by Tony Nardi
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LETTER ONE
(Film Version in English)
February 20, 2011 at 14:30 (2:30PM) at the ONF/NFB Cinema
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December 2007
Keith Garebian
(Theatre Critic)
Stage and Page
www.stageandpage.co
keithgarebian@hotmail.com
THE 2007 THESPIS AWARDS
Toronto theatre lost two of its principal sponsors and supporters
with the demises of Bluma Appel and Ed Mirvish, and Canadian
theatre lost its greatest stage actor, William Hutt. So, the
year ended on a gloomy note, but, as usual, there were gratifying
highlights in the calendar year, with Soulpepper offering the
highest number of top acting performances. The 2007 Thespis
winners are:
BEST ACTOR Tony Nardi
*Tony Nardi (Two Letters/Nardi production): In what was essentially
a sequence of two monologues of volcanic heat, Tony Nardi delivered
a stunningly powerful and valid indictment of Canadian theatre
and culture, based on his own experiences. What could have been
a dry exercise in epistolary reading (with no décor other
than a laptop computer and podium) became splendidly vehement,
provocative, engaging theatre, especially in the second letter,
where Nardi demonstrated real commedia dell arte style in high
speed and versatile mimicry. Nardi shook up preconceptions of
what constitutes real theatre.
Keith Garebian www.stageandpage.com
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