off to canada

It's been a while since we were last in Canada - the 2004 Toronto Children's Milk Festival. And we've not been in Edmonton since the summer of 2003. But we'll soon be there again.

Fringe Theatre Adventures are presenting our production of Tattercoats in the TransAlta Arts Barns.

We only know Edmonton in the summer. It's often been hot, hot, hot. So it is with some trepidation that we look forward to night-time temperatures of minus12 degrees - plus wind-chill factor!

What we are definitely looking forward to is re-meeting old friends - including our inspirational friend Donna Lee Iffla who is travelling across the country to meet up.

We played 5 out of the 6 Fringe Festivals between 1998 and 2003. A lot of people saw our shows for adults and children. And we saw a lot of other performers strut their stuff. We met a lot of people as we queued or as we leafleted the line-ups. We had many a passionate debate in the beer-tents and surrounding coffee house/bars. We made a lot of good friends and we have missed them.

We fly out on Tuesday 10th April. Our first performance is on the 12th. We finish and fly back on the 22nd. We have other shows to rehearse while we're out there ( a re-make of Cassandra for the Brighton Festival Fringe and The Beast in our Backyard to be premiered in the middle of June) so perhaps it is just as well that the weather will be encouraging us to stay inside.