May is a busy month for RCE ! Coming up May 22, Kempton Dexter`s A Short History of My Life as a Bear at the Orpheum Annex.
RCE Trier Series
Presents
A Short History of My
Life as a Bear
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Orpheum Annex, 823 Seymour Street
8pm Doors 7pm
Tickets $20/$15 Students, Seniors & Arts Worker
Tickets at www.northerntickets.com
This Bear (Jacques Lalonde) is
probably different from the average Grizzly you may have seen during one of
your hikes. He sings, he dances, and he does yoga, a true Vancouverite. The
text was well written and Lalonde's acting was unquestionable...I do recommend
it so get your motor running and head down to the (Havana) Orpheum. Plank Magazine
Railtown Cultural Eclective
brings the Bear – A Short History of My
Life as a Bear, that is, to their Trier Performance Series at the Orpheum
Annex, Wednesday, May 22 at 8pm.
Written by Kempton
Dexter, the play revolves around an Uber
Vancouver Ursus Arctos Horribilis, aka Grizzly bear, just waking
from his winter snooze. Our friend the Grizzly is full of stories and songs
about the age old relationship between Human and Bear. This transformative
piece, directed by and starring Vancouver Fringe Festival veteran Jacques
Lalonde, will make you laugh and sing as
well as touch you with it’s very different way of looking at things.
The old
Bear is well past his prime and full of sage advice he has learned from his
friend the Old Bat. The story takes place in the woods of course, the natural
“Church of the Bear”, complete with a bear choir. Audience members are invited to sing along. You are invited to send in your best bear stories/poems, (500
word max.) to info@railtownce.ca by May 18 for a chance to win 2 tickets if your story is chosen to be read at the play.
Dexter, aka Hi-rise Dex,
is a singer, writer and sculptor. In 2012 he published a collection of his
short stories, Mrs. Ceperley's Garden and Other Plots, which is receiving wide
acclaim. He has written and produced a number of short plays including: Man Women Buddy, Jumpin' Jehovah, The Paint
Crew, All he left were his Stories
and Nancy, which was in the 2012
Vancouver Fringe with A Short History
of My Life as a Bear.
Jacques Lalonde, the Bear, has hosted two nationally
broadcast TV shows, REEL TV and pilot 1 for the CBC, had a recurring role on Madison and was featured on The X-Files, the Addams Family, 21 Jump Street and Sesame Street. Over one million kids and grown ups have seen
Jacques perform live onstage with the Carousel
Theatre, Green Thumb, The Arts Club, The Vancouver Children's Festival and the
Comedy Festival as well as hosting
LIVE CITY VANCOUVER at the 2010 Olympic Games.
A
Short History of My Life as a Bear runs one night only, Wednesday, May 22 at
8pm. Doors open at 7pm with the show at
8pm. Tickets are $20 Adults/ $15 students, seniors and arts workers
and available at www.northerntickets.com . For more information email info@railtownce.ca or call 604-836-9943.
Kat Wahamaa, artistic director
Railtown Cultural Eclective
kat@railtownce.ca 778-322-1596
