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MARY
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Born
in St. John's and educated at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Mary
Walsh has been bringing her particular bent on politics and current
affairs to comedy fans since the award-winning CODCO troupe hit the
stage 35 years ago.
During CODCO's years on CBC Television (1987-93), Ms. Walsh was
honoured with numerous Gemini Awards.
In the early 1970s, Ms. Walsh toured the Newfoundland and Labrador
with the Newfoundland Traveling Theatre Company. In 1972 she was a
member of the Mummers Troupe. While studying drama at Ryerson in
1973, Ms. Walsh was involved in the collective writing of Cod on a
Stick, the first CODCO play, with Tommy Sexton, Cathy Jones, Dyan
Olsen and Paul Sametz. The show's initial run was in the fall and
winter of 1973-74 in Toronto, while in the spring the play toured
Newfoundland.
Throughout her professional career as an writer, actor and director,
Ms. Walsh has worked extensively with local artists at the
Newfoundland's Resource Centre for the Arts. She has appeared in
many films, television shows and stage productions.
In 1992, she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Atlantic
Film Festival for her performance in Mike Jones' Secret Nation.
Among her characters on This Hour Has 22 Minutes are the flagrantly
outspoken Marg Delahunty, redneck commentator Dakey Dunn and wacky
Prairie correspondent Connie Bloor.
Beyond her work on the television series This Hour Has 22 Minutes,
Ms. Walsh wrote and performed in and won another Gemini for Hatching
Matching and Dispatching.
Mary is currently working on a new series for CBC.
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RICK BOLAND
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Actor, writer and
director Rick Boland has been involved with theatre since the 1970s.
He has worked with the Newfoundland Travelling Theatre Company, the
Mummer's Troupe, and was a founding member of Rising Tide Theatre.
In 1980 Rick, along with Mary Walsh developed the RCA theatre
company with the Resource Centre for the Arts, where he created and
performed in productions including High Steel and Young Triffie’s
Been Made Away With.
His theatre project highlights include the development of Rising
Tide Theatre’s Young Company which toured socially relevant theatre
in schools throughout the province. And in 1991 he began research
and development on what would grow into the highly successful
Trinity Pageant and Summer in the Bight Festival, acclaimed as a
premier theatrical destination in the province.
Rick Boland has numerous film and television appearances to his
credit, including CBC Television’s Up at Ours, Tales from Pigeon
Inlet, Yesterday’s Heroes and in recent years he played the role of
Phose Furey in Hatching Matching and Dispatching.
His film credits include: Finding Mary March, The Divine Ryans,
Extraordinary Visitor, The Breadmaker, The Bingo Robbers, The Wall,
and Young Triffie’s Been Made Away With. He recently played the
mayor of Gander in the made-for-TV movie Diverted.
Along with Mary Walsh, Rick is Artistic Associate of CornerBoys – a
company that presents theatrical presentation and interactive
interpretation of historic sites such as the Quidi Vidi Battery and
Commissariat House. They are currently working on the new play: Fort
McMoney (aka Tickety Boo)
Rick’s lifetime contribution to the cultural life of Newfoundland
and Labrador is evident by his dedication to the artistic expression
and interpretation of our vast and rich cultural heritage.
In 2009 Rick was inducted into the
NLCA's
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