery that slowly unfolds. Written in an easy conversational style, the stories are a blend of whimsy, sadness or tragedy, dry humour and inspiration.                                                                                       Draft cover, c. 2024

The revised film version of "Desperarely Seeking Samuel" (Paul Rapsey) was jury selected recently for showing at the Dream Vision International Film Festival 2024.

Just finished the Listing Lighthouse...really enjoyed it.  I read it very much as if being told a tale round the campfire...right there in the telling but like an Agatha Christie, trying to solve it, looking for clues etc...just present waiting for more to unfold.  I liked that. TJR

The Little Wooden House is a simple, tender but poignant story. Two fine performers, actor and musician, sitting on wooden stools in a bare hall brought the story to life last night for the spellbound audience. There were no fancy sets, or lighting. This was raw theatre of the best kind. As one audience member said: " One would expect to see this on major stages in large world centres, but to have it offered in a small community in Nova Scotia is truly amazing ."  Bravo Paul Rapsey and Alec Frith.

Paul Rapsey's revised film, " Desperately Seeking Samuel " (2024) has just been jury selected for inclusion in the Palma Film Festival (Mallorca, Spain). The film, with actors Paul Rapsey, Gillian Ormerod and Katie Yeoman, is not yet publicly available. It will be released locally this fall. However a short trailer to the film is now available on YouTube at:  https://youtu.be/9WUMF0jMnAM . Paul performed the stage version live in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia and elsewhere late in 2022, after the release of the original version of the film earlier the same year. The earlier version previously won recognition at two independent festivals. The stage version and the current film version followed a revised script that Paul wrote during the summer of 2022. This script added an Epilogue that was intended for a female actor. However, because no one suitable was available at the time, Paul performed this role himself. The film was released first because of the then restrictions on

Paul Rapsey's latest play, The Little Wooden House, will not be premiered until late fall of 2024 because of his busy summer and fall schedule. However, the trailer in now available on YouTube at the following link:  https://youtu.be/0ZWdd_MCnc4 .  This forty minute monologue in the Talking Head genre of film is about loss and discovery and the impact it has on the lives of those involved. The play was performed live in May 2024. For the live production, which was a benefit for the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, Rapsey teamed up with Nova Scotia musician Alec Frith, who performed original works during a filmed introduction and between each of the five scenes. Frith was not available for the film.