tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79801250440670899142024-03-12T20:44:34.536-07:00HERE BE MONSTERSHere Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-65353966926924885792009-10-06T03:25:00.000-07:002009-10-06T03:28:17.503-07:00http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177237957165<span><span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/SssbPG8iWoI/AAAAAAAAAGI/ExjZxqUmg5A/s1600-h/HBM+Poster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/SssbPG8iWoI/AAAAAAAAAGI/ExjZxqUmg5A/s400/HBM+Poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389431325455440514" /></a>Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-75277390668414575842009-10-06T03:13:00.000-07:002009-10-06T03:20:21.628-07:00HERE BE MONSTERS 2009<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:22.0pt;color:#333333;"><b>HERE BE MONSTERS APPLICATION FORM<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><b><i>…theatre under the gun<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:89.55pt center 3.95in"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;"><b><a href="http://www.festival.monstertheatre.com/">www.festival.monstertheatre.com</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><b><i> <o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177237957165">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177237957165</a></span></o:p></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><b><i>Application deadline: Wednesday, October 15<sup>th</sup>, 5pm<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><b>Email to:</b></span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14.0pt;"> <a href="mailto:hbmcollective@gmail.com">hbmcollective@gmail.com</a> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><b><i>Here Be Monsters</i></b></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"> is dedicated to inspire and facilitate performing artists in the creation of new theatrical work. Here Be Monsters challenges teams to create original short performances under extreme time constraints. These performances premiere on the stage in front of a live audience at <b>Performance Works </b></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;">on Granville Island <b>October 30 and 31, 2009.</b></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;">The festival starts with a creative workshop on <b>Wednesday October 28</b></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"> led by Here Be Monsters Artistic Producer Jeff Gladstone.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Workshop fee is included in application fee for all HBM2009 participants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;">48 hours before performance time, groups will receive their inspiration packages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>These packages could involve anything from lines of poetry, a lighting special, a piece of choreography…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Now, this is where you come in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Each group is responsible for supplying one prop, cleverly disguised, that will be randomly selected by another group and integrated into their performance in whichever way they see fit.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;">Once you have received your inspiration package you have 48 hours to write, rehearse and perform your play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Let the games begin!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><b><u>Company name:<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><b><u>Names of members involved:</u></b></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h1><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><b><u>Main Contact (name, phone number, email):<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-size:10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-size:10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"><u> <o:p></o:p></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:14.0pt;"><b><u>What is your availability during the performance dates?<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"><u><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;">Friday, October 30 (receive package Oct 28)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:6.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><u><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Saturday, October 31 (receive package Oct 29)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:6.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><u><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Both Oct 30 and Oct 31<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><b><u><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I consent to my name, company name, company member’s names, pictures, etc. being used in the promotion, press for this festival.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><b><u><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I agree to pay the $50 application fee, if accepted, no later than October 19<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><b>Cheques payable to ‘Here Be Monsters Collective’.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><b>Any Questions? Call us!<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Jeff Gladstone_________<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>604.562.7819<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><b><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Heather Lindsay_______<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>778.881.7152<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><b>Or Email: </b></span><span style="font-family:ArialMT;font-size:14.0pt;"><a href="mailto:hbmcollective@gmail.com">hbmcollective@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0pt;"><b>Love from, The Monsters</b></span><!--EndFragment-->Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-22922101777778355412009-03-27T14:53:00.000-07:002009-03-27T15:22:13.661-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/Sc1RcqwQfqI/AAAAAAAAAEs/XmRuGeBarws/s1600-h/keithposter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/Sc1RcqwQfqI/AAAAAAAAAEs/XmRuGeBarws/s400/keithposter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317996287949307554" border="0" /></a>Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-44231464208488222192009-03-13T10:51:00.000-07:002009-03-13T11:04:10.844-07:00This is CANCER runs in Vancouver March 17th - 21st<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="center">Here's what the critics and audiences have to day about<br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">This is CANCER?</span></span><br /> <i><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;">THIS IS GREAT THEATRE</span></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" >Let’s face it, the idea of spending time in a small, dark room with cancer doesn’t sound super appealing—particularly for folks who may have already done so in their lives. But if you’re humming and hawing about whether or not to go see This Is Cancer? I’m here to tell you something: just go... </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" > I had no idea watching a grown man singing and dancing in a shiny yellow unitard could be such a touching, emotional and life-affirming experience.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"</span></i><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><i><a href="http://mondaymag.com/articles/entry/this-is-great-theatre/" target="_blank">http://mondaymag.com/articles/<wbr>entry/this-is-great-theatre/</a></i></span></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><i> -Monday Magazine</i></span></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ></span></div> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><i><br /></i></span></span> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><i>FOUR STARS<br />"Horak triumphs by dint of coal-black humour and superior performance skills...<br />One can't help but be moved... </i></span></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><i>Scared of cancer? Check it out. Not scared of cancer? Check it out anyway." </i></span></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - Victoria Times Colonist</span><br /></i></span></span><br /></div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="center"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><i>"The wildest, most thrilling ride you'll take this theatre season..."<span> </span></i></span></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><i>- The Calgary Herald.</i></span></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">prese</span></span>nted by</span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" >Here Be Monsters Collective</span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" >in association with</span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" >Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad</span><br /><br /><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Running March 17-21</b><br /><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">@ 8pm</b><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">special added matinee March 21 @ 3pm</span><br /><br /><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">@ Beaumont Stage</b><br /><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">316 W.5th Ave</b><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" >For additional ticket information visit</span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><a href="http://www.ticketstonight.ca/ticketstonight/event.details.php?id=2233" target="_blank">http://www.ticketstonight.ca/<wbr>ticketstonight/event.details.<wbr>php?id=2233</a></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" >for Victoria (March 17-21)</span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><a href="http://www.intrepidtheatre.com/store/products.asp?cat=16" target="_blank">http://www.intrepidtheatre.<wbr>com/store/products.asp?cat=16</a></span><br /><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><i>This was the most outstanding, wonderful, and healing performance I have ever been to. I laughed and I cried...everyone should see this powerful and moving piece of theatre!<span> </span></i></span></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><i>– Audience member</i></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:78%;" ><i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">It's an odd show to 'review' because I so desperately hope it's not ruined for everyone reading this because I enjoyed the surprise so much. Excellent performances and FRESH writing. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Everyone has somehow, through someone, been touched Cancer- (myself included- and not just on the knee in the dark...) I'll definitely be back!</span></i></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:78%;" ><i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">-Audience member</span></i></span><br /><br /><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;">Having lost our son to cancer four years ago, my husband and I were taken aback and initially very uncomfortable when the show began. We very soon were pulled in by this character which Bruce created. We laughed and cried. I have never experienced anything quite like it. Great performance!</span></span></i><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><i>– Audience member</i></span></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ></span><br /><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </b> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><b><span style="font-size:100%;">To see our trailer..... click here!</span></b></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><b><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nlGD_x5AyA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=-nlGD_x5AyA</a></span></b></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" >In this one-man, satirical cabaret, writer/performer Bruce Horak brings Cancer to life.<span> </span></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" >CANCER, a deluded egotistical ASS, goes on his own journey of denial, anger, bargaining and acceptance when he discovers that the whole world hates him. Clown, Improv, Stand-up, Confessional, Solo Performance accompanied by a 3-piece rock band!</span><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" >A cancer survivor himself, and one of Canada’s only legally blind professional actors, Bruce brings a fresh and funny perspective to the disease that too many of us will face and that so many of us could use a good laugh at.<span> </span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" > </span><br /><br />For full reviews of the 2009 Here Be Monsters Production<br /><br />Monday Magazine<br />http://mondaymag.com/articles/entry/this-is-great-theatre/<br /><br />Victoria Times Colonist<br />http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/Cancer%20comedy%20actually%20works/1369564/story.html<br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ></span> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" >See you there!<br /><br /></span><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">Jeff Gladstone</span></span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" >Artistic Producer</span><br /> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:12;" >Here Be Monsters</span><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; 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text-decoration: underline;font-size:18;" >For tickets<br /><a href="http://www.ticketstonight.ca/">www.ticketstonight.ca </a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:24;"><span style="font-size:24;"><span style="font-size:24;"><span style="font-size:24;"><span style="font-size:24;"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Schedule of Events</span> </span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Saturday, October 18 </span><br />12:00 noon – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Monstrous Monster Gallery Opening </span><br /> Featuring Local Visual and Installation Artists<br /> Everything for Sale!<br /><br />8:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Carnival Smorgasbord</span><br /> Featuring dynamite local performers and groups!<br /><br />10:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold;">Carnival Opening Dance Party</span><br /> Carnival of the Arts wouldn’t be the same without dancing it out to the best DJ’s in town!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Sunday, October 19 </span><br />4:00 – <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Open Stage </span><br /> Following ChapelArts tradition of free admission every Sunday as a tea house and gallery,<br /> Here Be Monsters invites you to come and share your talents on the Open Stage.<br />FREE!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Wednesday, October 22 </span><br />8:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">SHOWOFF Festival </span><br /> Six Local Theatre Ensembles create 12 minute plays in under 48 hours.<br /> Email showofffestival@ yahoo.ca for an application today!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Thursday, October 23 </span><br />8:00 – <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">SHOWOFF Festival</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Friday, October 24 </span><br />8:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">SHOWOFF Festival </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Saturday, October 25 </span><br />8:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years </span><br /> Touring veterans Monster Theatre fill in the blanks as to what happened to Jesus<br /> during the years of 13-30. Intelligent irreverent, fast paced blasphemy.<br /> Presented as part of See Seven Subscription Series<br />“...as subtle as it is funny, and as literate as it is energetic and frantic!" -SEE Magazine<br />“Virtuoso Performances.” -National Post<br /><br />10:00 - <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Moustache Party! </span><br /> Nothing says Jesus like a peach fuzz moustache.<br /> Grow one, Glue one, or ladies paint one on... and dance the night away to the Moustache<br /> Rock Band!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Sunday, October 26 </span><br />4:00 – <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Open Stage </span><br />FREE!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Tuesday, October 28 </span><br />8:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Wednesday, October 29 </span><br />8:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Thursday, October 30 </span><br />8:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years </span><br /><br />Followed by<br />10:00 & midnight –<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> A Season in Hell </span><br /> On-site absinthe party, ritual performance and a secret meeting.<br /> A concoction for the senses incorporating text, movement, performance and booze on the road to unearthing the inner workings of Rimbaud's prose-poem A Season in Hell<br /> by Screaming Flea Theatre<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Friday, October 31 </span><br />8:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years </span><br /><br />10:00 & midnight – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">A Season in Hell </span><br /><br />10:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Seven Deadly Sins Hallowe’en Ball </span><br /> A costume party of no bounds<br /> Dance the night away to the best local DJ’s<br /> Interactive Exhibits, Games, Performances & Free lollypops!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Saturday, November 1 </span><br />8:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">SHOWOFF: Theatre Under the Gun 10th Anniversary Bash </span><br /> Since 1997 this annual event where local theatre ensembles create new plays in under 48<br /> hours has been a growing tradition... See the best acts of the last ten years!<br /> Featuring surprise guests!<br /><br />10:00 & midnight – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">A Season in Hell </span><br /><br />10:00 – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Carnival Wrap Party </span><br /> All artists and audience are invited to celebrate with us, with local bands and DJ’s.Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-52715846973757872592007-11-06T21:39:00.000-08:002007-11-06T21:51:52.218-08:00Carnival Of The Arts is READY TO ROCK!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/RzFQOhjRTPI/AAAAAAAAACw/8yOa6R-QJug/s1600-h/circus+dog+big+dog.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 294px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/RzFQOhjRTPI/AAAAAAAAACw/8yOa6R-QJug/s320/circus+dog+big+dog.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129969661006400754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />November 7th to 11th there are some amazing shows to see in our Carnival....step out on a limb and check out something new.....don't be shy, buy some art......let it all out!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scroll down for details....</span><br />Tix only $15 per show.....or Carnival Pass for $25<br />All Art under $100 - After Parties n' more....<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Reserve at hbmcollective@gmail.com</span><br />Be there or be a bearded lady!Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-3787919255247399852007-10-24T12:11:00.000-07:002007-11-04T00:27:17.940-07:00Schedule For the Fest - Read n Scroll!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/Rx_Erc2HXFI/AAAAAAAAACQ/FUolZ3p8CY4/s1600-h/circusposter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/Rx_Erc2HXFI/AAAAAAAAACQ/FUolZ3p8CY4/s400/circusposter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125031151727500370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">November 7th – 11th 2007 Carnival of the Arts</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Schedule of Events</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday, November 7</span></span><br /><br />8:00 - Carnival Smorgasbord - pay what you can!!<br /><br />10:00 - Festival Opening Night events After Party<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, November 8</span></span><br /><br />8:00 - This is Cancer: LIVE!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday, November 9</span></span><br /><br />8:00 - This is Cancer: LIVE!<br /><br />10:00 - Lounge-zilla! One Night only!!!<br /><br />11:00 – Party<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, November 10</span></span><br /><br />8:00 - ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE<br /><br />10:00 – After Party with DJ<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday, November 11</span></span><br /><br />2:00 - This is Cancer: LIVE!<br /><br />4:00 – New Canadian Play Readings<br /><br />8:00 - ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE<br /><br />10:00 – Wrap Party for all with DJ<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Carnival of the Arts ------ Produced by the Here Be Monsters Collective</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">@ The Dollhouse Studios 42 West 8th Avenue (2 blocks west of Main Street)</span><br /><br />Tickets: $15/$12<br /><br />Carnival Passes: $25<br /><br />Call or Email to reserve tickets/audience information:<br /><br />778.371.4731 or hbmcollective@gmail.com<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Websites:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.atomicvaudeville.com/">Atomic Vaudeville </a> <a href="http://www.thisiscancer.com/">This is Cancer! </a> <a href="http://www.loungezillasings.com/">Lounge-zilla!</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Media Contacts:</span><br /><br />Jennifer Fitzpatrick: redjen@shaw.ca ---- 604.512.7406<br /><br />or<br /><br />Heather Lindsay: heathylindsay@yahoo.ca ---- 778.881.7152<br /><br /></div>Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-19939208408724029082007-10-24T12:02:00.000-07:002007-10-24T14:44:45.289-07:00Press Release<div style="text-align: center;">November 7th – 11th 2007<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Carnival of the Arts II</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Produced by the Here Be Monsters Collective</span></span><br /><br />A five day Arts Festival featuring the best national and international independent artists/companies in:<br /><br />Theatre, Comedy, Clown, Music, Workshops, Readings, DJ’s, Dancing, & Visual Art.<br /><br />@ The Dollhouse Studios<br />Vancouver’s Most Secretive yet Glamorous Venue<br />42 West 8th Avenue<br />(2 blocks west of Main Street)<br /><br />Here Be Monsters Collective ventures into uncharted territories to rouse the creatures that lurk in the depths. In March 2006, Here Be Monsters established themselves as a presenting force in Vancouver with the inaugural Carnival of the Arts. Featuring over 200 local artists and running for two weeks, the group went on to Associate Produce TREMORS: Rumble’s Festival of Emerging Arts, The Monster Prom, and produce SHOWOFF: Theatre Under the Gun Exploded this past October.<br /><br />The Carnival of the Arts II will feature…<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE - Victoria BC</span><br /><br />“Victoria’s Secret is out: Vaudeville has the capital's<br />hottest pack of young actors.” -Vancouver Sun<br />“Marinates in a real and bitter flavour… More please.”–The Globe and Mail<br /><br />Atomic Vaudeville, after 3 years, is bringing its hit cult cabaret to Vancouver. Atomic Vaudeville, a Victoria company led by director Britt Small and playwright Jacob Richmond has produced over 30 cabaret episodes winning them<br />the Monday Magazine Award for best comedy act three years running.<br />The creators of the International Fringe Hit Shows Legoland and The Qualities of Zero.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THIS IS CANCER: LIVE! Monster Theatre, Toronto ON<br /><br /></span>“Whatever you imagine Cancer might look like- you won’t be prepared for<br />what he actually DOES look like.”<br />“…it is impossible not to be moved.” -Calgary Herald<br /><br />A cancer survivor himself, and one of Canada’s only <span style="font-style: italic;">legally blind professional actors</span>, Bruce offers a unique and fresh perspective on the disease which took his sight, and most recently, his father. Directed by award-winning director/performer Rebecca Northan, This is CANCER: LIVE! was the winner of the Betty Mitchell Award for ‘Outstanding Actor in a Musical or Comedy’ (2007)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">LOUNGE-ZILLA! Lounge-zilla, San Francisco CA/New York NY</span><br /><br />“A riotous send up…..must see…” -Xtra West Vancouver<br /><br />ONE NIGHT ONLY!!! Written and Performed by Fiely A. Matias and Dennis T. Giocino. This International Fringe hit is returning to Vancouver to share a few more quips, skips and campy self-involved-twisted-asian-homo-cabaret moments with us!<br />If you missed them at the Vancouver Fringe this year – come check them out at the Carnival.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Carnival Smorgasbord music/performance cabaret, Vancouver BC</span><br />Whet your appetite for the week to come. The Carnival Smorgasbord will feature local performers, roving characters, burlesque, music, food, and dancing<br />Hosted by Carnival Curator, Jeff Gladstone.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monster Bar & Gallery Visual Art Social Space, Vancouver BC</span><br />Featuring some of Vancouver's most respected (and rejected) low-brow artists and curated by Jennifer Fitzpatrick. We create an environment for artists and audiences to stay and socialize, talk about shows, the art and what is happening in the world.<br /><br />Media Contacts:<br /><br />Jennifer Fitzpatrick: redjen@shaw.ca 604.512.7406<br />or<br />Heather Lindsay: heathylindsay@yahoo.ca 778.881.7152<br /><br /></div>Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-18832783954477357042007-10-24T11:57:00.000-07:002007-10-24T15:11:22.076-07:00Atomic Vaudeville<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/Rx_C482HXCI/AAAAAAAAAB4/BYQ6L7YfoKo/s1600-h/atomicvaudeville.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/Rx_C482HXCI/AAAAAAAAAB4/BYQ6L7YfoKo/s320/atomicvaudeville.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125029184632478754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Come witness the premiere of AV's award-winning cabaret in Vancouver November 10th -11th 2007<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Victoria’s Secret is out: Vaudeville has the capital's hottest pack of young actors” -Vancouver Sun</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Can it be that Atomic Vaudeville is poised to become the next big buzz in Canadian theatre?”</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">–Victoria Times-Colonist</span><br /><br />“Marinates in a real and bitter flavour… More please.” –The Globe and Mail<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Atomic Vaudeville after 3 years, is bringing its hit cult cabaret to Vancouver as part of Here Be Monsters company’s The Carnival of the Arts.</span><br /><br />Atomic Vaudeville, a Victoria company led by director Britt Small and playwright Jacob Richmond has produced over 30 cabaret episodes winning them the Monday Magazine Award for best comedy act three years running. They have worked with more than 150 local and visiting artists and plan to increase that number when they come to Vancouver as they will be inviting a handful of Vancouver actors to be a part of the show. Atomic Vaudeville may be known to Vancouver audiences through their productions of The Qualities of Zero which played Vancouver in the fall of 2006 and Legoland which won the Georgia Straight Critic’s Choice award at the 2006 Vancouver Fringe Festival. Legoland will also be presented at this year’s TREMORS festival.<br /><br />The company is composed of a collective of writers, performers and musicians supported by Richmond and Small. The company's mission is to redefine performance in their community by creating a living theatre environment combining a variety of performance disciplines as well as stimulating dialogue with the audience.<br /><br />It is Vaudeville re-conceived for the present age, embracing the concerns and sensibilities of an undefined generation; attempting to reach out to an audience that is ready for a live, entertaining and relevant theatrical art form.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Show details:</span><br /><br />-Dollhouse Studios: 42 West 8th Ave (2 blocks west of Main Street)<br /><br />-Saturday November 10th @ 8pm<br /><br />-Sunday November 11th @ 8pm<br /><br />-Tickets and Information call 778.371.4731<br /><br />For more information on Atomic Vaudeville, please visit: <a href="http://www.atomicvaudeville.com/">OUR WEBSITE</a>Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-36506118562798701762007-10-24T11:54:00.000-07:002007-10-24T15:29:16.275-07:00THIS IS CANCER!: LIVE!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/Rx-VOs2HW9I/AAAAAAAAAA8/OQTLuyr20nI/s1600-h/This+Is+Cancer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/Rx-VOs2HW9I/AAAAAAAAAA8/OQTLuyr20nI/s320/This+Is+Cancer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124978980759755730" border="0" /></a><br />THIS IS CANCER: LIVE!<br /><br />Bruce Horak’s One-Man show, This Is CANCER: LIVE! Bruce Horak brings Cancer (the disease) to life and challenges the audience to view this disease, and their own lives, in a whole new light.<br /><br />“An awesome blend of the sublime and the ridiculous. How could I be laughing at Cancer… I mean…it’s Cancer!!!” – Mary Fenkes, 3-time Cancer Survivor.<br /><br />This one-man musical cabaret was nominated for a Betty Mitchell Award for ‘Outstanding Production of a Musical or Comedy’, and is the winner of the Betty Mitchell Award for ‘Outstanding Actor in a Musical or Comedy’ (2007). It has been invited to present as part of Theatre Hectics’ season in late Regina in late 2007, as well as at the Pivot Festival in Whitehorse in 2008. It garnered critical acclaim during Toronto’s SummerWorks Festival during the premier run in 2006 (***** - Now Magazine), and excerpts were presented as part of Toronto’s Harbourfront Centres’ Spiegelshow, summer 2007.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A cancer survivor himself, and one of Canada’s only legally blind professional actors,</span> Bruce offers a unique and fresh perspective on the disease which took his sight, and most recently, his father. Directed by award-winning director/performer Rebecca Northan (Canadian Comedy Award – Best Sketch Group, Gemini and Dora Award nominee, CTV’s Alice, I Think) This is CANCER: LIVE! will challenge audiences to truly LIVE!<br /><br />Bruce Horak is an accomplished playwright, actor, musician, director, teacher, facilitator and performer who has been a staple of Independent Theatre across Canada for over 12 years. His award-winning work has been presented at mainstream theatres and at Fringe Theatre Festivals from Montreal to Vancouver since 2001 (winning a Just For Laughs’ Frankie Award for Best Comedy in 2002, Audience and Critics’ Choice Awards in Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Vancouver, as well as numerous others). He has worked in virtually every theatrical medium, from Shakespeare to modern dance, and from Theatre for Young Audiences to Stand-up comedy.<br /><br />Most recently, Bruce has been instrumental in the development of “Therapeutic Clown for Adults” – a beguiling blend of Lecoq-style Bouffon and contemporary forum theatre, of which CANCER is the culmination.<br /><br />This is CANCER: LIVE! has been in process for over two years. Beginning with Mike Kennard’s (Mump and Smoot) cataclysmic Clown show, The Hollow produced at CanStage’s Berkley Street Theatre in March of 1995. Bruce began developing the character that would eventually morph into “cancer” during the intensive rehearsal process. The initial work was inspired by Kennard’s approach to Bouffon, and later incorporated Horak’s own interest in Improvisation, Comedy, Clown and Therapeutic Clown. The piece was fully realized through the initial production in Toronto, and with the generous support of Alberta Theatre Projects’ PlayRites Festival in 2007.<br /><br />Show details:<br /><br />-Dollhouse Studios: 42 West 8th Ave (2 blocks west of Main Street)<br /><br />-Thursday November 8th @ 8pm w/ Panel Discussion following<br /><br />-Friday November 9th @ 8pm<br /><br />-Sunday November 11th @ 2pm<br /><br />-Tickets and Information call 778.371.4731Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-56732914041206986622007-10-24T11:48:00.000-07:002007-10-24T15:27:38.337-07:00Lounge-zilla Returns!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/Rx_GTxjRTNI/AAAAAAAAACY/S5u6iuF9HJU/s1600-h/Lounge-zilla%21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/Rx_GTxjRTNI/AAAAAAAAACY/S5u6iuF9HJU/s400/Lounge-zilla%21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125032943991999698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">2007 VANCOUVER FRINGE HIT STOMPS BACK INTO TOWN FOR ONE SHOW ONLY!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />'LOUNGE-ZILLA!' RETURNS<br /><br />UNAPOLOGETIC, UNPREDICTABLE, UNSTOPPABLE COMEDY<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />Vancouver's favorite (and most controversial!) ballad butcher and media cover-boy is back! But get your tickets quick -- he's only around for ONE NIGHT ONLY as part of the Here Be Monsters Collective's Carnival of the Arts II Theatre Festival!<br /><br />This past September, 'LOUNGE-ZILLA!' played to raucous houses at the Vancouver International Fringe Festival (including several OVER-SOLD HOUSES that made the musical-comedy spoof one of the highest-selling shows at the fest)!<br /><br />AND NOW . . . HE'S BACK TO SCARE UP MORE LAUGHS!<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zOX3nr9XLm8"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zOX3nr9XLm8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Who: </span> LOUNGE-ZILLA!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What: </span> One of the 2007 Canadian Fringe circuit's biggest hits featuring TWISTED MUSIC, NAUGHTY COMEDY and an OUTRAGEOUS X-RATED 3D FINALE that must be seen to be believed!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where: </span> THE DOLLHOUSE STUDIOS, 42 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">When: </span> FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 at 10:00pm (ONE SHOW ONLY!)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tickets: </span> $15 General Admission, or Festival pass for $25<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How: </span> Reservations -- 778.371.4731<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">But Really, Why?:</span><br /><br />'LOUNGE-ZILLA!', a musical-comedy spoof of horrifically funny lounge acts, has scored numerous AWARDS and HONORS throughout the Canadian Fringe circuit:<br /><br />*'BEST COMEDY' -- 2007 Ottawa Fringe Festival<br />*'BEST OF THE FEST' -- 2007 Saskatoon Fringe Festival (StarPhoenix)<br />*'BEST OF VENUE/BEST OF FRINGE' -- Atlantic Fringe Festival (Halifax)<br />*'BEST OF FEST' -- San Francisco Fringe Festival<br />*'BEST OF CABARET' -- San Francisco Fringe Festival<br />*'BEST OF FEST' -- Orlando International Fringe Festival<br />*'BEST MALE PERFORMER', 'BEST PRODUCTION' nominee -- Orlando International Fringe<br />*'CULT HIT OF THE FRINGE' -- 2007 Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival (Scott Thomas, Fringe Director on CBC Radio)<br />*'3RD HIGHEST SELLING SHOW' -- 2007 Saskatoon Fringe Festival (out of 51 groups)<br />*'3RD HIGHEST SELLING SHOW' -- Atlantic Fringe Festival (Halifax)<br />*'TOP 10 SELLING SHOW' -- 2007 Vancovuer International Fringe Festival<br />*5-STAR REVIEW -- Edmonton Sun (Graham Hicks)<br />*CRITIC'S PICK -- Edmonton Journal (Sandra Sperounas)<br />*5-STAR REVIEW -- CBC (Saskatoon)<br />*5-STAR REVIEW -- StarPhoenix (Saskatoon)<br />*4-STAR REVIEW -- Vue Weekly (Edmonton)<br />*RAVE REVIEW/EDITOR'S PICK -- Xtra West! (Vancouver)<br />*RAVE REVIEW -- Only Magazine (Vancouver)<br />*RAVE REVIEW -- Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Atlantic Fringe)<br />*4 SOLD-OUT HOUSES -- Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival (145-seat Walterdale Playhouse)<br />*2 SOLD-OUT HOUSES -- Saskatoon Fringe Theatre Festival (160-seat Oskayak venue)<br />*2 OVER-SOLD HOUSES -- Vancouver International Fringe Festival (152-seat Performance Works -- 180 seats sold each over-sold evening!)<br />*5 SOLD-OUT HOUSES -- Orlando International Fringe Festival (100-seat venue)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And he's played internationally to SOLD-OUT HOUSES and RAVES:</span><br /><br />CAMP COMEDY FEST -- Singapore<br />VANCOUVER INTL COMEDY FESTIVAL -- Vancouver<br />USA NATIONAL GLBT THEATRE FESTIVAL -- Columbus, OH<br />DC COMEDY FEST -- Washington, DC<br />CHICAGO IMPROV FESTIVAL -- Chicago<br />SAN FRANCISCO SKETCH COMEDY FESTIVAL -- San Francisco<br />WE'RE FUNNY THAT WAY COMEDY FESTIVAL -- Toronto<br />MIAMI IMPROV FESTIVAL -- Miami<br />GAY DAYS FEST/CRUISE -- Orlando, Key West, Cozumel<br />OUT ON THE EDGE THEATRE FESTIVAL -- Boston<br />NYC INTERNATIONAL FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL -- New York City<br />AQUAFEST -- Houston, Belize<br />SKETCHFEST -- Seattle<br />PRAGUE FRINGE FESTIVAL -- Prague, Czech Republic<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RAVE REVIEWS: Here, There and Everywhere in between!</span><br /><br />THEATERMANIA.COM -- New York City 'FIELY A. MATIAS IS SUCH A BITCH AND WE LOVE HIM FOR IT . . . A HELLUVA LOT OF FUN'<br />XTRA! WEST -- Vancouver 'A RIOTOUS SEND-UP . . . A MUST-SEE'<br />EDMONTON SUN -- Edmonton '5 STARS! VERY, VERY FUNNY. SCREAMINGLY FUNNY'<br />VUE WEEKLY -- Edmonton 'WELL DONE AND MAKES YOU LAUGH SO HARD YOU CRY'<br />CBC RADIO/TELEVISION -- Saskatoon '5 STARS! HILARIOUS FROM START TO FINISH'<br />STARPHOENIX -- Saskatoon '5 STARS! THE MOST FUN YOU'LL HAVE AT THE FRINGE . '<br />CHRONICLE HERALD -- Halifax 'HILARIOUSLY INTERACTIVE . . . EXPLOSIVE'<br />ONLY MAGAZINE -- Vancouver 'A NEAR PERFECT CABARET . . . I LOVED THIS'<br />CAPITAL XTRA! -- Ottawa 'A HILARIOUS SELECTION OF ORIGINAL SONGS'<br />SEATTLE GAY NEWS -- Seattle 'LAUGH SO HARD YOU NEARLY WET YOUR PANTS!'<br />EDGEBOSTON.COM -- Boston 'A+! BE PREPARED TO LAUGH . . . GO GET TICKETS!'<br />SFIST.COM -- San Francisco 'FULL-OUT HYSTERICAL . . . A FRINGE MUST-SEE'<br />ORLANDO SENTINEL -- Orlando 'LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY'<br />ORLANDO WEEKLY -- Orlando 'SAVAGELY FUNNY . . . A FESTIVAL FAVORITE'<br />COLUMBUS DISPATCH -- Columbus, OH 'HILARIOUS . . . CLEVER . . . FRESH, FUNNY'<br />YOUNGGAYAMERICA.COM -- USA 'FAST-MOVING AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINING'<br />EDGEPTOWN.COM -- Provincetown, MA 'GRADE: A! VASTLY ENTERTAINING'<br />GAYOGUNQUIT.COM -- Ogunquit, ME 'HIGH ENERGY . . . IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LAUGH'<br /><br /><br /><br />'LOUNGE-ZILLA!' -- ONE NIGHT ONLY!<br /><br />FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 at 10:00PM<br />THE DOLLHOUSE STUDIOS, 42 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC<br /><br />'LOUNGE-ZILLA!' appears as part of the Here Be Monsters Collective's CARNIVAL OF THE ARTS II FESTIVAL. This celebration of off-beat theatre, art and music also features such acts as Victoria's ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE and Toronto's MONSTER THEATRE.<br /><br /><br />-------------<br /><br /><a href="http://www.loungezillasings.com/pressrelease.html">Photos</a> (300dpi) for PRESS USE:<br />Press Contact: Jennifer Fitzpatrick: hbmcollective@gmail.com<br /></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-12775017404350020162007-10-24T11:42:00.000-07:002007-10-24T14:13:55.854-07:00MANDATE & COMPANY HISTORY<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51); font-weight: bold;">HERE BE MONSTERS COLLECTIVE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">On old nautical maps, cartographers inscribed uncharted regions with the legend, “Here Be Monsters”.</span><br /></div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MANDATE</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here Be Monsters Collective (HBM) </span>ventures into uncharted territories to rouse the creatures that lurk in the depths. We are dedicated to producing arts festivals, and facilitating the creation and dissemination of new theatrical works. We curate random acts of creativity (visual art, theme, performance, music, workshops) to enrich any event, creating a fresh, well-rounded, dynamic experience.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Group Profile:</span><br />Jeff Gladstone – Producer, Curator of Carnival of the Arts<br />Heather Lindsay – Show-Off Producer, General Manager, Publicity<br />Ryan Gladstone – Producer, Graphic Designer, Marketing<br />Jennifer Fitzpatrick – Producer, Visual Art Curator, Publicity<br />Mike Fitzpatrick – Producer, FOH, Audience Services, Bar Manager<br />Michelle Field – Producer, Stage Manager<br />France Perras – Show Off Associate Producer<br />John Bessette – Technical Director<br />Board Members: Bruce James (President), Laurie Guy (Vice President), Adrienne Lindsay (Treasurer), Caroline James (Secretary)<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Companies who have participated in Here Be Monsters events:</span><br />Sunday Service, Morgan Brayton, Crawford Twins, The Pussy Willows, Victoria’s Atomic Vaudeville, Screaming Flea, Sticky Fingers, Blyss, The Skinny, Voco Loco, Melody Mangler, The Teen Angst Poet, Company B-Jine, Sexy Party, Wolf, Ragamuffin, upintheair, Fidel Castro’s Christmas Party, Lobo Solo Theatre, Bellaluna Productions, The Theatre Set, The Mice and Mentors Co-op, REIRart Productions, Genus Theatre Company, Tell Not Tell Collective, Tigermilk Collective, The Temporary Bonbons, Theatre Bagger, Felix Culpa, Broads’Way Theatre Factory, The Plant, The Royal League of Dramatics and Histrionics, Steamboat Fattie, Woodhead, Old Chunks of Fudge, Theatre Melee, Charlie Demers, It’s Good to Know People, Andrea Tucker, Nicole Steen, Holly Ruth, Alexis Moreau, Cory Van Ieperen, T. Paul St Marie …and more…<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mentors & Writers who have supported our festivals by donating their wisdom & works to aid original creation and development:</span><br />Daniel MacIvor, Darren O’Donnell, TJ Dawe, Amiel Gladstone, Chris MacGregor, Neworld Theatre, Carmen Aguirre, Lucia Frangione, Kathleen Oliver, Guillermo Verdecchia, Camyar Chai, Marcus Youssef, Aaron Bushkowsky and Rumble Productions.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here Be Monsters Collective: Company History</span><br /></div> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">October 2007</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Show-Off: Theatre Under the Gun Exploded!</span><br />Performance Works, Granville Island<br /><br />14 independent companies participated in our annual original creation event. Receiving only 48 hours, and a few tools to help inspire creation; companies created, rehearsed, designed, and performed original short plays. The outcome was 14 new masterpieces, cooked up by these companies, under an exciting, pressurized time period. Two unconventional, innovative evenings of performance, that makes for an always ground-breaking event.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">September 2007</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Vancouver International Fringe Club</span><br />1494 Old Bridge St, Granville Island<br /><br />The Vancouver International Fringe Festival contracted Here Be Monsters’ Heather Lindsay to design, program and manage the Fringe Club. After many years of the Vancouver Fringe Festival not having a specific ‘meeting place’ for artists, patrons and community to gather at before or after a show; this year an old woodshop was transformed in to, what was called over and over again, ‘The best Fringe Club in North America EVER!’ In true Here Be Monster style, over 100 artists performed on the cabaret stage to celebrate theatre and art in Vancouver. Everyday the Fringe Club was rocking, keeping artists, friends and audience on Granville Island feeling together as a community for the two week duration of the festival.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June/July 2007</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Show-Off at the Sweatshop Festival</span><br />Victoria Arts Centre, Victoria BC<br /><br />Victoria’s Atomic Vaudeville invited HBM Collective to produce and run their successful Vancouver Show-Off: Theatre Under the Gun event in the island city’s summer Sweatshop Festival. Featuring local Victoria performance groups (ITSAZOO, Horse of Air Dance Company, WAVE Theatre, The 30 Cent Players, SNAFU dance, Intrepid Theatre and others), these companies presented original theatre, dance and comedy performances from the result of only 24 hours of creation.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> February – May, 2007 </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Improvised Soap Opera</span><br />The Beaumont Studios, 5th Ave & Alberta<br /><br />Every Monday at the Beaumont Studios, audiences came to witness a completely improvised Soap Opera. Directed by Jeff Gladstone and Veena Sood and garnering great reviews and a rapidly growing audience, this was the first time Vancouver has taken on this popular project, originating from Toronto improvisers.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">March 14 – 31, 2007</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">TREMORS: Rumble’s Festival of Emerging Arts</span><br />Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright St. on Granville Island<br /><br />The Here Be Monsters Collective, Rumble Productions premiere Producers in Residence, presented the following events at Tremors:<br />The Tremors Monster Bar and "Salon Des Refusés" Gallery: Featuring some of Vancouver's most respected (and rejected) low-brow artists! Creating an environment for artists and audiences to stay and socialize, talk about shows, the art and what is happening in the world.<br />Foreshocks and Aftershocks: A theatre company, a line of text, an image, a sound byte, and a limited time to create a short show. You may have heard of this recipe before, but you’ve never seen it like this! Inspired by Show Off: Theatre Under the Gun and HIVE, 3 hot emerging companies will be given six days to create a performance that will take place in and around Performance Works— anywhere except the stage, because why make it easy?! Audience arrived early, grabbed a drink at the Monster bar and witnessed the mayhem!<br />St. Patty’s Day Psychobilly Hoedown: Artists and audiences celebrated St.Patty's day and joined us for a wicked night of live music with the Cryptomaniacs, the notorious Psychobilly band from Calgary!<br />New Play Café: In celebrating World Theatre Day, HBM created a free event that brought people out to hear and talk about new plays that are being developed in our city.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">November 4, 2006</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">MONSTER PROM</span><br />The Anza Club<br /><br />Here Be Monsters Collective introduced themselves to the “world” at the ANZA CLUB with their Web, Season, and Company launch party. This sold-out audience was witness to over 150 artists in one evenings span. These artists helped celebrate what Here Be Monsters is passionate about: all aspects of art…and lots of it at all times!!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">March 8 – 18, 2006</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">HERE BE MONSTERS: A Carnival of the Arts </span><br />Performance Works<br /><br />In March 2006, HBM produced "the highly successful premiere event”, HERE BE MONSTERS: A Carnival of the Arts, at Performance Works on Granville Island. Involving over 200 artists in its two-week span, the carnival proved to be an incredibly inspirational and successful arts event. It left people wanting more. As a result of our inaugural carnival HBM was asked by Craig Hall of Rumble Productions to be their Producers in Residence.<br />HBM Collective was thrilled and honoured to be working with one of Canada’s most respected companies.<br /><br />HERE BE MONSTERS: A Carnival of the Arts! exploded onto the scene with performances including SHOWOFF: Theatre Under the Gun Reloaded (the resurrection of the 7 year tradition of plays created in 48 hours), Theatre Melee’s LAZY SUSAN (the remount of the Fringe Hit garnered three Jessie Richardson Award Nominations including Best Production, Small Theatre), Keith Johnstone (improv guru), world-renowned self-taught low-brow artist Andrea Tucker, and Performance Theatre Renegade Michael Green’s The Whaler.Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-23956363946979018152007-10-20T19:15:00.000-07:002007-10-22T14:36:15.698-07:00audience members wantedWatch this.....then scroll down and learn about our festival.<br /><br />Please email us at <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="mailto:hbmcollective@gmail.com">HERE BE MONSTERS</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span>if you want to reserve tix for a night of the festival. The schedule will be posted asap!<br /><br /><br />YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HqbVbPvlDoM"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HqbVbPvlDoM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object>Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980125044067089914.post-25707373320114293922007-10-15T19:04:00.001-07:002007-10-24T15:03:41.571-07:00carnival of the arts II - november 7-11 2007<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/RxU-cc2HW6I/AAAAAAAAAAk/t_GCefLPEpA/s1600-h/breakdance+robot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 162px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/RxU-cc2HW6I/AAAAAAAAAAk/t_GCefLPEpA/s320/breakdance+robot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122068809704233890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">BREAKDANCE ROBOT!!!!</span><br /><br />Hey, monster brothers and sisters!<br /><br />We had a productive meeting the other day about our upcoming Carnival of the Arts II and we are really excited. Jeff, Ryan, Heather, Jen, Michelle and Fitz are all really thrilled at this year's line-up.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Mark off </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >November 7 to 11, 2007</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> for the fest.</span><br /><br />Starting with, <span style="font-weight: bold;">THE CARNIVAL SMORGASBORD</span> on opening night November 7th featuring snippets of some of the festival shows like <a href="http://atomicvaudeville.com/">Atomic Vaudeville</a>, Bruce Horak's, <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" href="http://thisiscancer.com/index.html">This is Cancer! : Live</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">!</span>.......and perhaps some surprises too!<br /><br />We will kick our Carnival of The Arts II off with a bang....or should I say, a <span style="font-weight: bold;">SMORG!</span><br /><br />Basically, our festival is going to be awesome and you should come - if you are on <span style="font-weight: bold;">FACEBOOK</span> - check us out <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5220902097">here.</a><br /><br />This exciting news of the day is that this year our carnival is at the silky hip <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.dollhousestudios.com/">Dollhouse Studios</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span>- a venue also known as the home base for Sweet Soul Burlesque - we are happy to have met them and hope to see some of you sassing it up in honour of our new venue! It has a boudoir AND velvety curtains....it is really close to the Anza Club.<br /><br />Monster Jen Fitzpatrick and artist <span style="font-style: italic;">extra-ordinare</span>, <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" href="http://www.andreatucker.com/">Andrea Tucker</a> did a <span style="font-weight: bold;">photoshoot today with her dog Chi Chi </span>for our upcoming promotional material for the festival.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/RxgoGc2HW7I/AAAAAAAAAAs/fR6aKd_OF7E/s1600-h/IMG_0575.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7o2GUXce9JU/RxgoGc2HW7I/AAAAAAAAAAs/fR6aKd_OF7E/s200/IMG_0575.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122888667421432754" border="0" /></a>Chi Chi and Andrea have both contributed greatly to many of our events.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Dance it out people.....let's get these rainy blues out of our systems and just dance it out".</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Monster Heather Lindsay</span><br /><br />More info to come.Here Be Monstershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048422484673964988noreply@blogger.com0