The team that brought you the 2015 Fringe hit Lieutenant Nun are back this year with the world premiere of FADO, the Saddest Music in the World. Director Mercedes Bátiz-Benét answered questions about the show. How long have you been producing work on the Fringe circuit? As an artist/company? Puente Theatre has been producing work on the Fringe circuit since 2015. Last time at the Victoria Fringe? Shows you've presented at the … [Read more...]
Fado the Saddest Music in the World at the Victoria Fringe 2018. An interview.
July 28, 2018 By Leave a Comment
The Hidden City by Scrumpy Theatre June 8-11, 2016. An interview with Julian Cervello.
June 6, 2016 By Leave a Comment
The Hidden City by Scrumpy Theatre June 8-11, 2016. An interview with Julian Cervello. Local theatre troupe Scrumpy Theatre produces their first original play--The Hidden City, based on an epic poem by Stanley K. Freiberg--June 8-11, 2016 at the Paul Phillips Hall (1923 Fernwood Road). Director Julian Cervello agreed to answer a few questions. What sparked the creation of this show? This play is the result of four Projects, previous to … [Read more...]
Puente Theatre presents WorldPlay 2015 in Victoria Bc
February 2, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Puente Theatre presents WORLDPLAY 2015 in Victoria BC Victoria-based Puente Theatre presents a festival of staged readings of plays from around the world Sundays from February 8-March 1 at the Belfry Theatre in Studio A. It's a chance to experience the works of artists largely unknown to anglo-Canadian audiences. This summer look for Lieutenant Nun at the Victoria Fringe Festival as Puente Theatre participates in the SKAM Remixed project … [Read more...]
Lágrimas Crueles/Cruel Tears by Blue Bridge Repertory and Puente Theatre April 29-May 11,2014. A review.
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Lágrimas Crueles/Cruel Tears by Blue Bridge Repertory and Puente Theatre April 29-May 11,2014. A review. In their most ambitious undertaking to date, Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, in collaboration with Puente Theatre, incorporates the elements of Ken Mitchell’s original musical Cruel Tears and re-casts it on the Texas side of the Texas Mexico border. Cruel Tears was originally staged in 1975 by Brian Richmond (Blue Bridge Theatre’s current … [Read more...]
Lágrimas Crueles at Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre. Interview with music director Tim Williams.
April 23, 2014 By 1 Comment
Lágrimas Crueles at Blue Bridge Theatre. Interview with music director Tim Williams. Tim Williams, the music director for the upcoming Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre production of Lágrimas Crueles/Cruel Tears grew up in California exposed to Mexican American culture—it made him the perfect choice for this adaptation (by Mercedes Bátiz-Benét of Puente Theatre) of Ken Mitchell’s 1974 Canadian classic—Cruel Tears. Williams admits to being … [Read more...]
Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre announces Cast and Creative for Làgrimas Crueles Cruel Tears
April 9, 2014 By 1 Comment
Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre announces cast and creative for Làgrimas Crueles Cruel Tears (media release). From Elizabethan England to our own times, the story of Othello has fascinated generations of playwrights over several centuries and in several countries. The newest playwright to adapt this classic story of racial and gender tension will be Puente Theatre's Artistic Director Mercedes Bátiz-Benét in a musical she is titling … [Read more...]
