Going to see TJ Dawe’s first show at this year’s Fringe Festival, I had high expectations. He’s been Fringing almost as long as I’ve been alive and even though I’ve never seen any of his shows before, his name is one I long associated with the Fringe. Additionally, one of my favourite movies to come out in 2013, The F Word, was based on one of Dawe’s plays (one which you still have a chance to see on the 17th...
In 1898 Henry James penned the Ghost Story Novella – “The Turn of the Screw”. The story of a fresh faced young woman who is seduced into the position of Governess to two children who had been left orphaned. She arrives at her new position to find the old housekeeper, and a mute young girl at the manor “Bly”. The boy Miles was off at boarding school. She quickly learns from the housekeeper that the governess who preceded her had a violent sexual affair with the male Valet and they are now both dead.
This is a big month for adaptation of children’s classics. Last week, David Benedictus’ Return to the Hundred Acre Wood was released, the first authorized sequel to the original A.A. Milne books from the 1920’s.
Josue Laboucane and friend from Love You Forever. Photo by Tim Matheson
The inspiration for MK Woyzeck is Georg Büchner's 1837 play, simply called Woyzeck, which was left unfinished at his death. According to the program notes for the production currently on at the Frederic Wood Theatre out at UBC, the mounting of a version of Büchner's challenging political play has become a rite of passage in theatre circles.
Moneca Lander, MariaLuisa Alvarez and Fiona Mongillo in MK Woyzeck; Photo: Tim Matheson
