On the Road again

We are officially on the road again! On our third cross-Canadian Fringe Festival Tour!

On June 2, we left Vancouver, having packed up all our worldly possessions into a storage box with the guidance and strength of Ivan Penaluna, and set out on the trans-canada #1 for Montreal.

Opening night of Crude Love is at 11:15pm on Saturday, June 14, 2008, at Theatre Ste. Catherine. Check out www.bigsmokeproductions.com for a full schedule and the address of the theatre. Or www.montrealfringe.ca.

We have been writing Crude Love since November 2007, and are still rewriting it as we drive across the country. Today is DAY 4 of our drive, and we made it to Kenora, Ontario. It is also DAY 4 of our new lives as non-smokers, making for a very colourful car ride these past few days.

Yesterday we stopped in a town called Mundare, Alberta, Home of the Big Kubassa (Sausage). Gill posted a photo of it over there on the right.

We stopped in Edmonton and we warmly welcomed by Gill's dad and step-mom. We will stop in Muskoka and rest up with Russ's folks before heading onto Montreal to set up the show.

We would have liked to have more rehearsal time with our wonderful director and dramaturge, Emelia Symington Fedy, but hopefully she can join us in Toronto in July to give us more guidance.

Today we took a detour off the highway to drive through the town of Russell, Manitoba. Quite a trip to see a town so rooted in the 1950s where everything begins with your name: Russell Tires, Russell Post Office, Russell Street, Russell Memorial Center, Russell Regional Library, Russell Farm and Auto, Russell Video, Russell Golf Course, Russell Leisure Club, and Russell Civic Centre.

Alright, we have to rehearse the blocking before we head to bed. And type out the latest draft. And update the website with more press releases. And...