Escape Arists 1: circulating fresh air

Director Kathy Parsons pulled out her clipboard, put on her plastic glasses and wanted to know what I did in order to escape.  My answer was incorporated into show.

Moments later the audience was put into the play in the fire escape. A photographer attempted to take a picture of a bride before the ceremony, but she ran up the steps and we followed. The bride literally had cold feet  - she wore moccasins. The photographer listened to her quandary.  “Divorce is always an option,” he suggested. She wanted to escape, (I’m not going to give the story away.)

An addict went into rehab and then wanted to escape the confinement. “What no smoking, you have to be kidding!”

We are told that we are all searching for the voice of peace but we fill ourselves with distractions. The list was generated from the audience in the lineup.

In a dream a son sees his mom drinking. The neighbours asked whether his mom was sick because her laundry wasn’t hanging right. Appearances were all.  The son remembered how his mom ironed on Tuesdays so they could watch ‘To Tell The Truth”.

Actress Kaitlin Williams comes onto the landing reading her favorite romance novel “In Bed with the Wrangler” and we hear just how satisfying this escape is compared to real life.

Before descending the fire escape, the director told us what happened to her when she purchased the romance novel at Value Village.  We descend the fire escape having escaped our Saturday afternoon-lives for half an hour.

This play is for those who now and then need to lift the heavy veil and let the fresh air circulate.

On as part of this year's Vancouver Fringe, you can find out more about this show by escaping here.