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Event
One + One: Raccoonery & Take Down Your Panties on Main Street
QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL presented by Pride In Art
Thursday 12 August 7:30 pm
One + One
James Howell and Morgan Brayton double bill:
Queer Arts Festival is proud to present two solo shows of edgy comedy: Morgan Brayton's Raccoonery! and James Howell's Take Down Your Panties on Main Street
Morgan Brayton in Raccoonery!
Morgan is pleased to be premiering her new solo show at this year's Queer Arts Festival. Once again, Brayton reaches into her tickle trunk of comedy and pulls out a mad mix of characters to delight and disturb you with. A moth with boyfriend troubles. A highschool-hating, Van Halen-loving valedictorian of the class of â84. A princess with a penchant for ice-cream. Oh, and the return of Button Bradley. Non-stop raccoonery from beginning to end!
Morgan Brayton is the writer/performer of the award-winning one-person show Girls Like Me, was one-half of the comedy duo The Crawford Twins and a former member of the popular sketch troupe 30 Helens. Sharing the stage with the likes of Janeane Garofalo, Elvira Kurt and Scott Thompson, Morgan has been a featured performer at the Vancouver Comedy Festival, Seattle SketchFest, the We're Funny That Way festival and on CBC Radioâs The Debaters. An accomplished film and television actor, Morgan can be seen on big and small screens everywhere in a wide range of roles such as: Chubby Best Friend, Second Cashier and Person with Face. She has been the Mistress of Ceremonies at Vancouverâs Dyke March festival stage since the eventâs inception in 2003 and a host of the festival stage at Vancouverâs Pride parade. The Georgia Straight named her âOur Lily Tomlin of hilarityâ in their Best of Vancouver issue and Westender magazine said, "You think you're funny? You're not funny. Vancouver's own Morgan Brayton - she's funny! Kinda like Tracey Ullman, but more lesbian-y and kinda dirtier 'n' stuff. You really need to see her to fully understand how funny you're not."
James Howell in Take Down Your Panties on Main Street
Take Down Your Panties on Main Street is a solo show about a celebrity artist who sells junk art to people with more money than sense, being asked to give a few remarks to an art school painting class. The class's teacher elopes with the life drawing model, leaving nothing for the class to paint and no one teach them. The famous painter steps onto the posing platform to offer "a few remarks" that are part confession, tirade, stand-up and erotic valedictory address. The painter shows images of "his" work, which are actually other people's paintings, partly to inflate his ego, partly to see if the students will know the difference. He ends up saying more than he should and more than anyone could have imagined. Directed by Kiersten Tough. Written and performed by James Howell.
James is a self-professed "Cranky Clown" currently based in Dubai. His studies include the professional diploma programme at Ecole Philippe Gaulier (Paris), the Summer Shakespeare Program at RADA (London) and workshops with Mick Barnfarther (Theatre de Complicite), Joss Houben (Ecole Jacques Lecoq) and Lilo Bauer (Peter Brook's Theatre Bouffes de Nord). Past festival appearances include New York Clown Theatre Festival, Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, New Mardi Gras (Sydney), Midsumma (Melbourne), Harvest (Montreal), Fringe Festival Praha, Gfest (London), 24:7 Festival (Manchester) and Fresh Fruit Festival (New York).
"One of the highlights of this year's festival ... completely absurd ... extremely funny ... Apart from having some of the most superb lines of any in the festival, it also has one of the finest casts: namely Howell who is utterly magnetic ... It is a truly compelling performance, heightened by Howell's sophisticated delivery ... Every part of it is theatrical gold." - Gay Community News (Dublin)
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LocationRoundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews (at Davie/Pacific)
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W3
Canada
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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