Fun, With Occasional Music
Kevin Parnell, who's part of the Wavelength team as well as the scene's leading shutterbug in his superhero alias of Aperture Enzyme, turns out to have been hiding some of his other proverbial lights under proverbial bushels: He's also a playwright. This would not always be cause for cheering, but Kevin's play at the Victory Cafe in the Fringe Festival in Toronto, beginning tonight, seems intriguing - it seems to be trying to balance somewhere between drama and hanging-out.
Making it more a Zoilus matter, the show incorporates cameo appearances by Toronto indie musicians, who open and close the show - the action of the play seems to happen in the set break at an imaginary gig. The roster of musicians is this: Jul. 5: Purple Hill; Jul 6: Purple Hill; Jul 7: Feuermusik; Jul 9: Alex Lukashevsky; Jul 10: Purple Hill; Jul 11: Neil Haverty; Jul 12: The Blankket (Steve Kado of Barcelona Pavilion/Ryvyr/etc., solo); Jul 13: Don Scott Calls It Quits (Don Scott & Michael Herring); Jul 14: Mantler; Jul 15: Purple Hill; Jul 16: Laura Barrett. For show times and other details check out the theatre company's website.
Also, an innovative event involving one of my favourite Canadian books of the past few years. No music, but the combination of poetry and thrift shopping comes close enough:
On July 12 at 8 p.m., Governor General's Award-nominated poet Lisa Robertson launches [the reissue of] Occasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture at the Bloor and Lansdowne Value Village. Drift through the aisles of Value Village, shop for the perfect pair of cords and listen to Lisa Roberston read from her essay, The Value Village Lyric. A launch party for Soft Architecture follows at nearby Ciro's (1316 Bloor St. West).
| Posted by zoilus on Wednesday, July 05 at 6:02 PM | Linking Posts
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