Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
Gibsons Heritage Playhouse
Thurs 24 Feb - preview pay-what-you-can, 8:00pm
WARNING: Very coarse bleepin language & sensitive subject matter!
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee is in fact a one-man show that one of Canada's best character actors, P. Adrien Dorval is bringing to the stage at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse over the next 3 weeks. Tonight is the preview, pay-what-you-can show so get there early to grab your seat...
Based on the critically acclaimed stage show by Eric Bogosian, this running rant of dark humor attacks some scary issues by poking fun at the fears that seem to plague society these days, while at the same time satirizing contemporary values.
Dorval will be portraying a series of characters throughout the show which include a salesman who may just be Satan, a shockingly amoral Hollywood producer and a guru with questionable motives, it seems that any and everybody is fair game for the sharp-tongued satirist - and in the post 9/11 era where paranoia runs rampant, the show provides a brutally honest but shockingly entertaining alternative to the mainstream mindset.
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee is not slapstick or a stream of jokes but it is funny and smart and brutally f*&cken angry.
Based on the critically acclaimed stage show by Eric Bogosian, this running rant of dark humor attacks some scary issues by poking fun at the fears that seem to plague society these days, while at the same time satirizing contemporary values.
Dorval will be portraying a series of characters throughout the show which include a salesman who may just be Satan, a shockingly amoral Hollywood producer and a guru with questionable motives, it seems that any and everybody is fair game for the sharp-tongued satirist - and in the post 9/11 era where paranoia runs rampant, the show provides a brutally honest but shockingly entertaining alternative to the mainstream mindset.
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee is not slapstick or a stream of jokes but it is funny and smart and brutally f*&cken angry.
Tickets are $20 and are available at Hallmark Cards (Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons), Gaia's Fair Trade Gifts (Gibsons) & Sechelt Visitor Centre (Sechelt)
Show times:
Fri 25 Feb & Sat 26 Feb, 8:00pm
Thurs 3 Mar to Sat 5 Mar, 8:00pm
Thurs 10 Mar to Sat 12 Mar, 8:00pm
(mats 27 Feb & 6 Mar @ 2:00pm
Poster image is from P. Adrien Dorval's facebook page and butchered by me with the intent of showing some of the many characters in the show.
I'd love to see this, bring in out to Vancouver and I'll be there!
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