Alright, who here is *for* the continuation of life on earth. Can we have a show of hands, please?

Oh... mah.......Gord......

We're in Toronto - we opened yesterday afternoovening (5pm) and all my effort has been focussed on that, and not getting terribly sick. I've been exhausted, so illness wasn't surprising. Every night in Ottawa was a late one - Ottawa was fun, if not very profitable (Ottawans, bless their hearts, don't seem to Fringe in the rain, whereas Winnipeggers and Edmontonians will see the shows their star critics tell them to see, no matter what - and believe me, I've experienced quite the temperature swing and wacky stormage between those two festivals these past few summers!) Then the next day (Monday) we went to Wakefield Quebec, just for the day, to perform one show in their new little "Piggyback" Fringe festival. Which was very well run! We sold out! Okay, it was 35 seats, but *still*. Wakefield is gorgeous, but of course it rained. Like Ottawa. Every day.

An odd thing happened there - or was said to have happened. Near the end of Old Growth, my character goes a bit (or a lot) over the edge of despair, and gets pretty down and dirty accusatory against the human species (don't worry, he manages to pull back with Aura's help). Well, according to one of the festival organizers, some of the Wakefielders were contemplating voicing their protests during this section. Like "But we *do* agree with what you are saying! Don't accuse us! Which is interesting. I have wondered how self-professed ecophiles would take the show (most realise I'm really speaking to someone larger i.e. all of us and someone smaller i.e. myself). But the question, which only occured to me the next day, is - do I need to poll my audience before every show to determine how to pitch the ending? And the answer of course, is - not so much at all, really.

I already have to get ready for another show in Toronto. 5 days in a row! I'll write more later.

Tchuss!