This weekend, it’s willows, women & song

Hey all – So I stopped by the CBC Atrium for The Moose Show on the way home from work last night and dropped by photographer Pamela Williams’ booth for a chat. I also visited Liz Kain, who – in addition to creating some amazing jewelery – is the cousin of a former co-worker. I ended up ordering a pair of cufflinks from her Shakespeare collection, with To Thine Own Self Be True on them. Had a wander around, checking out the variety of work on display (and all for sale); it was dark by then, so no light coming in from the glass roof of the atrium, but I imagine it will be gorgeous today. Still two days left for The Moose Show: today from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. and tomorrow from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m.

Another busy, busy artsy fartsy weekend ahead, starting tonight with the opening of Willow Quartet, an indie co-op production of a new play by Joan Burrows at the Papermill Theatre at Todmorden Mills – directed by Jane Carnwath, and featuring actors Patricia Casey, Andy Fraser, John Healy and Chris Owens. The set was completed on Wednesday night, with Ed, Mike and I squeezing some time in onstage between the cue-to-cue and tech run for final touches and revisions – including a debate over masking. This meant an early night for me, which was excellent – what with me having the f/t office gig and all. I’m really looking forward to seeing it.

Saturday afternoon, I’m off to see Lady Windermere’s Fan castmate (and birthday sharing gal) Tennille Read in George Brown Theatre School’s third-year class production of Little Women (adapted from the Louisa May Alcott novel by Emma Reeves and directed by the school A.D. James Simon). Scroll down to yesterday’s post where I link the NOW Magazine review. And Sunday night, it’s Wonder Women at The Central – featuring two of my favourite wonder women performers Kat Leonard and Arlene Paculan. So much to look forward to.

In the meantime, check out Kat’s promo video for her show A Depper Kind of Love, coming up at the Love and Obsession Theatre Festival at Red Sandcastle Theatre next week: