Theatre

Making It Up (One Playwright to Another)

Some scripts take a lifetime to write.

  • Dates 1 Oct - 20 Oct
  • Time Available On Demand (35 minutes)
  • Venues Digital Fringe
$10.00
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To the right of the image, a man dressed in a brown suit sits in a chair with his arm over the back and facing towards an empty red velvet chair to the left. A wooden coffee table with an orchid plant, two books and two glasses of water sits between them. The scene is dark and dramatically lit.
Under a warm light on a stage, an older man dressed in a striped blue polo and slacks sits on a chair facing a wooden coffee table and empty chair. Behind him a figure is wearing a face mask and holding a script, implying they are directing the production. A camera on a tripod sits in the foreground, cut off by the edge of the photo.
A behind-the-scenes photo of the filming of a stage production. A man wearing a face mask in a pinstripe shirt faces away while pointing at the screen of a camera on a tripod, appearing as if talking to someone out of frame. Looking at him in the background is another man dressed in black with a black leather jacket holding a takeaway coffee cup in front of a black wall and red curtain.

Image Credit: Cameron Ballantyne

To the right of the image, a man dressed in a brown suit sits in a chair with his arm over the back and facing towards an empty red velvet chair to the left. A wooden coffee table with an orchid plant, two books and two glasses of water sits between them. The scene is dark and dramatically lit.
Under a warm light on a stage, an older man dressed in a striped blue polo and slacks sits on a chair facing a wooden coffee table and empty chair. Behind him a figure is wearing a face mask and holding a script, implying they are directing the production. A camera on a tripod sits in the foreground, cut off by the edge of the photo.
A behind-the-scenes photo of the filming of a stage production. A man wearing a face mask in a pinstripe shirt faces away while pointing at the screen of a camera on a tripod, appearing as if talking to someone out of frame. Looking at him in the background is another man dressed in black with a black leather jacket holding a takeaway coffee cup in front of a black wall and red curtain.

  • Written and Performed by: Norm Reynolds

  • Directed by: Lesley Ballantyne

  • Cinematography by: John Bertram

WINNER! Best in series 'Bring Your Own Virtual Venue' Award (Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022)

Nominated for four 2023 Broadway World Awards (Philadelphia). Best Play; Best New Play; Best Performance; Best Direction of a Play.

Audience Choice Award (Digital Philadelphia Fringe 2023)

Best Director of the Year (Lesley Ballantyne) - Young-Howze Theatre Journal (Philadelphia)

A hit at The Greater Manchester, Vancouver, Watford, Wellington, Dunedin & The Anywhere Fringe Festival (Brisbane).

"... sharp script... excellent performance... a very well shot and edited piece, and... a haunting memory of... Edward Albee." - Richard Ouzounian.

Some scripts take a lifetime to write... .

“If anyone had told me what my future would hold, I would have thought they were making it up.”

Join writer and actor Norm Reynolds as he makes his way through appointments with destiny in the realms of academia, finance, and the theatre - including inspirational encounters with playwright Edward Albee.

Directed by the Dora Mavor Moore Award-winning, Lesley Ballantyne, and recorded by national festival award-winning filmmaker, John Bertram.

About One Playwright Productions

Norm Reynolds, Lesley Ballantyne and John Bertram met doing musical theatre with New Faces at New College, University of Toronto, in the 70’s. They have been supporting each other’s creative work ever since. John directed on the original “Degrassi” series, helping Norm get an audition for an appearance on the show, and Lesley previously directed Norm in his solo show "Put Up Your Hand". She liked the concept of "Making It Up" when Norm first broached it with her, but she had to do some convincing for them to apply to Fringe Festivals since the script was only an idea about life's hurdles, and meeting iconic playwright Edward Albee. As these things go, getting accepted in the Hamilton Fringe emboldened Norm to complete the play.

normreynolds.ca

  • Duration: 35 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Deaf or Hard of Hearing Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Content warnings: Self Harm Or Suicide, Mental Health.

Trigger warning: this play contains content about death and suicide. For support around these and other mental health issues, please refer to the resources compiled by The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH): https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/crisis-resources

  • Full: $10.00

  • Extra Applause: $15.00

  • Blak Tix: $10.00

"Tour de force."- Gaydio

“Reynolds’s work has a certain gravity to it and in the mere span of forty minutes might cause a tidal shift somewhere deep inside you... An audience could always have been right on the other side of the camera, you could almost feel them breathing.”- Young-Howze Theatre Journal

“His depiction of Albee is especially distinct; even when Reynolds is really just talking to himself, it genuinely feels like a conversation between two people. Overall, it feels like a mixture of a one-man show, a documentary, a memoir and an autobiography, combining positive aspects of each one into something unique.” - Beyond James- Review

Sessions: Digital Events

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Date Time Venue

Tuesday, 01 October 2024 -
Sunday, 20 October 2024

On Demand

Digital Fringe

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