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Four-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee Christel Bartelse is teaming up with View Magazine Critic’s Choice winner Izad Etamadi to bring you two nights of laughs to the Toronto Centre for the Arts!
Straight from the Toronto and Hamilton Fringe Festivals Christel Bartelse, Creator & Performer of Fringe Hits “Chaotica” & “ONEymoon”, comes a new theatrical comedy. Time is running out, a life altering decision teeters before you…and you’re on the fence! Sometimes the biggest fears can be the “little ones” …
“Overflowing with Charisma, a manically gifted Actor” Vancouver Times Weekly (4 Time Canadian Comedy Award Nominee)
Critics Pick, NNNN (Now Magazine)
"Endlessly Creative! Whether you've had children, have yet to have children, are unable to have children, or have sworn off children completely, All KIDding Aside is easy is to relate to, sharing with the audience that both the decision to have children or not to have them are both equally valid and valuable"
With All KIDding Aside, Bartelse opts for complete honesty in her storytelling, showing signs of vulnerability and truth we rarely seen displayed. "I feel this topic is so relevant right now,” Christel says. "So many women I know are in their thirties or approaching forty, and are still unsure if they should have a baby or not. Some are terrified to put their career on hold and give up their freedom.”
Written and Performed by: Christel Bartelse, Christel Bartelse/DutchGirl Productions
Directed by Michelle Polak, Lighting by John Cabanela, Props by Nina Hartt, Stage Manager Nastazja Palonka
SHE’S FIERCE. SHE’S BEARDED. SHE’S LOOKING FOR LOVE. MEET LEILA!
From coast to coast audiences have lined up to fall in love with Leila. After her sold out debut in Hamilton, Ontario, this bearded Persian Superstar has toured the continent to share her story of self-acceptance.
In this hit one (wo)man show we learn how our lady-hero came to be. Leila simply wants to please her parents and lose herself in love but she does not seem to be marriage material. We laugh, cry and sigh with her as she experiences her first period, first date and first plastic surgery consultation. Leila, is a vibrant and stylish Iranian woman who can’t help but live her life authentically and truly out loud!
Love With Leila is also a spin-off web series of the same name. Leila is the Fresh Queen of Tehran and her Hijab brings all the boys to the yard. Check out these hilarious videos online before you meet Leila in person.
Love With Leila has performed in Toronto, Stratford, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Halifax, Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary and Off-Broadway.
Written and Performed by
Izad Etemadi
Direction and Dramaturgy by
Liza Balkan
BEST OF HAMILTON 2014
VIEW MAGAZINE CRITICS CHOICE 2014
Don’t miss out on double the stories and double the laughs with
All KIDding Aside and Love With Leila!
The Double Bill - 2 shows, 2 performers, 2 nights!
Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts - Studio Theatre
5040 Yonge Street, Toronto
October 27
7.30 pm All KIDding Aside
9.00 pm - Love With Leila
October 28
7.30 pm - Love With Leila
9.00 pm – All KIDding Aside
TICKETS: $15 per show, $25 for both
Available at the TCA Box Office, through ticketmaster.ca or by calling 1-855-985-2787
2016-09-16
Toronto: A Christel Bartelse / Izad Etamadi double bill at the Toronto Centre for the Arts October 27-28