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Newspaper clippings and reviews

This series contains newspaper clippings and reviews pertaining to the various productions put on at Theatre 1707 as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the theatre in general.

Scripts

This series contains scripts both produced and considered for production by Upstart Theatre.

Personal papers of David Renton

Series contains information about individual actors, Renton's administrative contributions to organizing the 1987 Canada Games and the 1990 World Figure Skating Championships, conferences and workshops, festivals and showcases, Neptune Theatre, Nova Scotia Drama League, Portus Theatre Productions, theatre companies and university theatre departments, and committees, associations, and unions to which Renton belonged. Also included are clippings and publications (primarily theatre- and film-related), financial records and grant applications, memorabilia, production-related materials, programs and invitations, school-related materials, and contracts, resumes, and awards.

Posters

Series contains promotional posters for productions with which David Renton was associated. Series also contains two painted costume designs.

The Neptune Story

The series consists of correspondence relating both to research for and publication of the book, research notes, and interviews recorded on audio cassette regarding the history of Neptune Theatre, collected for the writing of The Neptune Story: Twenty-Five Years in the Life of a Leading Canadian Theatre ; photographs, messages, and tributes to Neptune Theatre included in the published work, can also be found here. As well, the series contains minutes of the meetings of the 25th Anniversary Committee of Neptune Theatre (of which Perkyns was a member), a draft copy of The Neptune Story , newspaper clippings, congratulatory notes, and a speech given at the book launch in 1989.

Personnel

Series includes information on Eyelevel Gallery's directors, staff, membership, and volunteers.

Dalhousie Theatre Department administration

The Dalhousie Theatre Department administration series contains records related to the operations of the Dalhousie Theatre Department. The types of records included here are correspondence, memos, reports, notes, and meeting minutes and agendas.

Resource materials

This series contains resource materials used for teaching. Types of records included here are scripts, videocassettes, audio cassettes, course exercises, and articles regarding theatre and theory.

Financial records of Eyelevel Gallery

Series represents the financial activities of Eyelevel Gallery and reflects how the Gallery has obtained financial support from funding bodies at national, provincial, and municipal levels of government. Included are grant applications for operating assistance, exhibitions, publications, employment programs, financial statements, budgets, and documentation of fundraising activities.

Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey/Drug Warrior

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. Directed by Connie Littlefield, Damage Done was a documentary co-produced with the National Film Board of Canada. It featured interviews with current and former members of law enforcement who disagreed with the way in which the illegal drugs trade was policed and prosecuted. This series contains agreements, applications, budget materials, a crew list, a credit roll, film festival and awards documents, financing schedules, press clippings, a marketing plan, publicity clips, stock footage, interviews, reference materials, and video and audio recordings.

Big Top Under a Northern Sky

Series consists of records documenting the creative, financial, and production activities of this project. The project was a potential documentary on the history of circuses in Canada that was pitched to the CBC as a one-hour documentary or a documentary series. This series contains background information, interviews, video recordings, a proposal, the CBC pitch and feedback.

The Can

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential television sitcom that was pitched to the CBC and was to focus on accountants and auditors working for Revenue Canada. This series contains agreements, budget development working papers, a cast list, correspondence, funding applications, scripts, and storylines.

For Better or For Worse

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This animated series for television presents a humourous, incisive, and endearing portrayal of a modern suburban family. It was based on Lyn Johnston's popular Canadian cartoon strip. The television series was co-produced by imX, broadcast by Teletoon, and consisted of sixteen episodes, each of which were eleven minutes in length. This series contains agreements, applications, cast and crew lists, correspondence, incorporation documents, press releases, production stills, scripts, schedules, a series outline, syndication histories, and video recordings.

Doc McLelland

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. The project was a potential television series about a doctor in rural Cape Breton. This series contains a series outline and input.

Eliot Rocket

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film in which a workaholic with serious commitment issues returns home after his father suffers a stroke. This series contains agreements, correspondence, and a script.

Flight : Searching for Scotland

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This 50-minute documentary for television follows and documents traces of Scottish identity which survive in Canada and includes extensive visual evidence of Scottish influences across Canada. The film was a co-production between Imagex Films and Antonine Films in Glasgow and was filmed mainly in Cape Breton and Ontario. This series contains applications, agreements, correspondence, cue sheets, a project synopsis, proposals, scripts, and video recordings.

House of Mirth

Series consists of records documenting the administrative activities of this project. The project was a potential feature in co-production with the South African Film Finance Corporation based on the Edith Wharton novel of the same name. This series contains the slate package.

I Am the Walrus

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film about a group of friends who fight their way out of their lower-class beginnings. This series contains the script.

The Movies Come to Gull Point

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film based on a combination of Will R. Bird short stories, including the title story. It was to focus on a fictional Newfoundland village in 1915 and three local boys who are drawn into the First World War. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, a budget, correspondence, the original story, outlines, production notes, research materials, one-sheets, scripts, and schedules.

My Little Eye

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film was co-produced by imX with Working Title for Universal in 2002. It was directed by Marc Evan, written by David Hilton, and produced by Jon Finn. This series contains agreements, biographies, a budget, call sheets, a camera equipment list, incorporation documents, film posters, scripts, schedules, and video recordings.

New Waterford Girl

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film is a 95-minute comedy that tells the story of coming of age and wanting to go down the road and escape 1970s Cape Breton. This re-telling of a perennial Atlantic Canadian story is now told from the perspective of two girls and the challenges of actually leaving. It was also notable for being written by Tricia Fish as her first script after her year at the Canadian Film Centre. The film was co-produced by Imagex, directed by Allan Moyle, and starred Liane Balaban, Nicholas Campbell, Cathy Moriarty, Andrew McCarthy, Tara Spencer-Nairn, and Mary Walsh. New Waterford Girl was nominated for seven Genie Awards and won best Canadian and Nova Scotia features at the Atlantic Film Festival. It was also screened at film festivals in Berlin, New York, Rotterdam, Sundance, Toronto, and Vancouver. This series contains agreements, applications, a cast list, clearances, correspondence, a crew report, film posters, incorporation documents, payroll reports, a press kit, publicity stills, a script, a synopsis, and video recordings.

North/Northeast Ventures

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, financial, and legal activities of this group. North/Northeast Ventures was a branch of imX Communications that owned an interest in the CineSite Film and Television Production Centre in Burnside, Nova Scotia together with other film and television production companies. This series contains agreements, correspondence, a corporate seal, and wind-up of the corporate group.

The Other Side of the Pole

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential animated Christmas feature film to be completed by Helix Animation. This series contains agreements, correspondence, and photographs.

Julie Walking Home

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film was a Canada/Poland/Germany co-production under the direction of Agniezska Holland. It stars Miranda Otto and Lothaire Bluteau. The film is a 118-minute drama that tells the story of a woman finding a cure for the inoperable cancer of her son and, simultaneously, a new love and meaning for her life. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, budgets, a cast list, a credit list, crew lists, correspondence, electronic press kits, day files, music cue sheets, press releases and other materials, production stills, schedules, scripts, and video recordings.

The Last Dwarf

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project was a potential series of thirty-minute animated programs with computer generated backgrounds. It was in pre-development but was never completed. The project was set in the near future and proposed to create the character of a strange but lovable outsider looking for clues about his origins. A companion comic book series was also developed. This series contains agreements, applications, a budget, character sketches, comic books, contract lists, research, a script, a series proposal, a press kit and posters, and trademark and treatment documents.

Laughabout

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This potential thirty-minute comedy series of thirteen planned episodes intended to follow three stand-up comedians on the road in Canada, Italy, and Japan. The project was conceived by David Vainola and Ron Thompson and was developed by imX with CTV. It was eventually dropped by the broadcaster. This series contains agreements, biographies, correspondence, budgets, series guides, a schedule, and a one-sheet promotional publication.

Matthew

Series consists of records documenting the administrative activities of this project. The project was a potential animated television program for children. This series contains correspondence about the production.

Midday Sun

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film tells the story of a Canadian volunteer with good intentions to change the world who is placed in a small African village. It was shot in Zimbabwe and is notable for its unsentimental documentation of the contemporary African landscape, people, and lifestyle. The 94-minute drama was co-produced by Imagex, written and directed by Lulu Keating, and starred Isabelle Mejias, George Seremba, and Jackie Burroughs. This series contains agreements, a cast contact list, credits, crew lists, dialogue transcripts, film posters, location stills, a music cue sheet, a one-sheet, a press kit, release prints, a script, a synopsis, and video recordings.

Pierre Boulez : The Rite of Spring

Series consists of records documenting the creative, financial, legal, and production activities of this project. This potential program for CBC television documenting Pierre Boulez at the Scotia Festival of Music in 1991 performing the Rite of Spring was never broadcast because rights for the music were not procured. The series contains research documents, a budget, a production agreement, and video recordings.

Lawyers in Love

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and production activities of this project. This potential feature film was to tell the story of a contemporary married couple, both lawyers, wanting to escape from their marriage. As they finalize the details of their separation at their Cape Cod summer home, murder becomes the simpler solution. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, budgets, cast lists, correspondence, scripts, a synopsis, and video recordings.

Songs In Ordinary Time

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and production activities of this project. Based on the novel of the same name by Mary McGarry Morris, this made-for-television film was directed by Rod Holcomb. The screenplay was written by Malcolm MacRury and starred Sissy Spacek, Beau Bridges, and Keir Dullea. This series contains agreements, an audit report, a cast list, correspondence, daily production reports, day lists, incorporation documents, notes, payroll documentation, screenplays, and scripts.

Stanley's Palace

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential television series in co-production with Sienna Films in Ontario that did not go ahead with a distributor/broadcast commitment. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, correspondence, outlines and proposals, reports, schedules, scripts, and treatments.

Productions of Mulgrave Road Theatre

Series consists of records related to productions performed between 1977 and 2006. Files include the following materials: programmes, annotated production and prompt scripts, correspondence, show reports, tour itineraries, scripts, actor contracts, agreements, set designs, rehearsal schedules, props list, technical information, and production schedules.

The Red Glove

Series consists of records documenting the legal activities of this project. The project was a potential short film written by Joel Kristopher Bennett about a teenage girl who bears the outward signs of abuse but is actually a boxer. This series contains a writer's agreement and a script.

Safety Glass

Series consists of records documenting the financial activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film. This series includes a proposed budget.

Santa Jr

Series consists of records documenting the creative and financial activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film. This series contains a proposed budget and a script.

Administration records of the Women in Media Foundation

Series contains material relating to strategic planning, charitable, status, CRTC licensing for Women's Television network, and equipment inventory lists. Series also contains legal licencing agreements and service contracts, and minutes and reports from Board meetings and annual general meeting minutes. Executive meeting reports and minutes are also included in the series.

Programs developed and administered by the Women in Media Foundation

Series contains material relating to the promotion, development, and administration of the programs and workshops that were run by the Women in Media Foundation. Materials include completed evaluation forms from programs, curriculum material, script and teaching material, camp essays, and final reports. Series also contains applications, campers lists, release forms, and promotional materials.

The following is a list of programs that Women in Media Foundation was involved in: Girl's TV Camp (later named Girls TV and New Media Camp), Women's Technical Internship, Diversity Workshop, Girl's Enterprise workshop, the Travelling Girls Documentary workshop, lesson plans and teaching materials for teachers, WTNdowment scholarship, CyberSafe program, Girl's Mini-Media workshop, Train the Trainer workshop, and Media Literacy workshop.

Programming materials may also be inter-filed within other series.

Festivals

This series contains materials regarding Centre for Art Tapes festivals and is organized by festival title.

Workshops

This series contains records regarding Centre for Art Tapes workshops. Records include workshop descriptions, workshop evaluations, lists of participants and promotional material.

Festivals and outreach programming

Series contains records relating to Theatre Arts Guild participation in various drama festivals.Materials include certificates of recognition for Theatre Arts Guild productions, programs, correspondence, newsletters, and administrative documents. There are also records related to TAG's outreach and workshop programming.

Correspondence of Acadian Supplies Company

This series contains all general business correspondence. The majority of the correspondence is between Acadian Supply Co. and its clients and shareholders, discussing business, vessels, suppliers or accounts. Clients include the Town of Lunenburg, the Department of Fisheries and The Department of Transport. Suppliers include the Dominion Coal Company, Customold Plastics and Blue Coal Ltd.

Financial records of Acadian Supplies Company

This series contains a record book, financial statements and shareholder reports, a cash book, sales reports, inventory and an order book for the saw mill. The majority of the records are financial statements for both Acadian Supplies and Acadian Vessels listing their expenditures for the years they have been in operation.
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