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Mark Manning

Newfoundland folk singer and guitarist, co-founder of the Juno-nominated band Rum Ragged.

Oct 6, 2026

3:07
Um, and how did you get involved with this?
3:10
Um, it kind of just, uh, came kind of out of nowhere.
3:13
I guess they were putting things together, and they were looking for some people to, uh, play the different roles, and my name came up as a possibility.
3:19
And I was, uh, got in touch with and went through the whole, uh, rigmarole of making it happen.
3:24
And, and then it came down to, uh, they, they sent me the, uh, the day to shoot it, and it happened to be on my birthday, uh, this year [laughs], which was, uh, made for a, a special birthday to be able to, to be a part.
3:36
I had no idea.
3:37
I mean, we, myself and Aaron in the band had worked out at Rising Tide Theatre for a couple of summers and done some stage, um, work when it comes to acting, but I had never really done anything as a part of a production before.
4:45
Some- someone playing an extra in this as a fisheries protester was our very own current premier.

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