The NEW, New Potato-Time Review
It’s the NEW, New Potato-Time Review. Comedian Patrick Ledwell and songwriter Tanya Davis return to take you on a personal, hilarious and honest exploration of what it means to be an Islander in the here and now. Their updated hit show is a unique mixture of stand-up comedy, original songs, poetry, comic slides and storytelling. Reviewing last year’s premiere performance, the Guardian’s Lennie MacPherson wrote, “the audience was consistently either crying from laughter or simply because they were touched.” For Patrick and Tanya, The NEW, New Potato-Time Review is a love letter to their Island home--- funny, sometimes quarrelsome, but always affectionate. Like new potatoes, the show is fresh-hearted, both complex and simple, and from right here. It’ll melt you like butter.
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My Pregnant BrotherJuly 23 - August 8, 2010 written and performed by Johanna Nutter
Johanna's story is riveting - beginning with her description of growing up in Montreal with a spaced-out hippie Mom and her younger sister (who was to become her brother). Although the facts in this story are stranger than fiction, ultimately, this is a universal tale of love and survival, told with mesmerizing honesty and humour. "This is a wonderful play that will touch your heart. The Montreal Gazette "As compelling as it is intelligent and as witty as it is dramatic. MJ Stone Hour "Beautifully crafted ... compelling... a story about family bonds, growth, acceptance and all the things that make life hard but so worth living." The Montreal Gazette
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Letter From Wingfield FarmAugust 12 - 29, 2010
By Dan Needles When a captain of industry trades his pin-stripe suit for overalls and retreats to a hundred acre farm, the residents of Persephone Township raise their eyebrows. Weekend farmers are a common enough sight, but this man seems to think he can make a living with a broken down racehorse and a single furrow plough. Letter From Wingfield Farm is the story of one man’s attempt to embrace a less complicated world. In a series of letters to the editor of the Larkspur weekly newspaper, Walt Wingfield talks about the people and events of his first year as a man of the soil. Rod Beattie stars as Walt and everyone else in this charming back-to-the-land comedy. “Author and actor come out ‘letter perfect’ … breathtaking scope and depth … Beattie is astonishingly adept” - The Toronto Star “Dan Needles has much the same gift for gentle comedy as England’s James Herriot of All Creatures Great and Small glory … Beattie spins his yarns with tremendous charm”
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MesaSeptember 3 - 19, 2010
“I’ve wanted to drive to Arizona for a long time, but never with a 93-year-old man.” Paul, a struggling writer, finds himself on a road trip from Calgary to Mesa, Arizona, accompanying his wife’s grandpa, Bud, to his retirement trailer. Paul hopes to find strange, roadside diners and sleep under the stars. Bud wants Denny’s and Motel 6. Unlikely travel companions they are, yet, somewhere down that long stretch of highway, they discover shared experiences, hopes and dreams. "Mesa is a road trip you won't want to miss." - Erskine Smith, Artistic Director
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