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Tag: Prairie Theatre Exchange
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In the intimacy of a woman’s living room, she (Laura Olafson) receives an all important phone call. The writer of an advice column she loves is leaving for other things and wants her to take over as “Sugar”. In spite of the fact she doesn’t get paid and has countless other obligations to deliver on,…
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How do you measure cultural authenticity? More importantly, who gets to make those judgement calls and how should they go about it? These are some of the deep, complex, contradictory questions that drive this piece, and drive it do they ever. The story uses the case of the many, many frauds of Anishiinabe artist Norval…
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Photo credit: Dahlia Katz The show opens with a couple surrounded by their stuff, a seemingly random assortment of boxes and objects of varying provenance. Comedy duo Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus are visually and metaphorically overwhelmed by possessions. The storytelling is anchored in these physical objects, alternating between improvised intervals and scripted scenes from…
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Mon premier émission sur la radio Envol avec Caroline Touchette. À propos d’Outside Joke improv troupe à Prairie Theatre Exchange. #improv #radioenvol #outsidejoke #prairietheatreexchange