{"id":3266257,"date":"2022-07-21T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3266257"},"modified":"2022-07-25T16:23:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:23:42","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-gillian-salmon-brandon-hicks-emily-darling-notable-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-gillian-salmon-brandon-hicks-emily-darling-notable-acts","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Gillian Salmon, Brandon Hicks, Emily Darling (Notable Acts)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Notable Acts brings brand-new plays, in brand-new locations, and often-times they’re weird, they’re wonderful, and they’re entirely novel.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joining me today are some of the people behind this year’s Notable Acts Theatre Festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gillian Salmon <\/strong>is a playwright with several plays in her catalogue. This year, she’s written a pair of site-specific plays: Historical Walking Tour\/Where We Go One, We Go All<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brandon Hicks<\/strong> has been involved in a number of creative endeavours, from Next Folding Theatre Company to freelance writer\/illustrator, and is the playwright for Keeping Tabs<\/em>, one of the ten-minute, “Taking It To The Streets” productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Emily Darling<\/strong> has performed in numerous productions of Theatre UNB plays, and can be found as one of the characters in Chicken Man<\/em> and behind the scenes as the director of #MomLife<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We talked about where these stories come from, the challenges they present to stage, and how much the community of theatre contributes to their success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Notable Acts Theatre Festival <\/a><\/strong>runs from July 20-30. The set of four, 10-minute plays called “Taking It To The Streets” (which includes Chicken Man<\/em> and #MomLife<\/em>) will be performed 7:30pm nightly from July 24-27 outdoors in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Courtyard (weather permitting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical Walking Tour\/Where We Go One, We Go All<\/em> are part of the site-specific plays running from July 24-27 at 8:30pm nightly, starting outdoors by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Courtyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That means you can take in both performances, one after the other! Admission to each is by Pay-what-you-will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information about these plays (taken from the Notable Acts Theatre Festival website):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#MomLife<\/strong><\/p>

All Jackie needs is a few moments of silence to get her fussy baby to sleep, but this evening the world, and a particularly persistent missionary, has other plans.<\/p>

Written by Sandra Kell. Directed by Emily Darling. Featuring Al Newling, Hailey Trifts, Gray Miller, and Adrian Saliendra<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Keeping Tabs<\/strong><\/p>

Online interruptions abound as every tab on Allie\u2019s computer can\u2019t stop chiming in as she preps for her date with Nina.<\/p>

Written by Brandon Hicks. Directed by Jane Deil. Featuring Diana Chavez, Alex Pannier, and Kaylee MacNeil<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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To Dig or Not to Dig<\/strong><\/p>

A famed paleontologist and her younger prot\u00e9g\u00e9 spar over professional ethics, unearthing frank disapprovals of one another\u2019s methods.<\/p>

Written by Julianne Richard. Directed by Armin Panjwani. Featuring Rebecca Tremblay and Adrian Saliendra<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Chicken Man<\/strong><\/p>

Never having accepted that it is her genetic destiny to remain earthbound, Tootsie the chicken is determined to follow his icon, the comic book superhero Chicken Man, on a path into the skies and glory.<\/p>

Written by Mary Walker. Directed by Julianne Richard. Featuring Ben McIntosh, Madeline Savoie, Emily Darling, and Alex Pannier.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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My guests today include Gillian Salmon (Playwright: “Historical Walking Tour\/Where We Go One, We Go All”), Brandon Hicks (Playwright: “Keeping Tabs”) and Emily Darling (Director: “#MomLife”; Actor: “Chicken Man”).<\/p>\n

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