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Doctor Zanita is waiting. Surrounded by a menagerie of marvellous machines, a handsome talking statue and her faithful assistant Bielke, this mad scientist is aimlessly drifting through space - on a mission. But after six hundred days, two thousand coats of lipstick, and countless re-ordinated matrixes, time is running out. Will this mad scientist and her igor be Waiting for Alonzo forever? This
surreal satire is brimming with bizarre behaviour and seasoned with the tears of the unrepentant patriarch.
To reduce the environmental impact of our production, we're creating our set and costumes from reused or recycled items. And we want our audience to join in! Audience members are invited to bring their old or expired makeup and beauty products to the theatre so that we can recycle them – we'll be collecting them right after the show.
Waiting for Alonzo is an outrageous comedy for anyone who sometimes forgets to recycle, and offers a feminist take on surreal forms of theatre. Come for the pulchritudinator, the spaceship or the physical comedy, and stay for the infamous vajazzling scene. The script was developed through the Paprika Festival's Playwrights-in-Residence program under the mentorship of Erica Kopyto.
Empty Box Theatre Company
in association with the Toronto Fringe Festival presents
Waiting For Alonzo
Starring: Kevin Chew, Hayley Malouin, Victoria Urquhart
Producer: Christopher Douglas
Designer: Nicole Titus
Written & Directed by: Keavy Lynch
Opens July 3rd runs to July 11th
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace
16 Ryerson Ave.
Performances Times (Run time: 50 minutes)
July 3rd @ 5:45pm, July 4th @ 8:00pm, July 5th @ 1:45pm, July 6th @ 3:00pm,
July 9th @ 4:00pm, July 10th @ 7:30pm, July 11th @ 5:45pm
Tickets:
At-the-door tickets: $10
Advance tickets: $12
Tickets go on sale June 11th and can be purchased online (fringetoronto.com), by
phone (416-966-1062 ext 1), or in person during the festival. Please note that there is absolutely no latecomer seating
Photo: Victori Urquhart and Hayley Malouin. ©2015 Courtney Mulligan.
2015-06-10
Waiting for Alonzo