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Rehearsals have just begun for Filament Incubator's world premiere of “Bill” written and directed by Daniel Bagg, the first of 8 Toronto premieres from the new theatre company's 2016 season. Bill runs April 21st-May 1st at the Box theatre on 89 Niagara Street, a one man comedy about growing older and adapting to a changing world.
Bill loves his job. He loves his house. He loves his home town.
Bill is losing his wife to a didgeridoo band.
They are terrible. They like art. Bill likes football. They like team Bill hates.
Suzan on the other hand, wants to leave. She wants to start a didgeridoo band. She wants to feel young again.
Bill is a one man show following the marriage of Bill and Suzan who are both in the midst of mid-life crises taking them in drastically different directions. Will Bill be able to support his wife in her new endeavours? Will he finally be able to listen to the damn didgeridoo?
Daniel Bagg is a sound designer and composer, who has designed shows with acclaimed London, Ontario based company Tinkerspace Theatre and The 10/10/10 Project. This is his second play, following his production of The Invisible City at the 2013 Toronto Fringe.
Brendan O'Reilly is a Toronto based actor who was last seen on downtown stages in Theatre Bassaris' Best of Fringe winning production of The Shape of Things.
FILAMENT INCUBATOR was founded with the express intent to be a launching pad for underproduced and underrepresented emerging artists, programming them on a consistent, monthly basis in the Queen West Area. “Bill” is the first play in the incubator's eight play season, beginning a commitment to produce 8 original plays in the remaining 8 months of 2016, including queer ghost stories Tire Swing and Swan by Curtis te Brinke and Aaron Jan in October, dark coming of age fable, Paradse Comics by Caitie Graham in November and screwball comedy, Lemon by Andrew Markowiak in May. The Incubator is the collective brainchild of Daniel Bagg, Aaron Jan, Andrew Markowiak, and Zach Parkhurst.
Bill
Presented by Filament Incubator
Starring Brendan O'Reilly
Written and directed by Daniel Bagg
Photography by Jordan Laffrenier
Publicity Video by Andrew Pieroni
Onstage: April 21st-May 1st
Preview: April 21st
Opening: April 22nd
Showdates:
April 21st-24th @ 8 PM
April 28th -May 1st @ 8 PM
Venue: The Box (89 Niagara Street)
Tickets: $15 for week 1 - April 21st-24th
$18 for week 2 - April 28th-May 1st
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/filamentincubator.
Photo: Daniel Bagg. ©2016.
2016-04-13
Toronto: Filament Incubator presents the world premiere of "Bill" by Daniel Bagg April 21-May 1