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Nelson thespian’s first new full production in five years opens Oct. 2 at the Capitol WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star efore you buy tickets to go see Lucas Myers’ latest production Campground: A Murder Mystery Comedy in the Woods (with music), you should log on to Facebook and add two of his characters as friends: Justin Case, an urban hipster in fashion frames and Michael Hodgkins, a surly plaid-wearing Albertan. The pair have digital incarnations, and fans can follow their posts as they spend Aug. 28 through early September embroiled in a homicide investigation.
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“This is not your typical oneperson show,” Myers told the Star. “The story is this kid has gone missing, and he’s been spotted near the campground. What comes out is that each of these characters has interacted with him, but they all have reasons that they don’t want to talk about it.” Fans can scroll through Case and Hodgkins’ posts for clues, and any comments or likes will show up in the live production when his character Detective Shelly begins investigating. Myers created the profiles earlier this year, posting in-character, and
will display them via projection during the show. “I’ve thrown in video of the missing kid from his phone, and we’ll be using projections for all the social media stuff. At one point there’s a talent show and they’re all posting about it.” So far the characters have racked up 100 friends apiece, and Myers’ said he’s thrilled by the innovative possibilities of this new form of storytelling. But while creating Campground — his first new full-length production in five years — he’s also returned to some familiar territory. “In doing this show I’ve realized that there are some archetypes Continued on page 13
BILL METCALFE Nelson Star Nelson city council is proposing a bylaw that would prohibit panhandling in any way that “causes an obstruction.” The definition of an obstruction is quite detailed and it includes: • sitting or lying on a street in an obstructive manner; • continuing to panhandle from someone after they have refused; • panhandling as a group; • panhandling on a street within ten meters of an entrance to a bank, an ATM, a bus stop or shelter, the entrance to any liquor store, the entrance to a movie theatre or sidewalk café, a pay telephone, an entrance to a covered pedestrian walkway, a public washroom, or an entrance to a church; • panhandling from an occupant of a vehicle; • panhandling from a person seated at a sidewalk café; • panhandling from a person entering or exiting a place of business; • panhandling on a private property without the property owner’s consent. Council passed first and second reading of the bylaw Monday night with the understanding its details would be tweaked to make it more specific to Nelson streets before
third reading in a month. A copy of the proposed bylaw is attached to the online version of this story at nelsonstar. com. A written report presented by city staff to council Monday night stated that the bylaw comes at the request of police and bylaw enforcement officers: “bylaw officers, when asking [panhandlers] to move along, believe 50 per cent of the panhandlers they interact with are great and easy but then there is the other 50 per cent who are confrontational, use extreme profanity, and seem to need the extra encouragement or incentive [police assistance] to comply.” The proposed penalty for obstruction as summarized above would be $25, and for obstructing a bylaw enforcement officer would be $500. Councillor Anna Purcell asked if a $500 fine is enforceable. “Can the panhandlers pay $500 fines for obstruction, or if they cannot, what does that set in motion for them? Would they end up going to jail?” City manager Kevin Cormack responded by saying that under a bylaw the city cannot put people in jail. “Only a court can do
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