Linda G by the Sea

Arrived in Antigonish, Nova Scotia yesterday to work with Linda on her “Last Dog of War” show that she’s presenting at Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre.  Had a tech last night and it went well, althought we had to redesign the show since the makeshift “Second Stage” does not have a grid.

I spent the last week in Cape Breton with my family and had the great opportunity to see “Marion Bridge” produced in downtown Sydney.  There isn’t a lot of theatre that goes on in Sydney, most theatre happens as part of the Univeristy, on campus, some few miles “out the highway”.  And it was a really wonderful production.  Simply done without sentimentality.  And to hear the text in the dialect in which it was written was very special.  Spoken in a natural way - no one was “doing” an accent - just using the natural voice.   The audience was 8 to 86 and they were engaged.  Good theatre.