Fugitives Western Canada Tour (March 2-14)!

Hey all, The Fugitives hit up the road in two days – going from Fernie to Winnipeg and back, playing shows all along the way. Check out: http://www.fugitives.ca/shows/ for full listings. After that, it’s Eastern Canada in June and folk festivals in July! If you’re in Western Canada, come hear some music!!

A Brand New Monologue: The Fruit Machine!

Brendan McLeod is currently touring a brand new full-length monologue, entitled: ‘The Fruit Machine’. Watch video excerpts of it here: www.youtube.com/brendanmcleodpoems About the Show In the 1950′s, the RCMP set out to fire every homosexual in Canada ‘s civil service. In the process, they built a machine aimed at scientifically detecting homosexuality, which became known ( Read more... )

  • Jan 25, 2011 | 0 comment(s)
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Eastern Shows!

Hello all, There will be some eastern shows of my new full-length monologue, ‘The Fruit Machine’ at the end of this month. The dates are below, and at the gig section. Hope to see you out! January 26 – Montreal, Theatre Ste. Catherine January 27 – Lanark County, The Village Idiot January 28 – Ottawa, ( Read more... )

  • Jan 25, 2011 | 0 comment(s)
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FreeWrite! submissions due January 9!

Hey! Anyone young in and around Vancouver! Check out this monthly creative writing intensive I run for 15-18 year olds. It’s completely FREE, has amazing guest presenters, happens once a month, and will change your FREAKING LIFE! All details are below. You gotta apply by January 9, 2011 but it only takes a second. Do ( Read more... )

  • Dec 15, 2010 | 0 comment(s)
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New Fugitives Christmas Songs on Myspace

Just a quick note to let you know that The Fugitives have two new Christmas songs out. I know, I know – who cares about christmas songs?! They all suck, right? But we were invited to give some tracks to a great new xmas compilation out on Light Organ Records. We were surprised to find ( Read more... )

  • Dec 11, 2010 | 0 comment(s)
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December 9 – Premiering a new monologue!

Hey all, On December 9 I premiere my first ever monologue. Holy crap! Exciting! Turner Events – All Things Spoken Presents: Brendan McLeod premieres a brand new monologue. It covers a wide range of stuff: Facebook, Canadian history, venereal disease, and getting tackled on the street for money, but it all goes together. RC Weslowski ( Read more... )

  • Nov 24, 2010 | 0 comment(s)
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December Happenings!

Hey everyone, There are some big awesome shows happening in December! Check em out: December 3 – Folk for the Holidays The Fugitives play the annual folk fest fundraiser with Hannah Georgas, The Sojourners, and Roy Forbes. Tickets and details here: http://thefestival.bc.ca/archives/2466 December 9 – Premiere of my new monologue Holy crap! I premiere a ( Read more... )

  • Nov 24, 2010 | 0 comment(s)
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The Fugitives – Reviews from Edmonton

Hey everyone, The Fugitives have had a great fringe run here in Edmonton, garnering 4 star reviews from every major publication. Here’s a bit of what’s been said: “The four part vocals are sensational…each of these Fugitives has the talent, voice and charisma to front their own band.” – Edmonton Sun, 4 stars “A genial, ( Read more... )

  • Aug 20, 2010 | 0 comment(s)
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‘The Big Oops’ – Reviews from Winnipeg

Congrats to Cara Yeates for a successful first run of ‘The Big Oops’ in Winnipeg. The reviews are in: 4 stars from the CBC, the Winnipeg Free Press, and an ‘A’ from Uptown Magazine. Read them all below. Next stop – Edmonton! Winnipeg Free Press – 4 stars   Children’s entertainer Sammi Sam could charm ( Read more... )

  • Jul 21, 2010 | 0 comment(s)
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Tour Blog #3: Ontario and Quebec

The Ontario/Quebec leg of The Fugitives tour consisted of: Thunder Bay, Sault St Marie, Peterborough, Toronto, London, Guelph, Wakefield, and Montreal. This section of the country is particularly good to tour not just because of the great venues or the plethora of good people we know in these areas, but for the humaneness of it ( Read more... )