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The Scotsman Fringe First Awards week two - Rift

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00:00I'm here with actor Blake Stadnick from show Rift and producer Richard Jordan.

00:10Hello, nice to be here.

00:11Hi, nice to see you.

00:12And you've just won a Fringe Fest award for Rift, so how does that feel?

00:15Tremendous.

00:16Tremendous.

00:17You know, I mean, it's never anything that any of us ever take for granted, of course.

00:21You come here and you hope people are going to respond to a play that you've spent a lot

00:25of time creating, and it's kind of wonderful that, you know, the press and the audiences

00:31seem to have really connected with what Gabriel Jason Dean as the playwright wanted to say

00:35and wonderful production that Ari Loracreef has put together.

00:38So, you know, we couldn't be happier could be Blake.

00:41I'm elated.

00:42I've said this so many times, but Rift is one of the most important stories I have ever

00:47told as an actor and I'm thankful for it every night and to have it recognized like this is

00:53absolutely astonishing.

00:54And can you just tell us a little bit about what the play is about?

00:57Sure.

00:58It's based on the real life relationship between our playwright and his brother, who

01:03is currently serving a life sentence for murder in Georgia, and he is also a former high-ranking

01:08member of the Aryan Brotherhood, and it's a story that takes place over 20 years and it

01:15just explores the question that can you have a relationship with someone who you once loved

01:22and now whose ideas you hate.

01:25And that, I guess, is also what makes the play quite timeless because although it deals with

01:29what's the current issues, of course, that are happening in the world at the moment, underneath

01:32it all it's a story about essentially two brothers in a relationship and, you know, and an interconnects

01:38in lots of different ways over that period of time.

01:41Wherever you play that play, it will make a connection to an audience that's watching it.

01:45Lovely.

01:46Well, thank you so much for joining us.