da da kamera

Cul-de-sac

Vertigo Playhouse Theatre - January 7 to 11

From Toronto

da da KameraCanada’s favourite multiple personality disorder contemplates mortality on a dead-end street.

One Yellow Rabbit audiences first acquainted themselves with the unique storytelling genius of Daniel MacIvor (abetted by his ever-present director, Daniel Brooks) in previous one-man shows like "Here Lies Henry" and "Monster". At times creepy and malevolent, MacIvor’s characters are nonetheless strung together with an unextinguishable sense of humour. But what is most remarkable is the actor’s almost eerie ability to serially conjure vastly different personalities with only the tiniest of physical and vocal gestures. This tale is told by the recently deceased Leonard, a gay man contemplating his demise by drifting through the narratives of his suburban neighbours. Here he is in the bedroom with the squabbling Joy and Eddie, then it’s across the roof of opera diva Virginia, in the window of crabby veterinarian Bick Bickerson, into the basement fortress of thirteen-year-old aspiring malcontent Madison, and through the mind of the raging, coked-up hustler Eric. With mounting suspense, the last sinister hours of Leonard are recollected in yet another minimalist tour-de-force by this master performer. Said the Toronto Star, "He shuffles accents, physical details and voices with the ease of a Mississippi cardsharp.... The result is the purest of pure theatre."

Jan 7 - 11 • Vertigo Playhouse

Created by Daniel MacIvor and Daniel Brooks
Text and Performance by Daniel MacIvor
Direction and Dramaturgy by Daniel Brooks
Sound and Music composed by Richard Feren
Lighting Design by Kimberly Purtell
Produced by Sherrie Johnson
Photography by Guntar Kravis
Graphic Design by Lisa Kiss
Associate Producer Lynanne Sparrow

This play was created in residency at Usine and Co-Produced by Festival de théâtre des Amériques

da da kamera is funded with the generous assistance of: Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Laidlaw Foundation.

Development Partners: Usine C, Montréal, Québec; Festival de théâtre des Amériques, Montréal, Québec; Festival Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia.

da da kamera web site

Program photo by Guntar Kravis

 
OYR Home