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Mary-Colin Chisholm
Mary-Colin Chisholm is a Canadian actress, playwright, and co-assistant director of the theatre companies LunaSea Theatre and Frankie Productions. Career In 2000, Chisholm directed the theatrical piece called ''Frankie'', starring Mary Ellen Maclean. Christian Murray coached movement and provided sound for the play and the three later founded the theatre company Frankie Productions. Chisholm was then commissioned to write the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC radio series ''He'd Be Your Mother's Father's Cousin'', which she later adapted to for the stage. In 2005, Chisholm appeared as Christine in Daniel MacIvor's ''How It Works''. Chisholm performed in a co-op production of ''The Donahue Sisters'' by Geraldine Aron at the TNS Studio Space in Halifax in 2006. Four of the actors later decided to form a theatre company which was incorporated in 2007 as LunaSea Theatre. The company has performed, amongst others, Chisholm's ''To Capture Light'', Alan Bennett's ''Talking Heads (play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Murray
Christian Murray is a Canadians, Canadian actor and writer. He has written for ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'', ''Talking to Americans'' and ''Daily Tips for Modern Living'', and wrote the play ''Bone Boy'' which he directed in Halifax in 2012. He lives in Halifax (former city), Halifax, Nova Scotia with his partner Mary-Colin Chisholm and their daughter Emlyn.Graham Pilsworth"The couple next door" ''The Coast (newspaper), The Coast'', September 21, 2006. Awards * Canadian Comedy Award, 2001 and 2002, for ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' * Gemini Award, "Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series", 2000, for ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' References External links * 20th-century Canadian male actors 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights Canadian comedy writers Canadian male screenwrite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Harbour
''Black Harbour'' is a Canadian television series, which ran on CBC Television from 1996 to 1999. The show starred Rebecca Jenkins as Katherine Hubbard, a successful restaurant owner who returned to live in her Nova Scotia hometown to be with her mother who had suffered a heart attack. Her husband Geraint Wyn Davies, followed her with their two kids. Alex Carter also starred as Hubbard's high school sweetheart Paul Isler, whose own marriage was on the rocks and who was employed by Katherine's brother at the boatyard. In the show's final season, Hubbard and Isler's marriages had both failed, and they officially rekindled their old relationship. Cast *Rebecca Jenkins as Katherine Hubbard * Alex Carter as Paul Isler *Joseph Ziegler as Len Hubbard *Geraint Wyn Davies Geraint Wyn Davies (, 20 April 1957) is a Welsh-American stage, film and television actor-director. Educated in Canada, he has worked in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. His most famous role as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Stage Actresses
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Television Actresses
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Film Actresses
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Robert Merritt Awards
The Robert Merritt Awards, commonly known as The Merritt Awards, were started in 2002 and are administered by Theatre Nova Scotia. The Merritts honour excellence in theatre throughout the province of Nova Scotia. They are named for Robert Merritt, who was well known to the Halifax community both as a teacher of playwriting in the Theatre Department at Dalhousie University, and as the film critic for CBC's Information Morning. Awards are given for Acting, Direction, Lighting, Set Design, Costume Design, Sound Design, Music, and Outstanding New Play by a Nova Scotian Playwright. Special awards are given for Technician, Stage Manager, Volunteerism, and Career Legacy. List of Robert Merritt Award nominees and winners by year 2020 See references 2020 Outstanding Theatre Technician: Thomas Brookes, ''The Last Wife'', Neptune Theatre 2020 Outstanding Stage Manager: Robin Munro, ''Frankenstein by Fire'', Two Planks and a Passion Theatre 2020 Outstanding Volunteer: Alex Mills 2020 Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splinters (2018 Film)
''Splinters'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Thom Fitzgerald and released in 2018. An adaptation of the theatrical play by Lee-Anne Poole,"Lee-Anne Poole Splinters off" '' The Coast'', July 7, 2010. the film stars as Belle, a woman whose relationship with her mother Nancy ( Shelley Thompson) has been strained since she came out as lesbian, but who now faces the prospect of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloudburst (2011 Film)
''Cloudburst'' is a 2011 Canadian-American comedy-drama film written and directed by Thom Fitzgerald and starring Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker. The film is an adaptation of Fitzgerald's 2010 play of the same name. ''Cloudburst'' premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 16, 2011."A queer Thelma and Louise story" . '''', September 13, 2011. It opened in a limited release in Canada on December 7, 2012. Plot Stella and Dotty are an older lesbian couple from Maine who embark on a[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corridor (2010 Film)
''The Corridor'' is a 2010 Canadian horror film directed by Evan Kelly and starring Stephen Chambers, James Gilbert, David Patrick Flemming, Mary-Colin Chisholm and Nigel Bennett. Plot Friends on a weekend excursion follow a path into a forest that leads to death and horror. A group of high school friends reunite years later for a weekend of partying and catching up on old times. Isolated deep in the snow-covered forest, they stumble upon a mysterious corridor of light. Like a drug, the corridor's energy consumes them, driving them to the point of madness. One by one, they turn on each other, taking their evil to the next level. Mayhem leads to murder as they race to outlast each other, and the corridor's supernatural powers. Cast * Stephen Chambers as Tyler Crawley * James Gilbert as Everett Manette * David Patrick Flemming as Chris Comeau * Matthew Amyotte as Robert 'Bobcat' Comeau * Glen Matthews as Jim 'Huggs' Huggan * Mary-Colin Chisholm as Pauline Crawley * Nigel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countdown To Liquor Day
''Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day'' (also known as Simply ''Trailer Park Boys 2'') is a 2009 Canadian mockumentary black comedy crime film directed by Mike Clattenburg, and based on the Canadian television series ''Trailer Park Boys''. It is the second film in the ''Trailer Park Boys'' franchise, following '' Trailer Park Boys: The Movie'' (2006). ''Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day'' is a conclusion to " Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys", the television special that ended the series after its seventh season. The film follows the characters of Ricky (Robb Wells), Julian (John Paul Tremblay) and Bubbles ( Mike Smith) as they return to a life of crime after being released from prison. ''Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day'' premiered in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the 29th Atlantic Film Festival; it was released theatrically in Canada on September 25, 2009. It received mixed reviews; some critics praised it for staying faithful to the television series, while o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
''The Memory Keeper's Daughter'' is a novel by American author Kim Edwards that tells the story of a man who gives away his newborn daughter, who has Down syndrome, to one of the nurses. Published by Viking Press in June 2005, the novel garnered great interest via word of mouth in the summer of 2006 and placed on the New York Times Paperback Bestsellers List. The novel was adapted into a television film and premiered on Lifetime Television on April 12, 2008. Plot March 6, 1964 In early March 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced to deliver his wife Norah's twins with the help of a nurse, Caroline Gill. Their first child, a boy they name Paul, is born a healthy perfect child, but when the second baby is born, Phoebe, David notices she has Down syndrome. David, recalling the possibility of a heart defect and early death (which his younger sister June had had; dying at the young age of twelve) and decides that the baby girl will be placed in an institution. Caroline was given the baby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
