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The indomitable Sandra Shamas is back with a big stage presentation of her new show that previewed during the Panamania Festival last summer, where it played to sold out houses of deliriously happy audiences.
THE BIG WHAT NOW? continues Sandra's journey of discovery. She now looks at life on the other side of 50 with her brilliant wit and candid insights. After completing life's compulsory rites of passage, just what exactly is next?
Join Sandra and share in the laughter that comes from truth and recognition.
Called "the Lady Gaga of the one-woman show" by the Toronto Star, Sandra is one of Canada's most celebrated comic artists. She came into her own as a performer, writer and producer in the mid 1980s with My Boyfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry. From its very first performance at the Edmonton Fringe, the show was a smash success, eventually touring the country and even playing the legendary Old Vic Theatre in London, England (the first Canadian show to have that distinction in the theatre's long history). Two more Laundry plays followed, each playing to sold-out houses across Canada. The Laundry trilogy was eventually published and shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. Sandra won a Gemini Award in 1991 for Best Performance in Comedy, and won the Best Theatre Award at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in March 2003.After some time away from the spotlight, Sandra returned to performing with Wit's End, a show that chronicled her move to country living. It played 11 sold-out weeks at the Winter Garden and then toured to major theatres across the country. It was followed by Wit's End II: Heart's Desire and Wit's End III: Love Life, both of which enjoyed similar success.
THE BIG WHAT NOW? began as a workshop presentation at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in 2014. Its next step was a preview run during the cultural festival at 2015’s Pan Am Games in Toronto.
After some time away from the spotlight, Sandra returned to performing with Wit’s End, a show that chronicled her move to country living. It played 11 sold-out weeks at the Winter Garden and then toured to major theatres across the country. It was followed by Wit’s End II: Heart’s Desire and Wit’s End III: Love Life, both of which enjoyed similar success.
THE BIG WHAT NOW?
Written by and Starring Sandra Shamas
January 25 to February 4, 2017
Wednesday to Saturday at 8 pm & Sunday at 2 pm
Fleck Dance Theatre, Queens Quay Terminal Building, Harbourfront
207 Queens Quay West, Toronto
Tickets $45 & $55
Box Office 416-973-4000 Press Option 1
Online Sales my.harbourfrontcentre.com
Photo: Sandra Shamas.
2016-11-10
Toronto: Sandra Shamas's new comedy "The Big What Now?" runs January 25-February 4, 2017