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Apparently Toronto got its own spin-off of Law & Order now. Catherine Disher was in episode 3. She played an attourney. It was a brief appearance, but she had some good pointed lines. It was nice to see her on TV again.

Nigel is in one play of the 2022 season of the Stratford Festival in Ontario.
In All's Well That Ends Well he plays Reynaldo, the Stewart of the Countess of Roussillon.

Other FK alumni:

Colm Feore will play Richard III and Harper in Molière's The Miser.

Lucy Peacock will play Queen Elizabeth in Richard III and Fay in The Miser.

Source: Stratford Festival

Note: This entry has been updated since it was originally posted in February 2022.

Lisa Ryder had a guest role in this week's episode of Murdoch Mysteries (Season 15, episode 19)!

Nigel Bennett made a movie last year called The Family, which recently premiered at the Buson International Film Festival in South Corea (don't ask me why there). While the plot sounds rather creepy and disturbing (it's categorised as a genre-bending thriller), it's nice to see that his part seems to be quite huge.

I love how the trailer begins with the voice-over.



See IMDB for more information and some stunning pics.

I wonder whether this movie will come to cinemas or directly on DVD and TV.

Nigel Bennett has filmed Christmas in the Rockies. The film is currently streaming in the US on Fox Nation. I'm not familiar with this channel, but I cannot access it from Europe. I hope it will be available to broader audiences later in the year. In Canada it is supposed to air on CityTV in December.

Here's a trailer with a few glimpses of Nigel.

I've been watching V-Wars because Nigel Bennett is in episode 1. The 10 episodes are available on Netflix. I'm rather ambiguous about the series. While it was overall suspenseful, there were quite a lot of subplots which didn't make sense. And I missed some explanations as to why some things were the way they were. I didn't like the concept of vampires being depicted as mindless killers (that assuaged a little later in the series), but I found the scientific approach interesting (sadly that was less prominent later in the series).

Ian Somerhalder played the lead. He's always nice to watch, but I preferred him as a vampire in "Vampire Diaries". Whom I really liked was Peter Outerbridge. He plays the villain and appears in almost all episodes. Other FK alumni included Phil Bedard and Larry Lalonde as executive producers of the series.

The series is based on a book which I haven't read. The way it ended suggests that there is a second season planned.

Nigel had a guest appearance in this week's episode of Frankie Drake Mysteries. He plays a shady magician. Brief, but nicely mysterious.

Finally I saw The Shape of Water in the movie theatre. What a delightful film! A nice change from today's action-packed movies. Instead it was wonderfully nostalgic with a lot of nods towards classic Hollywood. Ranging from Jack Arnold's Creature from the Black Lagoon over Betty Grable to Mr. Ed. The sentence "Bonanza is too violent for kids" was hilarious. Oh those good old times...

The end was totally awesome. And I liked the music so much (in particular Renée Fleming's "You'll Never Know") that I'm going to buy the soundtrack.

And then there was Nigel, speaking Russian all the time, with subtitles. He appears in several scenes. I was torn between watching him and reading what he was actually saying. I definitely need to watch that again.

John Kapelos was supposed to be in the movie as well, but I have to admit that I missed or didn't recognise him. Shame on me! Another reason to watch it again.

Other familiar sites included a teal-coloured Cadillac, although it wasn't a convertible. And I recognised several Toronto locations, such as streetcar tracks, Massey Hall, Cherry Street shore, Gardiner Expressway, and the beautiful Elgin Theatre.

Sadly, FK alumni Richard McMillan passed away last Sunday after a battle with cancer. He played Brother Matthew in the flashback of first season's Dying to Know You and Lindley in second season's Can't Run, Can't Hide.

A detailed orbituary can be found here.

Geraint Wyn Davies

Geraint is currently appearing at the Stratford Festival in "Breath of Kings: Rebellion" and "Breath of Kings: Redemption". The 2 plays are a new destillation of Shakespeare's 4 history plays "Richard II", Henry IV - Part 1", Henry IV - Part 2", and "Henry V". Geraint plays Sir John Falstaff, Captain Fluellen, and the Old Gardener.

Here's a trailer:


Both plays run through September 24.

Nigel Bennett

Nigel stars in the comedy/farce "Something Fishy" at the Lighthouse Festival Theatre.
June 29-July 16, 2016 Lighthouse Fesival Theatre, Port Dover, ON
July 20-24, 2016 Showboat Festival Theatre, Port Colborne, ON

Here's a nice article about him.

Joseph Ziegler

Joseph Ziegler appears in 3 plays at the Stratford Festival, Ontario:
- Macbeth (by William Shakespeare): Duncan
- All My Sons (by Arthur Miller): Joe Keller
- John Gabriel Borkman (by Henrik Ibsen): Vilhalm Foldal

Lucy Peacock

Lucy Peacock appears in 2 plays at the Stratford Festival, Ontario:
- All My Sons (by Arthur Miller): Kate Keller
- John Gabriel Borkman (by Henrik Ibsen): Gunhild Borkman