'ONCE UPON
A TIME' CREATORS CLOSE BOOK ON SERIES FINALE, LOOK TO NEXT CHAPTER Once Upon a Time's story book has closed for good. The ABC drama aired the second half of its two-part seventh season (and series) finale on Friday, giving the show's fairy tale characters — Evil Queen Regina (Lana Parrilla), Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle), Captain Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) and the rest of the familiar figures — a happy ending at last. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/once-a-time-series-finale-explained-adam-horowitz-edward-kitsis-interview-1113233
VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL'S VISIBILITY HAS GROWN ALONG WITH LGBT COMMUNITY On May 15, Vancouver city council
unanimously voted in favour of a staff report recommending that 2018 be designated as the Year of the Queer. It's to honour 15 LGBT organizations that are celebrating significant anniversaries, including the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. This year marks its 30th birthday, which will be celebrated on June 2. https://www.straight.com/life/1076266/year-queer-vancouver-queer-film-festivals-visibility-has-grown-along-lgbt-community
LIGHTS! CAMERA? NOT ENOUGH 'ACTION' AT CALGARY FILM
CENTRE Calgary's $28-million film studio wasn't quite as busy in 2017 as was expected when the facility opened two years ago. Data released by Calgary Economic Development (CED) shows that there was $178 million in film and TV production in Calgary last year. That's up from $165.5 million the previous year. But the Calgary Film Centre saw its utilization rate per square foot drop from 65 per cent in 2016 to just 52 per cent last year. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/city-economic-film-centre-1.4662919
THE
RIGHT WAY TO KEEP AUDITIONS ENJOYABLE, DESPITE REJECTION Know that even if you’re the greatest actor on the day, finance, budget, and production factors outside your control can lead things in different directions. This is why producers, directors, and casting directors can get your hopes up on the day—they did enjoy your performance. So often, rejection has nothing to do with your talent and so you should not take it personally. https://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/right-way-keep-auditions-enjoyable-despite-rejection/
SIGNS IT’S TIME TO RE-THINK YOUR SURVIVAL JOB Walking down the unstable road of a performer is hard enough without added stress. So don’t let the job you’re doing to support your passion bring you unnecessary anxiety. Not sure if your survival job has morphed into a destructive force? Here are three ways to figure it out. https://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/3-signs-its-time-re-think-your-survival-job/
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from who they are being to who they are becoming… i.e. Walter White in Breaking Bad was described as “Mr. Chips becomes Scarface”. Auditioning for these roles demands actors to create and bring authentic characters into the audition room. Instructor: Christiane Hirt Experience the modern legacy of New York's studio-tradition of acting and discover why agents recommend us! Email rogueswest@gmail.comto audit any class and for your no-obligation, one-on-one mentorship meeting today! Discover the RW Difference. https://youtu.be/ATHgqhykrrk|www.rogueswest.ca
UPCOMING EVENTS
JESSIE AWARD NOMINATIONS PARTY
May 27
We are celebrating 36 years of excellence in theatre! The Jessie
Richardson Theatre Awards Society will be announcing the nominees for the upcoming theatre awards honouring Vancouver’s vibrant artistic community at the 2018 Jessie Nominations Party at the BMO Theatre Centre.
Upintheair’s rEvolver Theatre Festival
will present 12 days of new interdisciplinary live theatre works by emerging to early mid career Canadian artists. Highlights include a focus on women creators; a concerted reflection of today’s cultural and political climate; four world premieres; and works that play with preconceived notions of contemporary theatre practice.
LEO
AWARDS May 26 – June 3 The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held in Vancouver, the Leo Awards were founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia in 1999. http://www.leoawards.com
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL
May 28 - June 3
The Vancouver International Children’s Festival inspires and motivates young minds with professional artistic experiences that transform a child’s understanding of the world around them and what is creatively possible.
