{"id":6155,"date":"2020-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/art-apart-my-grandfather-s-true-stories\/"},"modified":"2020-05-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T04:00:00","slug":"art-apart-my-grandfather-s-true-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/art-apart-my-grandfather-s-true-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Apart: My Grandfather\u2019s True Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"o-section-gutenberg -classic o-text\">\n<p><strong><\/strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/828789706&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/national-theatre-school\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"National Theatre School\" target=\"_blank\">National Theatre School<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/national-theatre-school\/art-apart-1-the-girl-and-the-bear-by-katerina-bakolias\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Art Apart | 1- The Girl And The Bear by Katerina Bakolias\" target=\"_blank\">Art Apart | 1- The Girl And The Bear by Katerina Bakolias<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/828789610&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/national-theatre-school\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"National Theatre School\" target=\"_blank\">National Theatre School<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/national-theatre-school\/art-apart-2-veronicas-room-by-katerina-bakolias\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Art Apart | 2- Veronica's Room by Katerina Bakolias\" target=\"_blank\">Art Apart | 2- Veronica&#8217;s Room by Katerina Bakolias<\/a><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/828790078&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/national-theatre-school\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"National Theatre School\" target=\"_blank\">National Theatre School<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/national-theatre-school\/art-apart-3-the-coal-miner-and-the-rats-by-katerina-bakolias\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Art Apart | 3- The Coal Miner and the Rats by Katerina Bakolias\" target=\"_blank\">Art Apart | 3- The Coal Miner and the Rats by Katerina Bakolias<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><\/strong><strong>About the project<\/strong><strong><\/strong><span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>My Grandfather\u2019s True Stories<\/em> is a radio play, or recorded story, by Katerina Bakolias. Running 30 minutes in length.<\/p>\n<p>Its purpose is as a tribute to her grandfather, Alexander &#8221;Alec&#8221; Gillis, a fantastic storyteller and constant source of artistic support. Katerina hopes that these stories will fascinate listeners, both young and old, and evoke pleasant memories of bedtime stories.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;<em>My grandfather paints a perfect picture with his words and from the time I was able to understand him he told me stories. Funny stories, ghost stories, and stories that he promised were true. I\u2019ve selected three of my favourites and retold them in my own words with some added theatrical flare, but I\u2019ll leave it to you to decide if they\u2019re true.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; <strong>Katerina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Katerina-Grand-Father_vignette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" data-w=\"318\" data-h=\"262\" data-r=\"1.2137404580153\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Story Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Girl and the Bear<\/strong> (13:49 minutes) &#8211; Ada, a 5-year-old girl who often feels ignored by her parents and pushed around by her older brothers, sets out on an adventure to answer the age-old question: Do bears dream? With so many ideas bouncing around in her head and no one except for her stuffed bear to talk to Ada finds an unlikely listener in the woods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Veronica\u2019s Room<\/strong> (11:38 Minutes) &#8211; In his grandmother\u2019s creaky old house, Alec is determined to see the ghost of the long dead Veronica, who haunts the bedroom off the living room. As the house fills with visitors one summer\u2019s evening, someone gets a surprise visit from the ghost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Coal Miner and the Rats<\/strong> (5:56 Minutes) &#8211; Let me introduce you to my grandfather, and tell you a few stories about the crazy rats that lived in the mines.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This project received financial support from the National Theatre School of Canada via the <a href=\"\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/art-apart-artistic-works\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Art Apart program<\/a>, an emergency fund for emerging artists who are affected by physical distancing due to coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About the artist<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Katherina_Bakolias_vignette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" data-w=\"318\" data-h=\"262\" data-r=\"1.2137404580153\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Katerina Bakolias<\/strong> is a Halifax-based performer, playwright, and screenwriter. She graduated from Dalhousie University&#8217;s Fountain School of Performing Arts with an Honours in Theatre and has been working in the Halifax film and theatre community ever since. Most recently Katerina has appeared as Eric (Lost Kid) in Neptune Theatre&#8217;s Holiday Pantomime, Peter Pan. Katerina is the recipient of the \u2018Best Performer Award\u2019 in the 2017 Halifax Fringe Festival for her portrayal of Callie in Whale Song Theatre\u2019s production of <em>Stop Kiss.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first play that Katerina wrote, a one-woman show titled <em>Re-Taled<\/em>, was performed in the 2016 Halifax Fringe Festival. Her second project, <em>Til Death Do Us Part<\/em> had a staged reading in the 2018 Eastern Front Theatre Stages Festival, a workshop in the PARC New Play Readings in January 2020, and was scheduled to be produced in May 2020 as part of the Open Spaces program at Neptune Theatre. It will now be rescheduled due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong><u><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">VO Credits<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Girl and the Bear <br \/><\/strong>Narrator &#8211; <strong>Katerina Bakolias <\/strong><br \/>Ada &#8211;<strong> Ava &amp; Athena Posteraro <\/strong> <br \/>Mother &#8211; <strong>Melody Bakolias <\/strong> <br \/>Father &#8211; <strong>Ben Hayes <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Veronicas&#8217;s Room<br \/><\/strong>Narrator &amp; Alec &#8211; <strong>Katerina Bakolias <\/strong> <br \/>Hugh &#8211; <strong>John Bakolias<\/strong> <br \/>Aunties &#8211; <strong>Eleni Bakolias <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Coal Miner and the Rats<br \/><\/strong>Narrator &#8211; <strong>Katerina Bakolias <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<figure id=\"fig_bnk_i_4311\" contenteditable=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Julia-Weisser_Vignette.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" alt=\"\" data-w=\"318\" data-h=\"262\" data-r=\"1.2137404580153\" \/> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>My Grandfather\u2019s True Stories<\/strong> is a radio play by Katerina Bakolias and <\/em><em>a tribute to her grandfather, Alexander \u2018Alec\u2019 Gillis, a fantastic storyteller and constant source of artistic support. <br \/><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-apart"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}