It begins after a "Zastrozzi" rehearsal. A cold, scruffy young man (eager to munch the Chicken Peanut Curry that was made by his mother) sits down on his incredibly un-orthopedic chair and searches for a way to magnify his miniscule fame. Ego-swelling, he discovers an easy way to become a "blogger". An unfortunately dim star is born!

The main focus of this narcisistic effort is I, Matthew Domville, a tough-talking cop who plays by my own rules. And by "cop", I mean "student".

I study Theatre at the U of O. University of Ottawa for those of you not in the know. Others call it "Ottawa U", but this is clearly wrong. The advertisements on the bus tell me I "benefit from generous scholarships", so the cheque must be in the mail.

No sense getting sassy from the get-go. I'm learning to become an actor, but that doesn't really pay the bills, so I have some part-time jobs. I do tours for the Haunted Walk of Ottawa and I stock shelves at a drugstore. I've also recently started doing murder mysteries for Eddie May Mysteries, but this may be a very temporary job, as the holidays are their busiest time of year.

I act whenever directors are kind enough to cast me. My most recent work was in Natalie Joy Quesnel's production of George F Walker's "Criminal Genius", where I played Rolly Moore. I was a big fan of this experience, largely due to the fun people that were involved with the show. I also used it as a test-run for some of the practical theories I had been taught in my Modern Acting class this semester.

Next, I've got David Whitely's direction of "Zastrozzi: Master of Discipline", also by Walker. I'm playing Bernardo in that one, a nasty little assassasin in this tale of revenge.

Later (hopefully), I'll get to be in Ray Besharah's "G-Men Defective", a two-man show he wrote for us in the Fringe. I hope that it gets selected in the Fringe lottery.

I also write plays sometimes. They tend to be shtick-laden and less-than-entirely-serious. This year, I wrote and directed "How to Save the Day" for Sock 'N Buskin, a one-act about heroes. It had some sold-out houses, but I largely attribute that to the ridiculously awesome cast and stage manager. Also this year, I contributed to "nigh" for 8-0-8 Productions in Calgary. The show combined six scenes about the afterlife, all dealing with a recently-dead person and the man at the "gates". Mine was a typically-comedic scene called "Point System". For Fringe 2006, I've submitted a play called "The Parrot Monologues". It's a story about a the most attractive captain in the world, the dirtiest street urchin in the world, the most virtuous fiance in the world and the parrot with the longest mustache in the world.

We'll see how that turns out.

I also role-play ("Dungeons and Dragons" and such, nothing therapeutic or sexual), when I've go the time. I'm in a couple of bi-weekly Friday games, but my attendance wanes as acting and work priorities take over.

Anyhoo... That's a bit of me. See if any of that interests you.

Matthew