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Welcome to MackGordonTheatre.com. I'm a theatre artist and gun for hire based out of Vancouver, BC. I make a living acting, directing, and writing. I also play music. Stop by frequently to keep track of what I'm keeping track of.
NEWS
March 8
My full 2013 year in review - the stats on the things I did - is up at www.mackgordon.tumblr.com.
It's been a while since my last update so I'll give you the rundown. A) I've been selected to apprentice direct at Bard on the Beach this coming Summer. I'm working on The Tempest - my second favourite Shakespeare play - with Meg Roe and I'm very excited. B) I'm a few days out from starting Rumble Theatre's director's lab which I'm also very excited about. The class is being taught by Ron Jenkins. He's worked all over Canada and is a very well-respected artist. C) I just finished a staged reading of The Mouse Trap by Agatha Christie with Western Gold. I love murder mysteries so it was a lot of fun. D) Kaitlin and I have been accepted by UVic to perform The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as the University's Spotlight on Alumni show this coming October. We're producing the show ourselves for the first time and look forward to the challenge. E) (Yes E! a lot has been going on) Kaitlin and I will also be heading to Barkerville this Summer to work for a few months as historical interpretors!
Meanwhile, the last few months I've been hard at work on a new play that may be produced for the Fringe Festival this year (if we end up getting a venue that is worthwhile) and penning a book of short stories that serve as a biographical sketch of my father and the fathers in my family. It's been a very rewarding process interviewing my dad for this book and finding out more about the man he is besides being my father, the man he was before his children came along and how he's progressed as a person. That's enough for now!
December 18
We're in the final week of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Western Canada Theatre and I'm using the off time to put together my comprehensive year end blog. For the past two years I've kept an inordinate amount of statistics, from the things I eat, to the plays I see, to the people I hang out with. My Top Ten Plays of 2013 can be found over at Theatre is for Suckers (it'll be on my blog in the next few days with a few more features) and my Books I Read post is live at Mackgordon.tumblr.com. I'll be posting new blogs over there for the rest of the month.
Updated: My 2013 Career in Review is up now.
October 20
Closed The Foreigner about a week ago. Man, was it a fun show. Now I'm working hard on Ballad of the Burning Lady for Western Canada Theatre's High Wire Festival. Western Canada is in Kamloops. The show only runs from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, so catch it if you can. After that, My wife Kaitlin and I are back to work on The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe from Pacific Theatre. It's heading out on a tour of the Lower Mainland and Interior (Mission, Chilliwack, Kelowna, Kamloops) until Christmas.
September 14
Knee deep in rehearsal for The Foreigner at Pacific Theatre. I think it'll be one of the funniest plays I've ever been in. It opens on the 20th and runs until October 12th.
Had an article published at Theatreisforsuckers.com on the benefits of working for free. You can check it out here: http://www.theatreisforsuckers.com/the-power-of-working-for-free/
August 2
I had an article published in Hush Magazine called Down the Rabbit Hole. The idea for the series is that it's part short story, part Q & A and part artist profile. I go out for a night on the town with musicians from Vancouver. The first one was with Dominique Fricot and I'd say it was pretty successful. You can read the first installment here:
http://www.hushmagazine.ca/music/down-the-rabbit-hole-with-dominique-fricot/.
I've also written through a first draft of a short play called The Ballad of the Burning Lady. This show will be produced around Halloween in Kamloops for Western Canada Theatre's High-Wire Festival. I'm putting the show on with Kirk Smith and his company, Flying Monkey.
July 5
After a great project of staging poetry with Conrad Alexandrowicz, and working with such lovely artists as Sandra Ferens, Linda Quibell, Jane Osbourne, Brahm Taylor, and Alex Frankson, in addition to having a blast at the PAL with the whole Western Gold crew, the Summer is a flash back to Romeo and Juliet with Mnemonic Theatre. I'll be playing Paris and the show will be playing the last two weeks of August on various beaches around Kitsilano. Admission is free and Romeo and Juliet are portrayed as Lesbians so how could you not come check it out? Other than that, the Summer will be filled with writing projects for me as I try and transition all my first drafts into third drafts.
May 31
After an audition heavy May, I'm getting geared up for a busy June. The final three weeks I'll be working with Conrad Alexandrowicz on a movement project in Vancouver. On the 13, 14th, and 15th I'll be working with Anna Hagan and Western Gold on a staged reading of Habeas Corpus with performances at the PAL in Coal Harbour.
April 9
Heading to the Unified General Auditions tomorrow to sit on the panel of auditors with Chelsea from Itsazoo. Going to see Three Sister's at Havana tomorrow evening. The rest of the week is full of writing (Local Violence), concerts (Ladyhawk), plays (Arthur Boy King), and audition prep (for Project X in Kamloops). Rehearsals for the second leg of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" start next Tuesday. On Sunday I start teaching for Carousel Theatre's children acting school. And that's my April!
My full 2013 year in review - the stats on the things I did - is up at www.mackgordon.tumblr.com.
It's been a while since my last update so I'll give you the rundown. A) I've been selected to apprentice direct at Bard on the Beach this coming Summer. I'm working on The Tempest - my second favourite Shakespeare play - with Meg Roe and I'm very excited. B) I'm a few days out from starting Rumble Theatre's director's lab which I'm also very excited about. The class is being taught by Ron Jenkins. He's worked all over Canada and is a very well-respected artist. C) I just finished a staged reading of The Mouse Trap by Agatha Christie with Western Gold. I love murder mysteries so it was a lot of fun. D) Kaitlin and I have been accepted by UVic to perform The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as the University's Spotlight on Alumni show this coming October. We're producing the show ourselves for the first time and look forward to the challenge. E) (Yes E! a lot has been going on) Kaitlin and I will also be heading to Barkerville this Summer to work for a few months as historical interpretors!
Meanwhile, the last few months I've been hard at work on a new play that may be produced for the Fringe Festival this year (if we end up getting a venue that is worthwhile) and penning a book of short stories that serve as a biographical sketch of my father and the fathers in my family. It's been a very rewarding process interviewing my dad for this book and finding out more about the man he is besides being my father, the man he was before his children came along and how he's progressed as a person. That's enough for now!
December 18
We're in the final week of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Western Canada Theatre and I'm using the off time to put together my comprehensive year end blog. For the past two years I've kept an inordinate amount of statistics, from the things I eat, to the plays I see, to the people I hang out with. My Top Ten Plays of 2013 can be found over at Theatre is for Suckers (it'll be on my blog in the next few days with a few more features) and my Books I Read post is live at Mackgordon.tumblr.com. I'll be posting new blogs over there for the rest of the month.
Updated: My 2013 Career in Review is up now.
October 20
Closed The Foreigner about a week ago. Man, was it a fun show. Now I'm working hard on Ballad of the Burning Lady for Western Canada Theatre's High Wire Festival. Western Canada is in Kamloops. The show only runs from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, so catch it if you can. After that, My wife Kaitlin and I are back to work on The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe from Pacific Theatre. It's heading out on a tour of the Lower Mainland and Interior (Mission, Chilliwack, Kelowna, Kamloops) until Christmas.
September 14
Knee deep in rehearsal for The Foreigner at Pacific Theatre. I think it'll be one of the funniest plays I've ever been in. It opens on the 20th and runs until October 12th.
Had an article published at Theatreisforsuckers.com on the benefits of working for free. You can check it out here: http://www.theatreisforsuckers.com/the-power-of-working-for-free/
August 2
I had an article published in Hush Magazine called Down the Rabbit Hole. The idea for the series is that it's part short story, part Q & A and part artist profile. I go out for a night on the town with musicians from Vancouver. The first one was with Dominique Fricot and I'd say it was pretty successful. You can read the first installment here:
http://www.hushmagazine.ca/music/down-the-rabbit-hole-with-dominique-fricot/.
I've also written through a first draft of a short play called The Ballad of the Burning Lady. This show will be produced around Halloween in Kamloops for Western Canada Theatre's High-Wire Festival. I'm putting the show on with Kirk Smith and his company, Flying Monkey.
July 5
After a great project of staging poetry with Conrad Alexandrowicz, and working with such lovely artists as Sandra Ferens, Linda Quibell, Jane Osbourne, Brahm Taylor, and Alex Frankson, in addition to having a blast at the PAL with the whole Western Gold crew, the Summer is a flash back to Romeo and Juliet with Mnemonic Theatre. I'll be playing Paris and the show will be playing the last two weeks of August on various beaches around Kitsilano. Admission is free and Romeo and Juliet are portrayed as Lesbians so how could you not come check it out? Other than that, the Summer will be filled with writing projects for me as I try and transition all my first drafts into third drafts.
May 31
After an audition heavy May, I'm getting geared up for a busy June. The final three weeks I'll be working with Conrad Alexandrowicz on a movement project in Vancouver. On the 13, 14th, and 15th I'll be working with Anna Hagan and Western Gold on a staged reading of Habeas Corpus with performances at the PAL in Coal Harbour.
April 9
Heading to the Unified General Auditions tomorrow to sit on the panel of auditors with Chelsea from Itsazoo. Going to see Three Sister's at Havana tomorrow evening. The rest of the week is full of writing (Local Violence), concerts (Ladyhawk), plays (Arthur Boy King), and audition prep (for Project X in Kamloops). Rehearsals for the second leg of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" start next Tuesday. On Sunday I start teaching for Carousel Theatre's children acting school. And that's my April!
