The Hamilton Fringe Festival creates a wonderful sense of family and camaraderie. In particular, we have a performers club house at the Artword Artbar (which the public is welcome to crash). Every night, comedian Larry Smith hosts an avant garde talk show (meaning there are no cameras) on stage at Artword interviewing the players in the twenty eight Fringe productions. See my director, James Biss' interview in all its absurdity:
We Won a Larry!
Last night on the closing night of the Hamilton Fringe Festival, The Artword Artbar hosted a special evening talk show where they distributed the Lawrence Victor Smith Academy of Theatre Arts and Sciences Awards (Larry's for short). Lies, Damn Lies & Magic Tricks won two Larry Awards, one for James Alan and another for the show's director, James Biss. Whether we won the award because of the show or because of the interviews we participated in at Artword earlier in the festival is unclear. We're certainly not saying what we won the awards for; that's just embarrassing.
Summerworks Song
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm in a music video. "Give me a hint of your light" by Andrew Penner is the official song of the 2012 Summerworks Performance Festival. The video features actors from several Summerworks productions and was directed by Kari Pederson.
My show, Lies, Damn Lies & Magic Tricks will be at the Scotiabank Studio Theatre during the festival from August 9-19, 2012. Show times vary.
We are now currently performing at the Hamilton Fringe Festival at the venue with no name: 141 Park Street North until July 29.
Open Til Midnight Interview
Open 'Til Midnight posted a long and detailed interview about my upcoming performances at the Hamilton Fringe Festival and Summerworks. You can read the The Truth Behind the (Damn) Lies & Magic of James Alan here.
Front Page - Above the Fold
Wow... I woke up yesterday morning to discover I was on the front page of the Hamilton Spectator. In preparation for my show at the Hamilton Fringe Festival which opened last night, I sent a sealed envelope to the spectator predicting the contents of the front page. I'm indebted to James Biss, the mentalist who provided me with the prediction (I'm just a magician, I'm not actually psychic.) He has also been working with me constantly over the past few months to get the show ready for the Festival.
It's a fantastic show, so I hope you can join us for the festival going on now through July 29.
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Interview: CBC Hamilton
A short interview and performance on CBC Hamilton's website as a preview for the Hamilton Fringe Festival.
