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- Product Spotlight: Theatre
- Play Reminder: The North Plan - Final Week
- Contest Update: Crazy8s 2016 Top 40 Pitch Finalists
- Event Recap: Where There's Smoke...
- The Biz Interview: Chris Lam
| | PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: | | Winners and Losers by Marcus Youssef & James Long  Finalist for the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama Two buddies, theatre artists and long-time friends Marcus and James, sit at a table and pass the time together playing a made-up game in which they name people, places, or things - Pamela Anderson, microwave ovens, their fathers, Goldman Sachs - and debate whether they are successful or not; in other words, whether they are winners or losers. Each friend seeks to defeat the other, and because one of these men grew up economically privileged, and the other did not, the competition very quickly adds up. Our Price: $16.95 Odd Ducks by Bryden MacDonald  Finalist for the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama Welcome to the small town of Tartan Cross, Nova Scotia, where skeletons rattle in closets and past histories are so intertwined that the lives of four forty-something, eccentric characters have become so complicated that something needs to change. In the comedy, Odd Ducks, award-winning playwright Bryden MacDonald positions his four characters at the brink of existential angst - and the action unfolds from there. At the centre of the drama is Ambrose Archibald, an irredeemable reprobate and the type of guy who rants philosophically at the bar while mooching beer from his friends. He's a narcissist who thinks he's God's gift to women. And he's having an affair with the charming and beautiful Mandy Menzies, who was the high school beauty queen but is now stuck in a marriage of convenience and a life of boredom. Her housekeeper, Estelle Carmichael, has seen it all, but her prickly exterior belies a loving heart. The dryly funny Freddy Durdle is the perfect counterbalance to over-the-top Ambrose. All four oddballs seem stuck in their lives, but searing sarcasm relieves the boredom and crazy, everyday dramas aid their struggle to move on and keep things light. Our Price: $17.95 Click here to order this great product! | | PLAY REMINDER: | | The North Plan - Final Week  Upintheair Theatre presents The North Plan, Jason Wells' riotous and eerily relevant dark comedy making its Canadian Premiere in Vancouver! Now in its second week! Starring
Genevieve Fleming
Catherine Lough Haggquist (of Biz Books)
Paul Herbert
Daniel Martin
Allen Morrison
David Mott Directed by Chelsea Haberlin
Designed by James Coomber, Laura Fukumoto, and Jergus Oprsal What critics are saying: "The North Plan mixes paranoia and farce!" – Kathleen Oliver, The Georgia Straight "The antics of the players and the twists in the plot keep the audience laughing out loud." – Christian Steckler, Review Vancouver "I can't remember laughing so hard and being so unsettled at the same time – in equal measure." – Jo Ledingham, On the Scene "The North Plan is well written, acted and directed. I honestly haven't had this much fun at show in a long time." – Christina Pontikis, Vancouver Weekly "This play is on a slow burn that sparks in the first half, but really ignites in the second." – Chelsey Stuyt, Vancouver Presents! See the full details and watch the trailer here! | | CONTEST UPDATE: | | Crazy 8s 2016 Top 40 Pitch FInalists  BizBooks.net is pleased to support Crazy 8s 2016! We are happy to share the Top 40 Finalists, as selected by the video pitch jury: Bill Hurst, Meghan Elie, Caitlin Byrnes, Paul Armstrong, Ines Eisses, and Kristyn Stilling. Meet the Crazy 8s 2016 Top 40 Finalists! | | EVENT RECAP: | | Where There's Smoke...  On November 15th, BizBooks.net and SchoolCreative were pleased to welcome the one and only William B. Davis to SchoolCreative to SchoolCreative – Institute of the Arts in Vancouver for a lively discussion of his career, the highly-anticipated return of The X-Files, his book, and a Q&A with an eager audience. Our sincere thanks to William B. Davis and his team for making this happen along with the excellent group of students, actors, and fans who joined us for a thought-provoking discussion. Miss the event? We have a clip of the Cigarette Smoking Man himself reading an excerpt from his book, Where There's Smoke… Watch the clip here! | | THE BIZ INTERVIEW: | | Chris Lam  It's the season for holiday theatre and Pacific Theatre takes its inspiration from 1940s style live radio format for a unique spin on a holiday classic with A Christmas Carol: On the Air by Peter Church. Opening on December 4th, this production is directed by Sarah Rodgers and features a cast that includes Peter Church, Matthew Simmons, Chris Lam, Diana Squires, Paul Griggs, and Kirsty Provan. We spoke with Chris Lam about his involvement in this production and what went into this incarnation of the Charles Dickens classic. Read the interview here! |
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