Festival Previews Video Blog

I have been checking out media about the Tokyo Fringe Festival and it is wonderfully positive.

Check out the Metropolis for an interesting read.

Today I great pleasure in interviewing Dwayne Lawler. Dwayne is an Australian actor currently based in Japan and is active in promoting English theatre in Japan. He is also co-founder of the newly formed, Tokyo Fringe Festival.

He is performing his show “The Sculptor” with Tina Greisman, an American actress at the 2nd Tokyo Fringe Festival which commences on Friday 28th March.

The dates for the Tokyo Fringe Festival are Friday to Sunday 28th - 30th March and the following Friday to Sunday 4th April to 6th April. The Tokyo Fringe Festival is breaking new ground and is set to be one of The major Fringe Festivals of the future.

1. What inspired you to become an actor and performer ?

It was a great escape from the harsh realities and boredom of ‘real life.’

2. What is your show about and what should the public expect from your show?

The Sculptor is a black comedy. Someone is killing all the local artists and a lonely untalented sculptor couldn’t be happier!

3. What is your favourite Festival or Fringe and why?

The Tokyo Fringe Festival because of its groundbreaking status as the first fringe festival in Japan.

4. What’s your best advice for aspiring writers, artists, musicians and performers on the Festival/Fringe circuit?

Become very familiar with the space in which you will perform.

5. What is your funniest and also, your worst experience performing or attending a Fringe/Festival?

In New York when the only people in the audience were three critics and the producer.

6. As you travel performing at different festivals/fringes, what is your favourite place to vacation and chill out and why?

New York.

7. Who is the person you most admire and why?

Babette Stephens, my acting teacher.

8. What is the best tip you have ever been given?

Positive visualisation.

9. What is the best book you have read and why do you like it?

Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom

10. If you could change one thing about the world what would it be?

Be kind to animals.

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The Brighton Festival Fringe Launch Party took place last Thursday evening, at the Arc beach-front night club. What a wild night it was and the weather too, which was more like Aberdeen than Brighton. Captured on the video are: The Bellydance Diaries, Afterspark, The Royal Mugs and Patti Plinko and her Boy. There were other performances, some were canceled because of the weather and the rest I managed to foul up their recording - apologies to those artists.

Operations Manager, Holly Payton announced that this was her 7th and sadly her last Fringe. She will soon be announcing what her next venture will be.

Patti and her Boy are just addictive to listen to. Our kids are going around humming the tunes!

Lots to look forward to in May…

The final Top 21, drawn from hundreds of entries piling in from all around the world, includes the work of number of BRIGHTON-BASED WRITERS as well as scripts from LONDON, SOUTHAMPTON, CHEADLE, PEMBURY plus NEW YORK, CHICAGO, MELBOURNE, SYDNEY and SHOREHAM-BY-SEA.

The City Festival starts this Bank Holiday weekend March 22nd and 23rd in Dublin, Ireland. The festival runs for two days in two venues with over 70 acts taking part. Do check them out to see who’s on at the // kettleclub.bebo.com // and myspace.com/kettleclub //

Have a great festival!