You can watch (or find)
- I Don't Know Who You Are on Prime Video
- Anne at 13,000 ft on CBC Gem
- Children Ruin Everything on CTV
- Wolves at film festivals across North America
- The Duchess of Cancun on AMAZON PRIME
- Bite in theatres across North America, and now on iTunes, in stores across Canada, and online at blackfawndistribution.com
- Cry of Silence, The Sanctuary and The Taste of Blood in Canada on Hollywood Suite and Prime Video, and in the USA on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, Google, Vudu, Xbox, Vubiquity, DISH Network, iNDemand, FandangoNOW.
DVDs can be ordered from [email protected] - 100M Criminal Conviction on Prime Video.
- Crimson Sands, My Brother's Rifle, Dinner With Bernice at Canadian and international film festivals
- The Shelter on Indievue and AMAZON PRIME
- Dr. Bernsby on Matt Kim's channel
- Season 1 of The Cell at Lulifilm
- The Windless Days at Black Caper
- Cover-Up at the NSI Online Short Film Festival
- The Haunted Museum, Episode 2, Monster in the Machine, on Discovery+
- Web of Lies, Season 2, Episode 10, at Investigation Discovery
- See No Evil, Season 1, Episode 6, at Slice.ca
- Surviving Evil, Episode 202, at Slice.ca
- Nowhere to Hide, Episode 5, at TV Guide
- Those Unattended at Vimeo.com
- The Hangloosemedia.com promo at Vimeo.com
- A Desert Between Us and Them at VisualHeritage.ca
- Time Baristas on its YouTube channel
- The Spell Tutor on its YouTube channel
- The Woods trailer on YouTube and on the website
- Liminality on its webpage
- The No Safe House book trailer on YouTube
Coming up
In post-production: Season 1 of Emerge, Season 2 of Time Baristas, Part 1 of China Wang; short films Nothingness, Richard, To Kill a Man of God; feature films Marjorie, Dead Rivalry, Camp Vamp, The Mechanical Boy.
In production and pre-production: Season 1 of Noose, the Hangman's Tale, Season 3 of Illuminagents, Season 1 of Discontinue; short film Room Service; feature films Broken Bond, Son of Sara and Remains of Me.
Reviews
"The supporting cast also packs in plenty of punch, especially Jordan Gray as Casey’s fiancé and Lawrene Denkers as the cantankerous intermeddling mother-in-law to be." -Howard Gorman, Scream Magazine, Bite review
"Another stand out is the soon to be mother-in-law, Mrs. Kennedy, played by Lawrene Denkers. She played the bitch role of the mother-in-law to perfection. I loved to hate her." -BHM, Bite review
photo and caption: www.enterstageright.com
"As for Jared's Mama (Lawrene Denkers in an especially creepy performance), this is one foul, nasty, over-protective harridan. Not only does she question Casey's suitability as a wife to her precious sonny-boy, but does so with all manner of grotesquely over-the-top viciousness that gives Piper Laurie in Carrie a nice run for her money." -Greg Klymkiw, The Film Corner, Bite review
"...his incredibly venomous mother (Lawrene Denkers in a fantastically evil role) seems to bristle at the sight of his forthcoming mate - this woman is plain nasty, right down to her two-ply panties." - Matt Boiselle, Dread Central, Bite review
"...while the best parts [are] in some very good performances from the cast. The very successfully mean future mother-in-law was done in the most convincingly nasty way that you will hate everything about her." - Kim Lo, Tranquil Dreams, Bite review
"...and Lawrene Denkers as Jared's overprotective mother, who's a real nasty crone..." - The Evil Blogger, It's Bloggin' Evil, Bite review
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"The camera also picks up on the clenched tension in Anne's mother's [Lawrene Denkers'] face as she gently enquires how her daughter is doing." - Wendy Ide, ScreenDaily, Anne At 13,000 Ft review |
"There is a wonderful relationship between McGonagallesque Professor Grinlow Caltain (Lawrene Denkers) and student Emma Colden (Jeri Leader), as they begin by butting heads, but then slowly grow to respect each other." -Susan E. Clarke, WebVee Guide, The Spell Tutor review
"The characters of 'Irena' and 'Kat' were played magnificently by Lawrene Denkers and Maddisyn Fisher. As the pair who began with conflicted tensions that transfigured into something far different each portrayed their anger, pain and capacity for caring in ways that mirrored one another while appearing completely different. The exchanges between them were tumultuous and exploratory as Denker's 'Irena' and Fisher's 'Kat' sought ways past their divide and the chemistry between the two was phenomenal." - Brian Hay, NoRules-NoLights, The Music Lesson review.
Awards
Awards
In 2024, on the Kiwanis Theatre Stage of the Chatham Cultural Centre, Lawrene was inducted to the Chatham-Kent Arts and Culture Heroes Wall of Fame in the Performing Arts category.
A transcript of her acceptance speech follows.
I am lucky to be here tonight, and lucky to be from here.
If you have even the smallest desire to step on a stage or help in a stage production, and you're from here, you can't help but stumble over a theatre group.
Twenty-five years ago, I stumbled over the Boomtown Players in Bothwell, and they gave me a role and were wonderful. And then Thamesville with its wonderful people and full-house audiences who just want to laugh. How magical!, And Appin and Theatre Sarnia, the same. And Theatre Kent -- right here on this stage!
Wonderful, generous, talented, dedicated, hardworking, unsung people.
If you are looking for a home in the arts at home, they are your people. If you are like me, looking down the road and asking, "Are you putting on a show? Can I be in it?" they are your people, too. They give you the experience and the nerve to audition, to try things.
They gave me those tools, and I'm so grateful to them, and to Harry and my family who put up with me going down the road, and to this committee that will put you on a wall with amazing artists!
Thank you so much1
Wall plaque photo by Helen Tansey (@helentanseyphotography) with writeup by Art Stirling. Photos below by Troy Brooks (@officialtroybrooks).
A transcript of her acceptance speech follows.
I am lucky to be here tonight, and lucky to be from here.
If you have even the smallest desire to step on a stage or help in a stage production, and you're from here, you can't help but stumble over a theatre group.
Twenty-five years ago, I stumbled over the Boomtown Players in Bothwell, and they gave me a role and were wonderful. And then Thamesville with its wonderful people and full-house audiences who just want to laugh. How magical!, And Appin and Theatre Sarnia, the same. And Theatre Kent -- right here on this stage!
Wonderful, generous, talented, dedicated, hardworking, unsung people.
If you are looking for a home in the arts at home, they are your people. If you are like me, looking down the road and asking, "Are you putting on a show? Can I be in it?" they are your people, too. They give you the experience and the nerve to audition, to try things.
They gave me those tools, and I'm so grateful to them, and to Harry and my family who put up with me going down the road, and to this committee that will put you on a wall with amazing artists!
Thank you so much1
Wall plaque photo by Helen Tansey (@helentanseyphotography) with writeup by Art Stirling. Photos below by Troy Brooks (@officialtroybrooks).
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Best Actress: Lawrene Denkers as Edna Whalen in The Sanctuary
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Winner: Best Actress in a Web Series at the
2016 Miami Web Fest for portrayal of title
character, Professor Grinlow Caltain, in Herman
Wang's The Spell Tutor. The Spell Tutor took
Best Youth Series at the same event.
2016 Miami Web Fest for portrayal of title
character, Professor Grinlow Caltain, in Herman
Wang's The Spell Tutor. The Spell Tutor took
Best Youth Series at the same event.
Winner: Best Actress award, 2014, Western
Ontario Drama League, for portrayal of Irena
Batonovic in T. Ryan's The Music Lesson with
Theatre Sarnia.
