Meeting with the “Prince of Darkness”

Just two days after a shocking attack on the nation’s capital, I’m sitting in a train station in a state of equal parts sleepiness mixed with the newly required “constant vigilance”, preparing to board a train amidst heightened security on my way to Toronto.

I’m headed down to the centre of the universe to meet with Warren Kinsella, political consultant, commentator, and the self-proclaimed “Prince of Darkness” of Canadian politics. As someone with an experienced and unique perspective on political advertising, who better to talk to about DAISY, my new play about the most infamous political ad of all time! We’ll be discussing the strategies and psychological manoeuvres behind “negative ads”. As an election campaign “war room” strategist, Warren Kinsella has slung the mud, and had it slung back in his own general direction. In the halls of Canadian political campaign history, Mr. Kinsella is a noted player.

Does Warren Kinsella have his own interest and fascination with the famous ‘Daisy’ ad? Well, consider what he named his consulting firm The Daisy Group after.

Big thanks to my funding support from Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York, as well as to the City of Vancouver.