Who Killed Spalding Gray, on stage in Toronto, serves as an example of how to pull off a one-person show
I thought that I was going to be too late to see Daniel MacIvor’sWho Killed Spalding Gray, one of the Seven Monologues that are part of this year’s Luminato Festival. Streetcars were not cooperating and I made it to Harbourfront Centre Theatre at 5:48 for a 5:45 show. The doors were already closed but I heard someone say “You can seat people until the house lights go down. ”
Nothing is safe from Regina’s fiery wit in her song and dance cabaret at Buddies in Toronto.
“This show should be sold out,” she says, taking a seat in the front row. And she’s right. In her one-woman cabaret, Do I Have to Do Everything My Fucking Self? at Buddies in Bad Times,Gentleman Reg’s drag persona Regina lights up the stage and takes us on a wildly entertaining journey.
It is a journey where nothing is safe, as Regina (Reg Vermue) turns her acerbic wit upon everything from Montréal to veganism. It is smart and pointed with subtle puns that almost slip by your ear and brilliant one-liners that hit you round the head. Combining this comedic flare with song, dance, and a dash of hilarious poetry about farmer’s markets, Vermue’s show is an unpredictable delight.
“Does she mean us?” a few of us wondered aloud, amused and puzzled. I was pretty sure we were there to see a one-man show centred around a bullied high school junior’s tragic suicide and the after-effects on his teachers and classmates, not be transported back into a high school classroom. Turns out, we were about to experience both. Continue reading Review: First Day Back (Ten Foot Pole Theatre)→
INTERROGATION: Lives and Trials of the Kamloops Kid
Inspired by the true story of Kanao Inouye “Canada’s war criminal”
Collidescope Productions in association with The Toronto Fringe Festival presents
Interrogation: Lives and Trials of the Kamloops Kid.
A brother and sister separated by war: he on trial for treason against Canada in Japan; she classified “enemy alien” in Canada. Told through letters and images from opposite sides of WWII, this intimate look at how loyalty and national identity are shaped, chosen, or forced upon us is inspired by the true story of Kanao Inouye “Canada’s war criminal”. Continue reading INTERROGATION: Lives and Trials of the Kamloops Kid – Toronto Fringe 2015 Press Release→
Nothing is safe from Regina’s fiery wit in her song and dance cabaret at Buddies in Toronto.
