One Actor - Another Show

Fiddelity, in which the lead character is an older gay man, has been selected for the LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival . Although the gay theme in the film is understated, I wanted it to be this way. It is just part of life, one aspect of the character's reality. I am learning that being selected for a Festival does not mean that the film will necessarily receive wide exposure. But the mere fact that a jury has thought enough of the film to enter it in the first place, is encouraging. Meanwhile, a new story is percolating in my head. I am now turning my attention to that. Writing a new script is like carrying a child in one's womb. There are good days and bad days. Sometimes one is not sure what is happening. And I say this even though I am not a woman, and certainly not of childbearing age! 

The King's Theatre in Annapolis Royal has informed me that they will be doing a screening of Fiddelity in this lovely Century-old Theatre on the Annapolis River. The screening is to be scheduled for Friday, January 8, 2021. More details will follow; although the screening may be postpones due to further possible Covid restrictions being imposed. Fiddelity advanced to the semi-finalist position in the Montreal Independent Film Festival, as of 8 November 2020, but did not become a finalist.

A screening of the film "Fiddelity" is to take place at the Loft Cinema in Cobourg, Ontario on Tuesday, December 15, at 2:00 p.m. The three actors, now living in Nova Scotia, coincidently all have a long and strong connexion with this lovely town on Lake Ontario. Seating in this small theatre is restricted to 18 people by reason of Covid-19. The show, which was by open invitation, has quickly sold out and there is a waiting list pending any cancellations.  Admission is by Goodwill offering to the local Food Bank. I have performed two shows in this lovely 50-seat theatre: Alan Bennett's "Bed Among the Lentils",. and Micheal macLiammoire's "The Importance of Being Oscar".  Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend this event.

I am honoured that my first film, Fiddelity , was jury selected for the Montreal Independent Film Festival. I received notification today, November 7, 2020.  Fiddelity , was originally to be performed as a one-hour, on-stage monologue this past spring (2020). However, the covid restrictions on live performances put an end (temporarily one hopes) to that plan. I then decided to produce the play as an audio play and created my first podcast. This received favourable reviews. Over the past summer, when hopes of performing the play live remained unrealized, the play grew. It is the story of a fiddle and the lives it affected over several generations of one Cape Breton Island family's life.   What had been a one-hour monologue became a one and a half hour "chorus of monologues" with three of the characters featured in the original script expressing their own voices on the play's events. I conducted a workshop with three actors in my home village of Granville Ferry, Nova

Here is a link to the Fiddelity Trailer:  Fiddelity: a movie trailer This one and a half hour film has been a covid-induced stage to screen project. It is my first feature length film made with very basic technology but I am pleased with the end product. The play was originally a one hour, one actor monologue. It was, due to covid restrictions, first produced as a podcast (audio play) adding the voices of three characters. When on-stage productions remained out of the question, the play grew over the summer of 2020 to become a chorus of monologues with several characters expressing their perspective on the same events. After reviewing the script, it was suggested by a local personality that a screen project be undertaken. The film is too large to post in it's entirety; so this trailer will have to suffice. I am still working on how to make it available as a fundraiser for various arts organizations or cultural venues.