Interview with Skye Brandon – Mary’s Wedding | Drayton Entertainment 2023
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Meet Skye Brandon, director of Mary’s Wedding

What are the main themes of Mary’s Wedding?	
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SKYE BRANDON: I think one love. That's a big one. I've had the privilege of talking with Stephen, the playwright, Stephen Massicotte, and I know a key word that's important to him is "hope".	Skye Brandon, who directs “Mary’s Wedding”, sits among the play’s props and speaks to the camera.	
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The First World War began 47 years after Confederation. Is Canada being a young country relevant to the play?	
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SKYE BRANDON: I think it is, in terms of its sense of duty to Great Britain. For many people, there was still a strong tie to Great Britain, to England, and so they saw it as a sense of duty, in terms of their responsibility in answering the call.	Skye Brandon continues speaking to the camera.
	
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What makes Mary’s Wedding uniquely Canadian?	
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SKYE BRANDON: There is something about just being outside in Canada in general that I think people will just relate to. There is still a really strong patriotism. Like, I know friends and family members who are in the military service, and I see them in Charlie. Even though this is over 100 years from when the story is being told, I see those similarities. So, I think that also plays into that sense of Canadian, being proud of where you're from.	Skye Brandon continues speaking to the camera.
	
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What is it like working with this cast?	
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SKYE BRANDON: What has been great about this is I haven't met Dante and Ellen before this, this process, and they are both extremely talented. And I have lots of mutual friends who have worked with them, so they came highly recommended. So I'm loving it so far.	Skye Brandon continues speaking to the camera.
	
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Is there a moment that stands out to you?	
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SKYE BRANDON: I got to be in this play as well with my wife a number of years ago, and I do love the line, "You are the best thing, the very best thing."	Skye Brandon continues speaking to the camera.
	
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What do you want the audience to take away?	
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SKYE BRANDON: Hope, humanity. I think that's why I love doing plays that are set in the past and have some kind of historical reference, because it's a way that you can talk about things that are happening today, or have happened recently, through a lens to show you how similar we are to even 100 years ago, that things are not that different in many, many ways.	Skye Brandon continues speaking to the camera.
	
	TEXT ON SCREEN: 
Mary’s Wedding by Stephen Massicotte
October 26 – November 12
at the 
St. Jacobs Country Playhouse.
Get your tickets today at
StJacobsCountryPlayhouse.com
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