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Whassup

hello hello friends.  here’s me and ami gladstone, in a pretty accurate depiction of our working vibes.  we have a new musical called For Frances when it’s raining, based on the book The Girl Who Trod On A Loaf by Kathryn Davis.  we’ve been on this one for A WHILE, and i’m so glad to tell you that it’s going up next spring at the dear cultch.  tickets are on sale now, and why not make plans faaaar in advance?  here’s the info page: https://thecultch.com/event/for-frances-when-its-raining/

2027 sees a few things being thrown into the world after a long carving out.  Veda Hille Sisterhood’s first full length will be dropped in the new year.  it’s called Ambitions, and it has 10 songs and beautiful art by elizabeth zvonar and again, i can’t wait for you to hear it.  VHS is me and patsy klein and lucien durey and thom gill and nick krgovich and julia chien.  a helluva band if i say so myself. we made the record with erik nielsen recording and john collins mixing.

other stuff:  end of greatness is working on a touring sched for 27/28. i’ve been working with bloom digital media again on a cool video game called Bandocracy. east van panto is coming up fast and we’re taking on the greeks: https://thecultch.com/event/theatre-replacements-east-van-panto-hercules/

most important my tomatoes are GIVING this year, and my dahlias love the strange westcoast weather.  take what we can get, people!  hope to see you in the world.

 

 

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end of greatness

here we are, crone imps of theatre. maiko yamamoto and i have been working away at End Of Greatness for a few years now, and we finally have an end date: the show will premiere at the Cultch in Vancouver in april 2026. still lots of time for us to work on dance numbers and juno 106 mastery. if you would like more concrete details please visit https://www.theatrereplacement.org/projects/end-of-greatness

what else is up? Veda Hille Sisterhood has started our first proper studio record, also aiming for release in 2026. we swarmed the old cbc studios in the basement of 700 hamilton st. i touched a piano that glenn gould once touched. it was a good start to the thing, i think.

and the east van panto machine is up and running again. we’re tackling shakespeare! lord.  https://www.theatrereplacement.org/panto-about-2025

that’s the music news for this year, i managed to keep things pretty reasonable so that i could work in the garden and hang out with my mom and junk like that. the summer is looking nice, from my perch in east vancouver.

till next, xv