Backstage, festival and production-process moments from theatre and film.
River Rats — Gideon Heath (credited as Bill Baker) as Lonny during location filming, 1995River Rats — Gideon Heath (credited as Bill Baker) as Lonny with W. David Watson on location in the Thousand Islands, 1995
River Rats — Gideon Heath (credited as Bill Baker), in costume as Lonny on his first day of filming, getting good-luck hugs from his sons Mitchell and Jared, 1995
Julius Caesar — rehearsal for the funeral scene, 1996Coriolanus — Rehearsal; citizens planning a revolt. Left to right: Jacob James, Rod Carley (Director), Randy Pryce, unknown, unknown, Gideon Heath (credited as Bill Baker), Walking Shadow Theatre, Brockville Riverfest, 1997You Can’t Take It With You — cast curtain call, Oshawa Little Theatre, Spring 2006You Can’t Take It With You — cast of the Oshawa Little Theatre production, Spring 2006Cosi — Gideon Heath (credited as Bill Baker) clowning in the Green Room with the cast, Oshawa Little Theatre, 2007Funny Money — cast, Class Act Dinner Theatre, 2010Ned Durango Comes to Big Oak — curtain call, Class Act Dinner Theatre, Fall 2011A Few Good Men — James Burrell as Weinberg, Amanda Smith as Galloway and Will van der Zyl as Kaffee rehearsing at Oshawa Little Theatre, 2013A Few Good Men — Gideon Heath (credited as Bill Baker), Producer, filling in as Markinson during final dress rehearsal, with Amanda Smith, James Burrell, Will van der Zyl and Craig Martin, Oshawa Little Theatre, 2013A Few Good Men — members of the cast and crew with Gideon Heath (credited as Bill Baker), Producer, after winning Best Drama Production at the 2012–13 ACT-CO GalaThe Odd Couple — James Burrell as Oscar with Tracy McCarten and Shari Thorne as the Pigeon Sisters during rehearsal, Oshawa Little Theatre, 2014The Odd Couple — director Geoffrey Coulter and cast during rehearsal, Oshawa Little Theatre, 2014I’ll Be Back Before Midnight — Gideon Heath (credited as Bill Baker) cracking up the cast during dress rehearsal, 2018Scenes From a Cemetery — Gideon Heath (credited as Bill Baker) as George Gurley (1822–1900), veteran of the Fenian Invasion of 1866 and first Police Chief of Oshawa, Summer 2018Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — first table read, 2019Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — set at The Borelians Theatre Company, 2020Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — wardrobe and makeup rehearsal, 2020Backstage at Class Act Dinner Theatre — Gideon Heath (credited as Bill Baker), 2006Chain Link — Gideon Heath (credited as Billy Baker) as Bossy Billy, 2025Chain Link — Sam Tarasco, Stephen J. Birtles and Gideon Heath (credited as Billy Baker) at the Toronto Short Film Festival, 2025Warren — Gideon Heath with the cast of the first production of one of his plays, Newmarket, 2025. Left to right: Samantha Lai, director Aaron Clapperton, Fabian Levy-Hara, Gideon Heath (writer), John Sellens and Monica Horsburgh.
