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Continue reading →: Interview with actor/writer & Red Sandcastle Theatre impressaria Rosemary Doyle
Earlier this month, I had the big wacky fun pleasure of attending Red Sandcastle Theatre’s annual holiday musical panto #DICKWHITFORMAYOR and his …Cat (you can read that blog post here), and it dawned on me that theatre owner/A.D. Rosemary Doyle would be an excellent interview subject for the blog. Actor/playwright/theatre…
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Continue reading →: A young woman’s journey of love & healing – Felicia Guy-Lynch’s Time For Healing
As in her poetry collection Scattered Thoughts: A Stream of Consciousness, Felicia Guy-Lynch offers everyday personal wisdom in her novella Time For Healing. Based on a true story and written in the first person, the book reads like part journal, part internal monologue as the reader follows a young Jamaican-Canadian…
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Continue reading →: Raised by Noir Wolves
Originally posted on TOpoet: Cabaret Noir started the new year off in fine style with dynamic sets from Brock Hessel, David Bateman & music by Cap & Kev. Kevin, at the Central, with zydeco then French Pop 60’s playlists created a great mood for the show. I’d seen Brock perform…
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Continue reading →: Ribald, rustic taste of the wrath of love in Rarely Pure Theatre’s As You Like It
From the lobby of Storefront Theatre, you can hear the haunting, lyrical and hypnotic sounds of layered FX guitar music. Inside the theatre space, the minimalist set is woodsy, sparse, cold. Branches hang from the ceiling and short sticks of trees sprout from the floor, cradled in snow drifts at…
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Continue reading →: Introducing Ralph Alfonso, Canadian Poet
Originally posted on Patrick Jenkins Animation: New entry on my blog at Film Annex on my introduction to the Poetry of Canadian Poet Ralph Alfonso. You can read it here. I was introduced to Ralph’s poetry in 1997 when I came across one of his ‘zines in a bar. Long…
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Continue reading →: #DICKWHITFORMAYOR and his… Cat brings holiday panto fun @ Red Sandcastle Theatre
Red Sandcastle Theatre continues its annual tradition of holiday fun for all ages with its musical pantomime #DICKWHITFORMAYOR and his… Cat. Co-written by Jane Shields and Rosemary Doyle (who is also Red Sandcastle’s owner and A.D.), all the classic panto characters are here – with a twist and a decidedly…
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Continue reading →: WonderFest 2014: Spreading Empowerment Through Art!
Originally posted on KAT LEONARD (Kat & The MP3): Here it is! The official call for artists and empowerers! Let’s continue our contributions to a positive and creative world! WonderFest 2014 happens Sunday April 6 at Revival in Toronto Canada! Hope to see you there! More info at WonderWomenWorld.tumblr.com<//
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Continue reading →: Facing 2014 with a smile!
Originally posted on KAT LEONARD (Kat & The MP3): Let’s start the year off with a winning expression! -Anonymous; this was posted to customers in a NYC department store many years ago during the busy holiday rush. We’re not responsible for the face that we get, but we’re responsible…
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Continue reading →: Happy New Year! Goals for 2014
Happy New Year! 2013 was full of surprises and challenges – both personal and professional – especially toward the end of the year. As always, adversity has a way of shining a light on what’s truly important. Here’s hoping we can all take that knowledge with us as we head…







