FIRST DATE LAST DATE
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CREATED BY: Tea Time Creation Company STARRING: Kathleen Dorian, Ailsa Galbreath, James MacLean, and Gina Thornhill PRODUCED BY: Tea Time Creation Company |
First Date Last Date is a playful exploration of relationships set inside a local Halifax hotspot. Using elements of storytelling, poetry, and clown the quartet of performers delves into the ever changing intricacies of love, sex, and romance. Winners of the ‘Fringiest Fringe Award’ at the 2017 Halifax Fringe Festival, Tea Time Creation Co is delighted to bring their work back on its feet inside a local Halifax Bar - - whenever it’s safe to be allowed back inside a bar together. Until then, be safe, much love!
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Flirt with First Date Last Date Untraditional, playful and intimate, Tea Time Creation Company creates a little magic. The Fringe Festival is an opportunity to showcase the unconventional, so who says you can't have a play in a bar? "Theatre is a kind of ritual and so is going out for drinks with a friend or loved one," says performer and co-creator of First Date Last Date, Ailsa Galbreath. "By having the show at Good Robot, we are hoping to blend the two." Collectively created by the Tea Time Creation Company, this 25-minute show is about love and connection and is sure to be pretty Fringey. "We wanted to create something bite-sized, something intimate and playful, and not necessarily traditional theatre," says Galbreath. "Audience members can expect to be taken on a gentle ride that includes lots of storytelling, a little singing,a little dancing and hopefully a little magic. Flirtatious and funny is what we're after." Cozy up with a delicious brew and watch the show unfold. - Michael Lake (2017) First Date Last Date (Good Robot). See this show. James, Gina, Katie and Ailsa have such a natural chemistry and physical shorthand this sweet treat of a show flies by. The subject matter could very easily have veered into saccharine and overly sweet or depressing territory, but the 4 of them keep their hands firmly on the wheel. Strong ensemble work and performances have me working up the courage to ask for another date. - LAURA THORNTON (WHALESONG THEATRE COMPANY) |
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First Date, Last Date -I managed to squeeze this one into this evening's shows, and am I ever glad I did! This quartet, made up of Ailsa Galbreath, Gina Thornhill, Katie Dorian, and James MacLean, is like a breath of fresh air. You instantly feel a buoyancy from the moment you sit down, as if you've just walked into a room where you know and love every soul in it, even if they are all strangers. There is an openness and a vulnerability to this performance, combined with it being in such an intimately sized space, that you feel like you are part of it with them. If you have ever felt love, there is something for you in this show.... honest moments that everyone can relate to. A truly lovely show. Don't miss out.
- SARAH RICHARDSON
- SARAH RICHARDSON
THE TEAM
Kathleen Dorian is a creator/actor based in Dartmouth, NS. Kathleen is a Dal Theatre graduate (2011), Atlantic Cirque graduate (2012) and Zuppa Theatre collaborator on How Small How Far Way (Robin). Most recently she remounted Romeo & Juliet: A Drink Along with her favourite clown-troupe-turned-accidental-theatre-company Tea Time Creation Co. (First Date/Last Date, Gina Is Dead). Her favourite pastime is creating a bit of magic and lots of joy with Tea Time. In recent years Kathleen assistant directed Some Blow Flutes by esteemed writer/director Mary Vingoe, and was back in the room with Zuppa Theatre in This Is Nowhere. She has been on three tours with Mermaid Theatre performing black-light puppet shows across the US, China and Singapore (The Very Hungry Caterpillar, My Favourite Story Book/Guess How Much I Love You, The Rainbow Fish). Kathleen is interested in puppetry, story through movement and magic, and meeting her audience in the space between performance and reality. On her list of favourite things: basset hounds named Gizmo, crispy chicken skin, books that make her laugh or cry out loud. @teatimecreationco
Ailsa Galbreath (she/her) is a Dartmouth based theatre artist. She is passionate about new work. Most recently, Ailsa could be seen in Mary Vingoe’s latest play Some Blow Flutes. She starred as Joey Del Marco in Slut: the play as part of Eastern Front’s STAGES Festival in 2018. She has worked with HomeFirst, Zuppa Theatre, LunaSea Theatre Co, Halifax Theatre for Young People, Once Upon a Theatre Co, Villian’s Theatre, QueerActs Theatre Festival, Misery Loves Theatre Co and [elephants] collective. Ailsa is 1/4th of clown troupe Tea Time Creation Co with whom she creates devised work including: First Date Last Date (winner of Fringiest Fringe play at the Halifax Fringe Festival), Gina is Dead, a tour of the afterlife and a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet in a bar. Ailsa is also currently studying to certify as a teacher of the Interactive Teaching Method of the Alexander Technique.
James MacLean (He/Him) lives in Kijpuktuk (Halifax) working as an actor, theatre and media creator. Recent acting and theatre collaboration includes; Romeo & Juliet, Gina is Dead, First Date Last Date (Teatime Creation Co.); Henry V, Wizard of Oz (Shakespeare By The Sea); This Is Nowhere (Zuppa Theatre); KAMP (Eastern Front Theatre); Goodnight Desdemona, Goodmorning Juliet (Valley Summer Theatre); Redfish (Halifax Theatre for Young People). Film/TV: Parkdale 2010, Haven, You&Me. Graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada, and Neptune’s Musical Theatre Foundation Program. He has created multiple short films for the RT Collective and is currently working on a short for the Center For Art Tapes. See what he’s up to next - follow him on IG: @ohyeahjimmy
Gina Thornhill (She/Her) is a Halifax based theatre artist. Her training is in ensemble based physical theatre. She is a founding member of Tea Time Creation Co. Select theatre credits include Some Blow Flutes- HomeFirst Theatre, This is Nowhere- Zuppa Theatre, Neptune Theatre Touring Company 2018, Pugwash- Ship's Company Theatre, Slut: The Play- Luna/Sea Theatre, The Blazing World/Faustus- Villain's Theatre, On the Verge- Once Upon a Theatre Collective. Film/TV: Diggstown, The Mist, Feverish. Gina is also an instructor at Neptune Theatre School, working with youth in various capacities; choreographer, stage manager, assistant director.
