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Playwright's Cabaret
On
Wednesday, May 13, at 7:30pm there will be a Playwright's Cabaret featuring
performances by playwrights Ellen Arrand, Charles Tidler and puppet artist Tim
Gosley, who will perform a portion of his A Living Collage tribute
to Robin Skelton. The image to the right features one of the puppets. A Theatre Inconnu Fundraiser, this event takes place at Theatre Inconnu in the Fernwood Little Hall, 1923 Fernwood Rd, Victoria, BC. A donation of $5.00 to Theatre Inconnu is suggested.
Tim Gosley
Tim
Gosley is a Victoria-raised, Toronto-based puppet artist. In his work A
Living Collage he reflects on Robin Skelton the man, poet, and witch, utilizing
video, light, and egg puppets with spoken word. It was originally created for
the Malahat Review at 40 in 2007. Check out the poster for that event
here. Gosley
studied theater at the University of Alberta, earning a BFA in acting. He soon
shifted to puppeteering, and in 1981, he was one of several Canadian artists
who trained with Richard Hunt to appear on Fraggle Rock. He performed
various minor characters in the series, and in Muppet specials shot in Toronto.
In 1987, he landed his first major Muppet character, Basil the polar bear, who
he would play for nine seasons on Sesame Park, the Canadian Sesame
Street. In 2003, he won a Gemini for best preschool puppet performance.
In his 30 years of puppetry, he has written and performed a wide variety of
puppet shows in both Canada and abroad, particularly Germany. Works included
a one-man show The Ugly Duckling, a shadow-puppet performance of The
Musicians of Bremen, and a shadow puppet performance of Faust.
His acting and television works include performing on Blizzard Island, Iris
the Happy Professor, and Caillou. In more recent years, he has
also written for several animated series, including Fix & Foxi.
Charles
TidlerCharles Tidler's stage plays have had productions throughout Canada, across the United States, at the Edinburgh Festival, and in London's West End. Achievements include two National Radio Awards, a Chalmers Outstanding PlayAward, Canada Council and B.C. Arts Council awards, and a Governor General's Award nomination in drama. He is also an award-winning poet and a spoken jazz artist. His first novel, Going to New Orleans, was published in 2004. The father of two sons, Charles makes his home in Victoria.
Ellen
ArrandEllen Arrand is a published novelist and short story writer. Her stories have appeared in Grain, Room of One’s Own, and Waves. Her novel, Public Works, Private Souls (Beach Holme), was praised by Books in Canada as: “a book full of painfully won personal truth thet makes the reader blink with admiration.” This novel was also adapted for the stage, and was produced by Theatre Inconnu in 2004. Her play The Trutch Street Women was a finalist in the 2005 Canadian National Playwriting Competition.
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