Pictures, Pirates, Pantos!

If you haven't found it yet, I have an album of backstage pictures from the Pantomime here (the same ones as in the slideshow below). More pictures, including onstage pics, are here, here, and here. Finally, there are many pictures from the pirate scenes specifically here, but you'll need a Facebook account to see that album. For those of you who don't, I've added some of my favorites to the end of the slideshow below. Enjoy.

Broken Legs

All our hard work over the last 6 months finally paid off today with two shows. We have a third show tomorrow, so if you haven't seen it yet, please come out and support your local Panto!

I have a lot of backstage pics, and I'm hoping to get some onstage ones soon. As for those of you wondering about my costume, here it is.

From Robinson Crusoe

When you're big in China...

Drama continues to be a big part of my life here. I've become involved with the International Drama Group here which performs mainly British Pantomime. Our next show is



I play the part of the villain, notorious Pirate Captain Blackbeard. The story was picked up in the local paper. You can read the (translated) article here. (And yes, that is my Keep Grace Weird shirt in the photo.)

Happy (Chinese) New Year!

Xin Nian Kuai Le!

It's the year of the Ox here, and the city is celebrating in style. In the land of cheap, plentiful fireworks and lax civic restrictions, everyone's a pyrotechnic artist. The fireworks have been going literally non-stop on all sides since about 6:00pm. In the city, every building serves to echo and magnify the reverberations so that each explosion sounds like ten. The fireworks aren't just the little crackers you get in the States, either (although there are plenty of those). I'm talking about rockets 50 feet in the air, triple bursts of color, and on and on, displays grander and more intricate than any civilian show you've ever seen on the 4th of July. Walking down the street, you feel like there must be a war going on somewhere. I expect to have video soon.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2009!

We just returned from Beijing, and I realized that I'm about 5 sets behind on my picture posting. So without further ado, here are a few more views of our fair city decked out in both autumn and winter colors. These pictures were taken at different times from the top of a 25 story office building downtown.



As you may have already heard, it snowed recently. Here are some views from our apartment and around town.



Enjoy the holidays!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas or Happy Boxing Day as the case may be for your time zone!

Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving from Hong Kong!