actor, comedian, singer/songwriter and playwright
Coco is still working on the backdrop…here are more close up details.
The Strong Lady is ballencing all the different circus characters atop a teeter totter, the juggler is juggling cats, the high wire act, two headed lady, the pirate all waiting for their turn to spring into action!
The amazing artist Coco Fralic holding her new painting – backdrop for Stripes.
Veeneesh Dubois and Sarah Hayward in front of our Booth at BCTC, where we pitched our shows as a Double Bill…Under The Mango Tree and Stripes: The Mystery Circus.
We shared 5 minute pitch session!
Met lots of great people and made some good contacts for future touring possibilities, learned a great deal.
We are both excited about our upcoming productions at The Moberley Arts Centre, Under Mango Tree April 16-18, Stripes May 28-30th.
New circus theme backdrop for Stripes painted by the amazing Coco Fralic, seen partially, draped over the back curtain.
FIRE AND BRIMSTONE
Photo by Jessica Earnshaw, Olympic Flame, Vancouver, B.C.
Sarah as Nun from Stripes: The Mystery Circus
Photo by Jessica Earnshaw
Creating solo show workshop with Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg (http://taracheyenne.com/)
The marvelous Tara, gold medal winner for getting her freak on, sharing her workshop recipes with me.
Vancouver performer and playwright, Veenesh Dubois took the Vancouver Fringe by storm with her sellout show, Under the Mango Tree, which won ‘Pick of the Fringe’ 2009 and is now headed to Victoria for four special performances at the Intrepid Theatre Club.
Dubois’ enchanting semi-autobiographical play tells the story of her families’ struggle to immigrate to Canada from their small village in Fiji.
“An emotional rollercoaster”, Sheryl MacKay CBC Radio
Dubois’ performance of Under the Mango Tree focuses on her family’s staggered immigration to Canada from their native Fiji.
“It’s about a daughter’s love and yearning for her father,” Dubois said of her play’s plot line. “The father lives in a small village and wants to find fame, fortune and better opportunities, so he leaves his family behind and emigrates to Canada. The story follows the letters that the daughter and the father exchange between one another.”
Veenesh Dubois and Sarah Hayward have teamed up to present a double bill of their two original one woman shows, to present as a full length evening for 6 performances April, 2011 5-9th at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam and also in February 2011 at the Surrey Arts Centre. Both shows will be produced at the Moberley Arts Centre, Under The Mango Tree in April 16-18th and Stripes: The Mystery Circus in May 28-30th, 2010.
Marguerites’ voice studio, where the invisible is made audible.
Worked with my vocal coach and Stripes collaborator, Marguerite Witvoet today, as I do at least once a week. My creative musical fix, my playground of invention, vocal workout, improvising and stretching sounds, articulating the future…I left flushed, newly inspired with great ideas to spin into my plan.
“The voice is the muscle of the soul”, the Roy Hart / Richard Armstrong defination…is fully explored with Marguerite.(http://www.margueritewitvoet.ca/)
Played a Nurse on TV series FRINGE last week. Luckily my film editor friend Christian, who lives in Berlin, refered me to Louise Fletcher, the original Nurse Rachette, so I could get the hair right!
Sarah Hayward 