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Valeska. Trances. Sausage. Valeska Gert - Cabaret Artist. She has her order, one through ten, which she will deliver in whatever order, or disorder, she chooses. Her order. Her mission: to show what lies beneath. Traditional views of beauty stand in the way. Imagine having little cabinet doors on your chest so you could show those whom you choose, what lies beneath. You cannot be overly concerned with the casing - you must look at what is inside the sausage too. What's inside can inspire, contort, or hurt. Come. Share it. More information at Pumphouse Theatre. Note that we have already bought our tickets for this event, but since it's at the Pumphouse it isn't assigned seating. If you want to join us, please buy a ticket, put your name on the waiting list, and e-mail me to let me know you've got a ticket so I can add you to the event.
All three of us arrived at the theatre in plenty of time, but we got so caught up in yakking in the lobby before the show that we ended up racing in right at 8:00 to find the theatre jam packed with people. Joel spotted an empty table... dead front and center. So, we made our way over there just after the show started. I am SO GLAD that's where we ended up! This play was a monologue, the character speaking being dancer/actor Valeska Gert who was a performer in the early 20th century. The actor playing Valeska was Valerie Planche, a graduate of The National Theatre School where she received the Peter Dwyer scholarship. The contortionist was Angie Parkins and she was very very good... and the musician (stand-up bass player) was Brendan McGuigan, who was also very very good. But it was Val Planche who made this show. She is the absolute best stage actor I have ever seen and delivered the powerful and engaging monologue (approx 70 minutes) non-stop from the perspective of ageing Valeska who had "trances" during which what was going on in her mind was played out behind her by the contortionist. It has been so long since I came away from a show going "WOW! THIS is why I go to theatre" that I honestly can't remember... WOW! WOW! WOW! Thank goodness she's not my sister because I don't know if a mere mortal could survive walking in her shadow. I had a great time meeting Cheryl and of course, visiting with my great friend Joel. A wonderful, wonderful evening. -- Rhonda

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Valeska. Trances. Sausage.

Valeska Gert - Cabaret Artist. She has her order, one through ten, which she will deliver in whatever order, or disorder, she chooses. Her order. Her mission: to show what lies beneath. Traditional views of beauty stand in the way. Imagine having little cabinet doors on your chest so you could show those whom you choose, what lies beneath. You cannot be overly concerned with the casing - you must look at what is inside the sausage too.

What's inside can inspire, contort, or hurt. Come. Share it.

More information at Pumphouse Theatre.

Note that we have already bought our tickets for this event, but since it's at the Pumphouse it isn't assigned seating. If you want to join us, please buy a ticket, put your name on the waiting list, and e-mail me to let me know you've got a ticket so I can add you to the event.

All three of us arrived at the theatre in plenty of time, but we got so caught up in yakking in the lobby before the show that we ended up racing in right at 8:00 to find the theatre jam packed with people. Joel spotted an empty table... dead front and center. So, we made our way over there just after the show started. I am SO GLAD that's where we ended up!

This play was a monologue, the character speaking being dancer/actor Valeska Gert who was a performer in the early 20th century. The actor playing Valeska was Valerie Planche, a graduate of The National Theatre School where she received the Peter Dwyer scholarship. The contortionist was Angie Parkins and she was very very good... and the musician (stand-up bass player) was Brendan McGuigan, who was also very very good.

But it was Val Planche who made this show. She is the absolute best stage actor I have ever seen and delivered the powerful and engaging monologue (approx 70 minutes) non-stop from the perspective of ageing Valeska who had "trances" during which what was going on in her mind was played out behind her by the contortionist. It has been so long since I came away from a show going "WOW! THIS is why I go to theatre" that I honestly can't remember... WOW! WOW! WOW! Thank goodness she's not my sister because I don't know if a mere mortal could survive walking in her shadow.

I had a great time meeting Cheryl and of course, visiting with my great friend Joel. A wonderful, wonderful evening.

-- Rhonda

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