Storytellers and improvisers both create stageplay that resides mostly inside the audience’s imagination. If a storyteller says, “My grandmother smoked Lucky Strikes,” one person now thinks of her as a barefoot housedress wearing slattern. While another puts her in a pillbox hat and a sweater set. If an improviser says, “Take one step further, and I’ll stab you,” one person sees a diamond-studded dagger, while another sees a blood-stained, rusty knife. But everyone is experiencing the story together.
The theatre of the imagination is what we explore with True Stories, Made Up Plays. Each evening includes three hand-picked storytellers, who tell us true stories drawn from their own experiences. Smoking an imaginary joint with an elderly nursing home resident. Santa Claus’ sister-wives holding hands in the elementary school play. The woman who literally made his heart stop for a moment with a kiss.
And then, three hand-picked improvisational troupes perform long-form improv, playing with the true stories.
True Stories, Made Up Plays runs monthly. Upcoming events:
Febryary 25: 10 PM
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The theatre of the imagination is what we explore with True Stories, Made Up Plays. Each evening includes three hand-picked storytellers, who tell us true stories drawn from their own experiences. Danz Altvater opens with a charachter monologue. Catherine McCormick tells us how a childhood trip to Jamaica nearly turned deadly due to a case of mistaken identity. Ely Henry tells us about his first kiss. And James Gangl tells a MYSTERY STORY.
And then, three hand-picked improvisational troupes perform long-form improv, playing with the true stories.
Featuring:
Pickled Jesus (Kirsten Gallager and Steve Baerwald)
Betty (Candace Meeks, Kjell Cawsey, Jennifer Matotek, Aime Everett)
Almost Blind (Brian Kierans, Chris Hannay, Scott Thrower, Todd Tyrtle, Carly Watt, Gabriel Mansour, Alex James)
FREE
Black Swan Tavern
154 Danforth
Toronto, Ontario
March 31: 10 PM
Performers to be announced.
FREE
Black Swan Tavern
154 Danforth
Toronto, Ontario
