Featuring Loretta is quite a different story from the first two. It is the story of a woman caught between two worlds. The first, her overbearing in-laws and controlling family, the second the two men she has met at the motel. Loretta, played by Kate Richard, finds herself always running into people who want nothing more than to control her. Dave, the insecure not-so-worldy man, played by Kevin Stark, is a wimpy boy rather than a man who knows what he wants to do but barely has the confidence to actually do anything. We see the return of goofy porn...
Risk Everything, is a different story featuring R.J. (Sebastion Kroon) and Denise (Marisa Smith), the main characters from Problem Child. It is a little unclear as to when this story takes place as the question of their future with Christine is virtually dropped with a quick mention. As a self-contained story, it doesn’t really matter.
The first show in the cycle is Problem Child. It is the story of R.J., the television addicted ex-convict, and his ex-prostitute and ex-addict wife, Denise. They have come to the motel to await the arrival of Christine, their young child who has been taken from them and placed in a foster home. As the two characters battle each other and their inner demons, the social worker, Helen, arrives with some bad news about their daughter. It is obvious from her arrival that Helen doesn’t like Denise. Decisions are made, accidents happen, and clashes are had with the child in...
I admit it. It wasn’t easy to watch all six plays from George F. Walker’s Suburban Motel. The hotel room was hot, it was packed with people, and I was sweating in my seat. I love George F. Walker’s work but was I crazy? Had I gone insane? Why would anyone sit through this much theatre?
It kicked ass, that's why. It was worth every awkward adjustment.
Richard Stroh and Sean Tyson in Adult Entertainment, Photo by Wendy D Photography
Shows like Matador Vs. Minotaur are why I go to Fringe Festivals. I loved it.
This is a raunchy fun take on the Theseus and Minotaur tale that confirms what I’ve always secretly suspected – Theseus is kind of a dick. “Yeah yeah, black sail white sail, I got it dad.”
The show starts off with a traditional Greek chorus tacking as down the dark road of tragedy then suddenly switches the gears on us bringing rock n’ roll, WWF wrestling, lingerie, the ocean in a bucket and some gross humour to the classic...
I once heard the difference between tragedy and comedy described as “Oh my god I’m going to die” and “holy crap, I’m going to mutherf*cking die waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”
I’m not a huge fan of red nose white nose clown work. It’s incredibly hard stuff to pull off – even folks with the history of Mump and Smoot or Thwacked fail from time to time. The gibberish and bigness that come along with it require huge stakes and mammoth obstacles that, when without, just fall flat.
Here a pair of female clowns are looking for sexual gratification. Unable to find it, they...
Comedy, Cabaret, Clown, New Work - Valour & Tea Productions
On April 26,1937, Guernica, a Basque Country village in northern Spain, was bombed by German and Italian warplanes for the Spanish Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso was commissioned by the Spanish Republican Government to create a canvas that was later displayed at 1937 World Fair. He created a visceral study of the suffering inflicted on the innocent during war - a mother wails over a dead child, a woman looks to the sky in fear, a man stretched out dead with a broken dagger in his hand, a horse whinnying in fear. Guernica has since become a...
I was worried about weak sauce for the first 10 minutes. I was wrong. Weak Sauce is a simple solo show about a young man’s coming of age and all that comes along with that.
My Aim Is True is loosely inspired by the Elvis Costello song Alison. You see, the main character is named Alison, purposefully so by her nihilistic mother, Olivia. The similarities with the song begin and end there. Yes, the characters sing Alison, using various verses in between scenes as sort of buffers to relate to the song, except the actions in between don't meet up with the events in the song.
Alison is a powerful song for two reasons: the quality of the story telling and Elvis Costello. It's not one of those tunes that's covered much, because it's...
Drama, Musical Theatre, Cabaret, New Work - http://chrishomusic.com/
