Every Day Above Ground is a Good Day August 30, 2006

The Times Colonist came out today in Victoria with reviews.  There is an enormous picture of me inside with the headline “Flat Gags and Wild Wit.”  The “Wild Wit” is referring to the Pajama Men.  And…  Yeah, we all know the rest.
I’ve had two shows so far.  The first night I was a little unfocused.  [...]

V for Victoria August 28, 2006

Shows I saw at the Edmonton Fringe (5 all together):  This Is Uncalled For, Can’t Get Started (Tom X. Chao version), Criteria, The Opposite of Infinity, 40 Needles
Flyered, flyered, and flyered all day Thursday, trying to make up for lost time.  If someone jokingly asked for a sample of the show, I would put down [...]

Ferocious Review August 24, 2006

Did last night’s show to no fanfare.  It was not easy.  I was coughing, my voice had some difficulty, and I was not at my best.  Still, it was the best show I could give at the time.  The show was at 11:15pm on a cold rainy night and that critically acclaimed bitch Mary Pickford [...]

Rebel Without a Voice August 23, 2006

Thanks to everyone who offered help, support, and remedy ideas.  Today, as the largest Fringe in North America rages on, I was home at my billet’s, quiet as a church mouse, drinking tea, gargling salt water, and sitting in my bed writing, staring at the wall, and hoping that my voice will return.
Other performers had asked me if [...]

Please Return My Voice (no questions asked) August 21, 2006

Last night’s show at 9pm had a house of close to fifty people who were very responsive. I had lost my voice somewhat due to a cold, so it was a scratchy performance and I couldn’t do my full lion roars that I do in the show. It was actually kind of interesting [...]

Edmonton Reviews August 20, 2006

The Edmonton Journal trashed me. I find this interesting because their reviewer attended the same exact show that the Saskatoon StarPhoenix critic attended. They were both in the audience at the same time, but where Stephanie Classen of the StarPhoenix said, “Fitzpatrick convincingly portrays so many characters you might think he has multiple [...]

Shirley You Can’t Be Serious August 18, 2006

First of all, there is a good chance I did not see the Northern Lights.  I may have been bamboozled.  Someone told me that they don’t look like lights dancing in the sky, but I did read a description on a Northern Lights website that matched what I saw.  It did kind of look like [...]

Nature of the North August 15, 2006

Oh. I’m in a different part of the world now.
As I was walking home tonight – a long walk – I realized that this is the furthest North I have ever been in my life. I hadn’t thought of that at first, but it hit me tonight.
First of all, on my walk home [...]

Disorientation August 14, 2006

Shows I saw at the Saskatoon Fringe (22 all together):
Carberlesque!, The Package It Came In, Tales From the Calabash, Dishpig, The Opposite of Infinity, It’s OK Jesus Will Forgive Us, Scrupulosity, Drama Queen, 2112, Audible (Saucy Fops), Giant Invisible Robot, Drawn Abroad, Rob Gee Performance Poetry, Steve Larkin: The Oxford Voice, Aphrodite’s Turn, Living Shadows: [...]

Bye, Saskatoon August 13, 2006

Last year when I toured for a month, it felt like three months.  Now I’m on a tour that is close to three months, and I don’t know how long I’ve been away.  Over a month, I guess.  I have little sense of time or what day it is.  I’ve just had my last show [...]