Best Comic writing:
Blue’s 5 Ice Caps and a Gun
Sammy’s Room (Honourable Mention)
Hannah’s Angel Milk (Honourable Mention)
Best Dramatic writing:
Emma’s The Definition of Family
Khadeja’s To Error (Honourable Mention)
Best Overall Story:
Chris’s Ulterior Motives
Evan’s Theft on Third (Honourable Mention)
Best Direction:
Marina for Theft on Third
Lauren for The Definition of Family (Honourable Mention)
Caitlin for Ulterior Motives (Honourable Mention)
Best dramatic performance – female:
Lucina in Ulterior Motives
Caitlin and Alison in The Definition of Family (Honourable Mention)
Khadeja in Theft on Third (Honourable Mention)
Susan in To Error (Honourable Mention)
Best comic performance – female:
Adrianna in Living for Tomorrow
Llyandra in Angel Milk (Honourable Mention)
Lydia in Angel Milk (Honourable Mention)
Caitlin in Reconstruction Site (Honourable Mention)
Best dramatic performance – male:
Sean in You Don’t Mind
Chris in Adapt Me (Honourable Mention)
Luke in 5 Ice Caps and a Gun (Honourable Mention)
Best comic performance – male:
Matt in Angel Milk
Jesse in Room (Honourable Mention)
Daniel in Living for Tomorrow (Honourable Mention)
Jared in 5 Ice Caps and a Gun (Honourable Mention)
Best Set Design:
Jesse for To Error
Yasmin for Salad Dressing (Honourable Mention)
Adrianna for Angel Milk (Honourable Mention)
Best Costume Design:
Misha for Theft on Third
Jenny for Salad Dressing (Honourable Mention)
Lucas for Ulterior Motives (Honourable Mention)
Rachel for 5 Ice Caps and a Gun (Honourable Mention)
Saturday, March 03, 2007
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Although I have thoroughly enjoyed reading every review, this section rubs me the wrong way. I may have not of thought twice about a "picks" section, but I found it very contradictory to the 'non-competitive' attitude that was taken to the reviews. I found the reviews to be insightful and helpful, but this section leaves one feeling either "let in" or "kept out".
I felt that the stating of certain favourites within the reviews was a nice touch, but compiling them seems the farthest from uncompetitive.
-ElJay
Interesting choice in giving an honourable mention for my role in living for tomorrow. I do think that with that choice I deserve I couple extra points seeing as I am the only one on that list who was not acting in a comedy, and was not trying to be funny.
I think that you did an extreme injustice in excluding a Best Stage Manager catagory.
Dear eljay,
Your point is absolutely valid. Just to clarify though: I never claimed that my reviews would be seen as non-competitive. In fact, given the nature of public education, it is impossible to avoid this trap. The reviews themselves have stars for example - that could be seen as a measure of competition; some reviews are more glowing than others - AND it is public rather than private - that too could easily be seen as competitive. My justification for putting "my" picks was to highlight what I saw as exemplary work and I probably run the risk of coming across with "favourites." In my mind that is not the case, but others may judge accordingly. If you notice, I specifically pulled something from every show - not as lip service - but to acknowledge there was something exemplary about every show. Ultimately, with the reviews AND “my picks” section, I was trying to expose the students to what many of the critics do during the Fringe Festivals across Canada and the globe. I may have left people out, but I didn’t create a “worst list” as many critics do.
That said, your criticism will be taken under reflection. I must admit this entire review process is an experimentation for me and if upon reflection I feel I was wrong to do so in whole or in part I am open to making changes and/or scrapping it altogether. Sorry if you feel like guinea pigs, but philosophically, I feel that teachers are the real students and the students are the real teachers.
Dear anonymous stage manager who felt robbed of his/her integrity :)
It is true that the SMs, the Techies, and the Producers get left out of this...sadly, their work often goes unnoticed. On the other hand: the Festival was a success, all the shows that I saw ran smoothly, and I didn't notice any technical glitches. So all Producers, SMs and Techies are tops in my book :)
I disagree, a top picks list i think is a good way of identifying what he thought of as good work from individuals, this section i believe is the same as the reviews, i think the constructive critism can help everyone and helps people get another opinion on the show.
Not to be rude or anything but I feel that the best director category should he re-evaluated. Marina took almost all the rehearsal time in the auditiorium and theft of third definatly should have been better for all the rehearsal they recieved. Many plays also preforming in the auditorium were snubbed because of the lack of space they had to rehearse in. It was unfair of her and after seeing that show it was a slap in the face because it should have been much better for all the time it had.
Dear Anonymous (and conveniently there are a lot of them...)
Rather than put a director down as well as slur with accusations - why don't you submit your own pitch for best director and your reason why. That way you can acknowledge someone's good work instead of slagging someone. And while you are at it, you (and everyone else) might have the courage to give your name. I did not hide behind any of my comments - in fact, I don't know of a critic who does.
hello everyone as one who experienced marinas directing first hand i have to say it has its ups and downs... I havent really heard to much about other directors but the fact is Marina did at times just sort of take to many resources(whether this was a fault of her own i dont know), i was double booked between a one page dialogue in theft on third and a major role in salad dressing, and yet my time was practially divided in half between them. This is just the impression i got as well as the fact that although her discipline could work wonders sometimes she would over do it... just bit. However this is just the feeling i got out of it.
Being a director this year I have to say was one of the most eye-opening experiences.
I found scheduling to be a conflict in many cases but when it comes down to that there's nothing you can really do about schedules. Directors do the best they can to make their rehearsal schedule as convenient as possible for all people involved in a show but since it is a class and there are SO many different shows being produced all at once it can often be extremely difficult.
I do, however, agree that some rehearsal spaces were monopolized by certain plays but that is something that should have been discussed and worked out the day that the producers sat down with the directors of each play and created the schedule.
In my personal opinion I think that the "Group A" and "Group B" idea that was used last year and at the beginning of this year worked much better and caused alot less conflict.
Overall, I have to say I was proud to be involved with this year's Fringe Festival. Although there were definately times I could have sworn it wasn't going to come together and be a success, I was proved wrong.
Congrats to everybody who worked hard, and to those who didn't....there's always next year!(unless you're in Grade 12 and not taking a fifth year...or not taking the class again)
I definitely think sms should get more credit. i worked my ass off plus most of the rehearsals were outside class time actually all of them were. plus tech did awesome. if you notice that they get forgotten then why did u?
Dear Anonymous SM who worked their ass off :)
Excellent question. I have both a short answer and a long answer:
Short Answer: In the final presentation of a play I cannot see the work of SMs and Techies. If I can't see it, I can't comment on it.
Long Answer: As you can see, the final presentation of a play (or anything) reveal only the surface elements: design, direction, and performance and it is the work of a few people (with an unusual amount of emphasis on performers) who get noticed or receive credit. You SHOULD feel morally outraged. And now (hopefully) you are beginning to recognize the REAL educative value to why Mr. C decided to do this. Is there merit to receiving critical feedback - yes, but I personally think that one-on-one feedback would be better...rarely a public display. From my perspective there is something more important to question here: Given the fact that you are all learning how much work goes into these projects - how many people are needed - and NOT just designers, directors and performers...How does it feel when only specific kinds of work are highlighted and acknowledged while others are ignored? When you look at a picture of the Egyptian Pyramids do you think about the slaves that carried the stones to build them? When you look at the CN Tower do you think about the construction workers who walked the high beams to build it up? When you look at a school, do you think about the caretakers and support staff who keep it physically running?
I agree whole-heartedly with Oscar Wilde when he said, "I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being." But I also know that theatre in our society is subjected to the same kind of reductionism that we are trained to do - which we as educators and schools are guilty of. The question is: Can you rise above it? Or will you seek to become a part of it and reduce your human self?
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