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Vancouver Theatre Giveaway: Julius Caesar at Studio 58

January 27, 2012 By 8 Comments

For those of you that have been reading here for awhile, you’ll know that we have a huge love of the theatre, and that when I’m not attending the latest piece of theatre in Vancouver, Alyzee Lakhani is. One of our favourite ways to spend an evening! Well, for the last week, we’ve been regrettably having to turn down all of those lovely theatre invites, with Alyzee in Mozambique and me (hopefully) road tripping to Savannah, Georgia.

The upswing of Alyzee and I missing out is that Langara College’s Studio 58 has decided to extend our two tickets to you delightful people in a little theater giveaway for their latest play.  I’ll get to that in a minute, as first I’ll fill you in on the play.

 

Photographer: David Cooper

The play is Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, but Julius Caesar with a twist, a Julius Caesar gender bender.  You see, when casting for the play, Director Scott Bellis decided to break with tradition and offer the parts of Caesar, Brutus, Cassius and Octavius to women.  I must say this very much tickles my fancies, as traditionally the parts of women in Shakespeare’s play would have been played by men.

For those of you not familiar with Julius Caesar, it is Shakespeare’s masterpiece of political power-play and manipulation, examining the conflict between one person’s ambition and the good of the state, all set in a life-and-death struggle for control of Rome. As Director Scott Bellis puts it, this is very much a tale involving traditional male roles and a story of ‘honourable men’. “In this alternate telling, we are discovering what it means for a male Mark Antony to avenge a female Caesar; what a same-sex marriage looks like in the house of Brutus;  and how being a ‘man’ can say more about your social status than your gender in this very different vision of Rome.”  Sounds fascinating!  Would love to see how all of this unfolds.

And if you are curious about Studio 58, you can read of Alyzee Lakhani’s most recent experience there with The 13th Chair.

So the Giveaway.  We have a pair of tickets to giveaway here and a pair to giveaway on Roamancing (stay tuned for that giveaway in a day or two) with your choice of Wednesday February 8th at 8 pm, Thursday February 9th at 8 pm or Saturday February 11th at 3 pm.  For the giveaway here, to enter:

  • Comment below with which Shakespeare character, of the opposite sex from you, you would love to play;
  • Deadline Thursday February 2nd at midnight PST.

To be entered a second, third and fourth time:

  • Tweet this post with me, @EmmeRogers and #VancouverTheatre somewhere in the tweet, so I see the tweet;
  • Share this post on facebook and include @Roamancing in the text when you post it (this should link Roamancing’s facebook page, so I’ll see the post); and/or
  • Share this post on G+ and include @Emme Rogers in the text when you post it (this should alert me on G+ of your post).

I shall pull the name of one lucky winner from commenters, tweeters, facebookers and G+ers, and announce the winner on Friday February 3rd.  Very much looking forward to making somebody happy!

Oh, and if sadly you don’t win, the play is running at Studio 58 February 2nd – 26th, Tuesdays – Saturdays at 8 pm and Saturdays & Sundays at 3 pm, and tickets can be purchased here.

Kisses,

Emme xoxo

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Life’s Expectations from Flowers in the Urinals

January 21, 2012 By 1 Comment

Even the urinals were decked out for the party.

I happened upon the setup for a Sweet Sixteen today in my travels at a local Community Organization, and have to admit to being a bit of a noisy Parker, wanting to sneak a peek at each of the spaces they were transforming into what reminded me of a something from a Disney Winter Palace for a teen Princess.  It was really something else, as I am sure will be the actual party later today.  Oh to be a fly on the wall.

The establishment I was at I was not a part of, but I did hear the community’s opinions – both favourable and unfavourable. Part of me wanted to tell people to mind their business and just let the family enjoy their day, but it did get me thinking as I wandered home.  The flowers and decorations, from what I saw would have amounted to a sizable down payment on a house, and that’s before the food, entertainment, facility rental … etc. All for a Sweet Sixteen.  What would this kid’s wedding look like later on?

This got me wondering, by giving our kids so much at such a young age, are we giving them unrealistic expectations from life?  Is this what creates some of the self-entitlement issues that we are currently facing in the Western World?

Feel free to weigh in.  Would love to hear your thoughts.

Kisses,

Emme xoxo

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“Will You M…. M. Click Play”

January 19, 2012 By 6 Comments

This lego stop motion marriage proposal is insanely cute …

 

 

… but it got me wondering.  I already spend way too much of my time online.  I don’t want my whole life here, and as much as I see and hear the irony in what I am saying, I don’t want my most intimate moments here.  It is probably why I struggle with internet dating, and quite frankly suck at it.  I’ve been online all day, I don’t then want to go hang out in the virtual bar to meet someone, I want to go to the real bar (especially as I prefer real drinks to virtual ones).

So would I want a guy to propose to me with a virtual tool, no matter how creative?  HELL NO!  It’s also so public, and I’m of the believe that a proposal should be a personal moment between two people, not the entire web. So yes, in case you’re thinking of proposing to me, that also means that proposals on Sporting Screens (or trons or whatever the hell they call them), at a party surrounded by friends, or over dinner with the families, is also out. Take me for a walk, a hike or picnic.  Somewhere where it is just you and I.

So am I alone here?  Would you want to be proposed to via an internet video?

Kisses,

Emme xoxo

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A Blind Date for Grandma

November 9, 2011 By 1 Comment

Happily I’m not in this predicament just yet (or not so happily, depending on how you look at it, as I’d love to have grandkids, one day).  But I’m curious, what would you do if your grandchild decided to set you up on a blind date?

 

 

To be honest, no one has ever set me up on a blind date.  Before, the idea would have petrified me.  I mean it seems like such an awkward experience.  Now, I guess still being single, I’d consider it, but I’d really have to trust the people setting me up.

Have you ever been set up on a blind date?  How was it?

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I Thought I Wasn’t Having Anymore Kids!

October 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

What have we done?!  The addition of a puppy to our house has taken us back to the days of newborns and toddlers.  I knew it would be a lot of work, but I am suffering from the same exhaustion I did when I was a new mom.  I have purposefully gone my whole life without becoming addicted to coffee, but having a ‘baby’ at this stage of it, might just push me over to the dark side.  It’s only 5:30 pm right now and I’m nodding off trying to write.

Sleepless nights!!! Who wants to go back to sleepless nights?! Well, our puppy cries and howls in the middle of the night so we have to get up and take her outside in case she needs to piddle.  Just picture me outside in the pitch dark freezing in my pajamas, trying to follow the dog around with the light of my cell phone.  Amen we finally bought a mega-flashlight.  My friend told me the howling is because dogs are pack animals and she is just feeling lonely and looking for her pack (us!).  We now have the puppy sleeping in a crate by our bed.  Which basically means we are ‘co-sleeping‘.

During the day when she whines we run through the same list we use to do for our babies when we had no idea what they were crying about.  Is she hungry, or thirsty, does she need to go outside, is she just bored, does she want a belly rub, or need to play?  We have to follow her around as if she was a toddler to make sure she doesn’t piddle or poop anywhere inside the house.  When she goes outside we are supposed to cheer really loud and make a very big deal of it.  “Yay! Doggy made a poopy!”  (sound familiar?)  It hit me really hard this week…we have to pick up EVERY SINGLE poop this dog will have in her whole entire life.

 

What Is She Thinking About?

 

As I read Emme‘s latest post I became more frightened for my future.  Fuzzywinkle Furry Pants has control over her and with just a glaring look, she is able to get her to make posters about cats. When Emme’s not looking, the cat sneaks off and tweets too.  You know what they say, kids and technology these days!  We better watch our backs and raise an independent, yet loving ‘child’.

Off to check in on the sock-stealing bundle of joy…

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