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Just a quick newsletter this week. As
you know I'm preparing for Cannes. New shirts
today, haircut booked for Monday. Got the new
shoes already :)
Cannes is certainly different already, I've had
lots of great support and have been contacted
about potential business opportunities, and
that's before I step into the busiest
marketplace in the world for
filmmakers.
The schedule post-Cannes is also
looking exciting. Indiana Gregg home concerts
start when I get back. I've also been invited
to film at the annual Mull-Of-Kintyre run at
the end of May.
On the review
front, Katie
Melua's documentary film arrived for editing
and reviewing as well as the Laurence Olivier
Centenary Collection. Dame Margot Fonteyn in
Swan Lake will be first up as the edit is
almost finished.
In July, we have 24/7 Fringe Festival in
Manchester to film and returning from New York
for this years Edinburgh Fringe in August, is
Ryan JW Smith with Love Labours Won. This year
Ryan has introduced "tasteful nudity" into the
performance, so I have a huge list of available
cameramen all of a sudden. Clearly some editing
challenges if I'm to publish it on Bebo.
Bebo has been superb. The plans discussed way
back in February with the exec team, are
starting to fall into place and some of the
videos are really taking off. Bill Hicks Slight
Return with Chas Early is the front runner.
With hits around the 30,000 mark on Youtube,
it's now taking off on Bebo as well. Ditch
Dwellers has started to get some interest with
around 1,000 new views in the last week alone.
Jon Cuthbertson has also found fame not only
with his interviews of the BAFTA Celebrities on
the front page of Bebo, but his latest review
on FAME FOREVER (see below) has had almost 300
views in less than a week.
So.....it's all happening. Thanks again for
your comments, support and emails. I hope
you'll continue to support the newcomers to the
site and welcome them into the UK Theatre
Network community.
It's true what Shakespeare wrote, all the world
really IS a stage.
Have a nice weekend.
Douglas McFarlane
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