The Burnaby Village Museum is a wonderful place to visit during Heritage Christmas. For us, the village has special significance, since we have performed there annually since 1994. Our first gig was a single-day booking when we were eager new
Reversing the process—how Renovations became “Sisters in Crime”.
My comedy, Renovations, was a play that I had no intention of duplicating in another form. However, when I was assembling stories for my book, A Black Tie Affair and Other Mystery Stories, I needed something short and light-hearted to
Tribute to a wonderful cat: Minx the Manx
Over the past few months, I spent little time on the Internet, partly because I was working on a new manuscript, but mainly due to the fact that our little cat, Minx, at nineteen years of age, was ailing and
Play or story? Which presents the most challenges?
People often ask me whether I prefer writing plays, stories or marionette musicals. It’s hard to answer that question and I always end up saying that I most enjoy whichever I am doing at the particular moment. Writing a story
Remembering a very special lady
I was very sad to receive the winter edition of the Puppetry Arts Institute newsletter and see that their long-time director, Diane Houk, had passed away last November. Diane was a charming and talented lady who, with her husband and
Standing in.
One often hears tales of actors falling ill and, in the absence of a proper understudy, some poor individual being handed a script and forced to step in. However, in all my years of theatre, I had never actually experienced
Go Back for Murder – now on stage at the Bernie Legge Theatre
[box]A year ago I wrote the following blog about Agatha Christie’s play, Go Back for Murder. What a delight now to be able to post pictures from the wonderful Vagabond Players production. And yes, I did end up designing the
Remembering George Kopf
The members of the Vancouver Lower Mainland community theatre scene were very sad to see the passing of George Kopf last month, and today, at the Bernie Legge Theatre, we celebrated his life. For many years, George was a fixture
A Mysterious Disappearance
Our wonderful summer at Pender Harbour—a heady mix of writing, hiking, fishing, swimming and craft-market vending—was blighted when I lost my wedding and engagement rings, the two being fused together into an ornate arrangement that I had treasured for the
Inspirations from the Sunshine Coast
Hundreds of years before the Europeans arrived, the Sechelt First Nations people roamed the Sunshine Coast of B.C. Visitors to Pender Harbour will immediately notice Mount Daniel and Pender Hill overlooking the bay, and it does not take much leap
