Abisel42 — 16 years ago(May 26, 2009 04:50 AM)

Click the link below to read the article in its entirety and to view a photo of Thea and Michelle Clunie:
The Victoria Times Colonist:
http://www.timescolonist.com/Entertainment/Birth+Victoria+Blue+Bridge+ Theatre+company/1625171/story.html
Duncan Regehr had good reason for his feeling of deja vu.
Almost 40 years ago to the day, the actor, artist and writer had taken to the stage of the McPherson Playhouse in a production of Hamlet. And here he was again, bridging a theatrical gap by reading a Shakespearean sonnet on that same stage.
"We don't have anything like this, do we?" said Regehr, one of several personalities who brushed up their Shakespeare on May 11 at Custom House Celebrity Sonnets, a fundraiser celebrating Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre's inaugural season.
"It's so encouraging to see emerging artists all over Canada, and in particular from the city, able to get involved."
Actors Thea Gill, her former Queer as Folk co-star Michelle Clunie, Oscar-nominee Sally Kirkland (via video), Casey Austin, John Krich, enviro-activist Vicky Husband and artist Pat Martin Bates were among those who read sonnets for culture vultures in a presentation directed by Fran Gebhard and co-hosted by Brian Richmond and actor Elliott Loran.