Author Archives: D.J.
Closer and Closer to Opening Night!
blogged by Tim Nussey, co-founding member, appearing in The Simian Showcase! Whilst pondering what to blog about for our next Monkeyman show, I began thinking about what I find special and particularly enjoyable about The Showcase. We have always done … Continue reading
What I Really Want To Do …
an article by Leeman Kessler – company member, and one of our directors for The Simian Showcase Some men are born to be King. Others are born to be Walmart greeters. No-one knows what kind of Royal Jelly it takes … Continue reading
Bolstering your Monkeyman XP
We wanted to take a quick moment in the midst of our preparations for next month’s Simian Showcase for a very exciting announcement – you’re going to see Monkeyman Productions this summer in the Toronto Fringe Festival! It’s going to … Continue reading
Words, Words, Words
There’s a point in most new play festivals, like our Simian Showcase, where you have to close the door on script revisions and say okay, from this day onward, the actors have the final version of what they’re going to … Continue reading
Muppets
To my mind, there are just enough songs about rainbows and the only one that counts was never sung by Judy Garland (the celebrity painkillers/diet pills addict). Why is it that a hand stuffed in felt resonates with not only my generation but most of the surrounding ones as well? Perhaps looking to my personal past might reveal some answers. Continue reading
Why Five Bucks Will Drive You Insane
In my almost three decades of being alive, I have played a lot of videogames on the computer, the entertainment system, and the Tiger Handheld Console. In that time, I shudder to think how much I have spent on games and how casually I did so. I once splurged on a brand new video card for my mom’s computer with no idea how it would work or if it would work – solely so I could play the much maligned Star Wars Galaxies MMORPG. Continue reading
Captain America in 3-D
Johnny Storm changes his fire-jammies out for some patriotic knickers in one of Marvel Studio’s latest cinematic overtures Captain America – The First Avenger. The film understands the important truth that Nazis make for perfect villains but then veers away from this truth by trying to create super-Nazis in the form of the Red Skull’s science division/paramilitary organization/cult Hydra. Continue reading
Steampunk Happened!
I want you to sit down and understand that all that I am about to tell you is true. A drug smuggling maker of automota helped bring down a major corporation and America had a privateer airship. Once that settles in, we’ll continue. Continue reading
Blame George, George
Name me a situation as bizarre as a group of people angrily wishing someone doesn’t die. For George R. R. Martin, it must come as very confusing. Continue reading
Monkeyman Merchandise!
You may not have noticed in all the goings-on surrounding our recent site revamp, but this summer we’ve also introduced the Monkeyman Company Store – where you can spend that extra cash burning a hole in your Paypal account on assorted logo-plastered frippery and geegaws. Continue reading
