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Sold Out Performance at Community Hall

Paul Rapsey performed his one actor show, One's Company,  at the Community Hall in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia last night and the audience loved it! One audience member wrote:  "Stellar performance. Beautifully written. Beautifully performed."  The show sold out in less than a week. Had there not been occupancy restrictions in place due to Covid-19, the sell out show could have accommodated many more people who had been unable to purchase tickets. The show raised over $400 for the Hall after expenses, which Rapsey kept to a bare minimum. A movie version of the play will be released publicly in the near future. Rapsey says the film and stage plays are quite different, although both use the same script. "A live audience ignites  an actor and both play off one another," says Rapsey. "It is both exhilarating and terrifying to stand on stage alone for over one hour." He was humbled by the response. Rapsey is not sure what his next undertaking will be. He s...

Live Benefit Performance of One's Company in Granville Ferry

Theatre on a Penny Budget will be presenting Paul Rapsey in a live performance of his new one-hour monologue, “ One’s Company ”. It will be a benefit for the Granville Ferry Community Hall at the Hall, 5352 Granville Road in the Village on Friday, September 24, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30) Seating at the Hall is limited. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased in advance at Baintons Books and Tannery , 213 St. George St., Annapolis Royal.   Paul wishes to perform his play  in his home province of Nova Scotia before he releases the filmed version. 

One's Company Now a Film

I am not a filmmaker. But Covid has forced me to become one, to a degree. I decided to turn this stage play into a one-hour film in the "talking head" genre. I have not decided what if anything I will do with this film other than make it available to my few fans on YouTube. I am not sure exactly how to categorize this film. At 61 minutes, it seems too long to classify as a "short", and too short to classify as a "feature". As was Fiddelity , the film is made with no budget and very basic equipment. I am, essentially a story teller in the old sense. It is the words and the way I use and express them that are intended to ignite the imagination of the audience, rather than reliance on pyro-technics and the like. I was particularly touched by this comment by one viewer: " I watched One’s Company last night and loved it.  A graceful insight into alone-ness.  Am I not being understood….or is it I who misunderstands?  Small worries looming large.  The growth...