Local Cultural Report #3
And you thought I had isolated myself in Tavistock. This past Saturday was the first showing this year of a local community production called Barn Talk, starring local actors, including myself.

I star as the awkward and emotionally distant, greenhorn pastor. I know what you're thinking, 'his first acting role, and he's already been typecasted.' I admit, it is an easy character for me to pull off. I wasn't nervous at all on Saturday, that is until I was backstage and about to go on, and I didn't think I'd know my lines. It turns out that I did forget a few of my lines, but I recovered. The audience really bought my character, and I could tell that really early, so it was easy to keep doing it right. The character was so well played that almost nobody noticed a glitch in the lines.

Well enough bragging, now for the sales pitch. There are three showings this week as well, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each show starts at 8, beginning with a musical introduction (Thursday: KW area bluegrass gospel group, Five on the Floor. Friday: Tavistock Harmonica Band. Saturday: No Discernible Key.), and the show begins at 8:30, with an intermission, and the play is over around 11.

The play was really well received by the audience on Saturday, and it got a favourable review in the KW Record. Essentially, the idea is that an elderly man has lost his wife, and decides to hold himself up in the barn until his political demands are met. It has both agricultural and political humour, and appeals especially to those aware of rural Ontario and Swiss Mennonite culture, but works for everyone else too.

I have tickets available for each night, and they can also be purchased through the Network for Conflict Resolution, for which it is a fundraiser. They are $20 for adults and $15 for students. You can also e-mail me for tickets.

   [ posted by William @ 2:04 PM ]