What I've Been Up To

I made my burlesque debut in the "Strip Search" competition, held by the Toronto Burlesque & Vaudeville Alliance. I sang "Bring on the Men", and removed a few things. My act won the Variety category, and my prize is a burlesque class with Coco Framboise, and a spot performing my act at the Toronto International Burlesque Festival, June 11th-13th!
I've created a costume covered in 40,000 Swarovski crystal rhinestones, for a Toronto burlesque performer to wear when she performs at the Toronto International Burlesque Festival, June 11-13. There's an article about this incredible costume (with photos) on the front page of the June 2008 issue of The Bulletin (the downtown Toronto monthly newspaper).

"Snap Bloor West" was at Harold & Grace Baker Centre, when I performed there, on St. Patrick's Day. Their photos are at http://www.snapbloorwest.com/display/32286/345/. (They spelled my name wrong, though.)

I played the Wizard in DQ '07: Diva Oz Vegas, at Hart House Theatre. The clip of my number is on YouTube, at http://youtube.com/watch?v=pAr3FBYwwyw. The sound level on the clip is really low, so you'll have to crank your speakers or use headphones.

I recently played 3 roles---"Narrator" (in the "Wolf" episode), "Jeremy's Mom", and the "Head Psychic" of a 1-900 line---in several episodes of the sitcom Playing the Game, now airing on YouTube, and at http://www.PlayingTheGame.tv. Another credit to add to my IMDB page!

The new series of half-hour Mighty Machines episodes I've voiced is now airing in Canada on Treehouse TV (7 days a week), as well as on Access and SCN (weekday mornings). Five-minute excerpts of the show are now airing on TVO (TV Ontario), in Canada. Episodes also aired in Great Britain, on DiscoveryKids UK. And check your local store (and Ebay) for Volumes 6 to 10 in the Mighty Machines DVD series. Each DVD contains 3 of the new episodes!

I voiced all of the adult female characters, plus Rhona (the teenaged "second banana") and Jason (a 10-year-old boy) in the internet-based animated comedy show You Still Can't Do That On Television. (Remember the classic kids' TV show You Can't Do That On Television? Visit www.ycdtotv.com to refresh your memory, and http://www.1111productions.net/ysc/40_clip.html to see a segment in which all three of my characters appear, and to buy a copy of the DVD!)

On the December 4th, 2004 episode of Air Farce, Luba Goy wore a coat and matching "kokoshnik" hat I'd designed for her, in a sketch in which she was the campaign organizer for Yushenko, and was being interviewed on BBC World. I'd originally created the reversible faux suede/burnt-orange faux fur ensemble for my mother, and as soon as Luba saw it on Mom, she commissioned me to make one just like it for her. The fact that it was ORANGE made it just the thing to wear to those Ukrainian election protests. Since then, Luba has worn the coat to awards shows, and even to the 2007 Groundhog Day ceremony at Wiarton, where Willie definitely approved of it!