One Actor - Another Show

The Mad Hatter Wine Bar was packed to the rim on Wednesday, April 8 with an enthusuatic crowd of literati. They came for the Book Launch of Paul Rapsey's  fourth novel "Deadly Sea Weed".  Paul read choice selections from the book and delighted the audience with his animated and humorous rendition.  The Book Store quickly sold out of its copies of this and other books by Paul. The books are all available online through Amazon Books.

I just finished "Deadly Sea Weed". I couldn't put it down. I was often shocked, and laughed outloud many times.  It's a really fun read. I loved it. Congratulations.  Pay Scott, Warkworth, Ontario

Paul Rapsey's independent film "Desperately Seeking Samuel" has been nominated for the Bonne Chance Film Festival in Paris to be held later this year. This no budget film has received quite a bit of attention in the independent film festival circuit. It is an accomplishment to have been selected by so many festivals, although it has won only one award to date.

 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.