Friday, March 27, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
This is CANCER runs in Vancouver March 17th - 21st
Here's what the critics and audiences have to day about
This is CANCER?
THIS IS GREAT THEATRE
"Let’s face it, the idea of spending time in a small, dark room with cancer doesn’t sound super appealing—particularly for folks who may have already done so in their lives. But if you’re humming and hawing about whether or not to go see This Is Cancer? I’m here to tell you something: just go... I had no idea watching a grown man singing and dancing in a shiny yellow unitard could be such a touching, emotional and life-affirming experience."
http://mondaymag.com/articles/entry/this-is-great-theatre/
-Monday Magazine
This is CANCER?
THIS IS GREAT THEATRE
"Let’s face it, the idea of spending time in a small, dark room with cancer doesn’t sound super appealing—particularly for folks who may have already done so in their lives. But if you’re humming and hawing about whether or not to go see This Is Cancer? I’m here to tell you something: just go... I had no idea watching a grown man singing and dancing in a shiny yellow unitard could be such a touching, emotional and life-affirming experience."
http://mondaymag.com/articles/
-Monday Magazine
FOUR STARS
"Horak triumphs by dint of coal-black humour and superior performance skills...
One can't help but be moved...
Scared of cancer? Check it out. Not scared of cancer? Check it out anyway."
- Victoria Times Colonist
"Horak triumphs by dint of coal-black humour and superior performance skills...
One can't help but be moved...
Scared of cancer? Check it out. Not scared of cancer? Check it out anyway."
- Victoria Times Colonist
"The wildest, most thrilling ride you'll take this theatre season..."
- The Calgary Herald.
presented by
Here Be Monsters Collective
in association with
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad
Running March 17-21
@ 8pm
special added matinee March 21 @ 3pm
@ Beaumont Stage
316 W.5th Ave
For additional ticket information visit
http://www.ticketstonight.ca/ticketstonight/event.details.php?id=2233
for Victoria (March 17-21)
http://www.intrepidtheatre.com/store/products.asp?cat=16
This was the most outstanding, wonderful, and healing performance I have ever been to. I laughed and I cried...everyone should see this powerful and moving piece of theatre!
– Audience member
It's an odd show to 'review' because I so desperately hope it's not ruined for everyone reading this because I enjoyed the surprise so much. Excellent performances and FRESH writing. Everyone has somehow, through someone, been touched Cancer- (myself included- and not just on the knee in the dark...) I'll definitely be back!
-Audience member
Having lost our son to cancer four years ago, my husband and I were taken aback and initially very uncomfortable when the show began. We very soon were pulled in by this character which Bruce created. We laughed and cried. I have never experienced anything quite like it. Great performance!
– Audience member
To see our trailer..... click here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nlGD_x5AyA
In this one-man, satirical cabaret, writer/performer Bruce Horak brings Cancer to life.
CANCER, a deluded egotistical ASS, goes on his own journey of denial, anger, bargaining and acceptance when he discovers that the whole world hates him. Clown, Improv, Stand-up, Confessional, Solo Performance accompanied by a 3-piece rock band!
A cancer survivor himself, and one of Canada’s only legally blind professional actors, Bruce brings a fresh and funny perspective to the disease that too many of us will face and that so many of us could use a good laugh at.
For full reviews of the 2009 Here Be Monsters Production
Monday Magazine
http://mondaymag.com/articles/entry/this-is-great-theatre/
Victoria Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/Cancer%20comedy%20actually%20works/1369564/story.html
See you there!
Jeff Gladstone
Artistic Producer
Here Be Monsters
- The Calgary Herald.
presented by
Here Be Monsters Collective
in association with
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad
Running March 17-21
@ 8pm
special added matinee March 21 @ 3pm
@ Beaumont Stage
316 W.5th Ave
For additional ticket information visit
http://www.ticketstonight.ca/
for Victoria (March 17-21)
http://www.intrepidtheatre.
This was the most outstanding, wonderful, and healing performance I have ever been to. I laughed and I cried...everyone should see this powerful and moving piece of theatre!
– Audience member
It's an odd show to 'review' because I so desperately hope it's not ruined for everyone reading this because I enjoyed the surprise so much. Excellent performances and FRESH writing. Everyone has somehow, through someone, been touched Cancer- (myself included- and not just on the knee in the dark...) I'll definitely be back!
-Audience member
Having lost our son to cancer four years ago, my husband and I were taken aback and initially very uncomfortable when the show began. We very soon were pulled in by this character which Bruce created. We laughed and cried. I have never experienced anything quite like it. Great performance!
– Audience member
To see our trailer..... click here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
In this one-man, satirical cabaret, writer/performer Bruce Horak brings Cancer to life.
CANCER, a deluded egotistical ASS, goes on his own journey of denial, anger, bargaining and acceptance when he discovers that the whole world hates him. Clown, Improv, Stand-up, Confessional, Solo Performance accompanied by a 3-piece rock band!
A cancer survivor himself, and one of Canada’s only legally blind professional actors, Bruce brings a fresh and funny perspective to the disease that too many of us will face and that so many of us could use a good laugh at.
For full reviews of the 2009 Here Be Monsters Production
Monday Magazine
http://mondaymag.com/articles/entry/this-is-great-theatre/
Victoria Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/Cancer%20comedy%20actually%20works/1369564/story.html
See you there!
Jeff Gladstone
Artistic Producer
Here Be Monsters
Friday, September 12, 2008
Here Be Monsters: Carnival of the Arts Opening October 18th
Carnival of the Arts
October 18th - November 1st - 2008
@ ChapelArts
304 Dunlevy Avenue
The Carnival opens on Saturday, October 18
With the unveiling of the Monster Gallery
And a special 10th anniversary celebration of Theatre Under the Gun:
The following week continues the tradition with the next generation of theatre ensembles in
SHOWOFF Festival.
Saturday, October 25 marks the opening of Monster Theatre’s award winning comedy
Jesus Christ: The Lost Years
Followed by on-site absinthe party by Screaming Flea,
A Season in Hell
Culminating in the Seven Deadly Sins Hallowe’en Ball Friday, October 31
and The Best of SHOWOFF/Carnival Wrap Party Saturday, November 1
Tickets: $12/16
For Single Tickets Call Tickets Tonight:
604.684.2787
www.ticketstonight.ca
Carnival Passes: $30
To reserve tickets/audience information/or to purchase Carnival Passes: hbmcollective@gmail.com
Saturday, October 18
12:00 noon – Monstrous Monster Gallery Opening
Featuring Local Visual and Installation Artists
Everything for Sale!
8:00 – Carnival Smorgasbord
Featuring dynamite local performers and groups!
10:00 – Carnival Opening Dance Party
Carnival of the Arts wouldn’t be the same without dancing it out to the best DJ’s in town!
Sunday, October 19
4:00 – Open Stage
Following ChapelArts tradition of free admission every Sunday as a tea house and gallery,
Here Be Monsters invites you to come and share your talents on the Open Stage.
FREE!
Wednesday, October 22
8:00 – SHOWOFF Festival
Six Local Theatre Ensembles create 12 minute plays in under 48 hours.
Email showofffestival@ yahoo.ca for an application today!
Thursday, October 23
8:00 – SHOWOFF Festival
Friday, October 24
8:00 – SHOWOFF Festival
Saturday, October 25
8:00 – JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years
Touring veterans Monster Theatre fill in the blanks as to what happened to Jesus
during the years of 13-30. Intelligent irreverent, fast paced blasphemy.
Presented as part of See Seven Subscription Series
“...as subtle as it is funny, and as literate as it is energetic and frantic!" -SEE Magazine
“Virtuoso Performances.” -National Post
10:00 - Moustache Party!
Nothing says Jesus like a peach fuzz moustache.
Grow one, Glue one, or ladies paint one on... and dance the night away to the Moustache
Rock Band!
Sunday, October 26
4:00 – Open Stage
FREE!
Tuesday, October 28
8:00 – JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years
Wednesday, October 29
8:00 – JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years
Thursday, October 30
8:00 – JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years
Followed by
10:00 & midnight – A Season in Hell
On-site absinthe party, ritual performance and a secret meeting.
A concoction for the senses incorporating text, movement, performance and booze on the road to unearthing the inner workings of Rimbaud's prose-poem A Season in Hell
by Screaming Flea Theatre
Friday, October 31
8:00 – JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years
10:00 & midnight – A Season in Hell
10:00 – Seven Deadly Sins Hallowe’en Ball
A costume party of no bounds
Dance the night away to the best local DJ’s
Interactive Exhibits, Games, Performances & Free lollypops!
Saturday, November 1
8:00 – SHOWOFF: Theatre Under the Gun 10th Anniversary Bash
Since 1997 this annual event where local theatre ensembles create new plays in under 48
hours has been a growing tradition... See the best acts of the last ten years!
Featuring surprise guests!
10:00 & midnight – A Season in Hell
10:00 – Carnival Wrap Party
All artists and audience are invited to celebrate with us, with local bands and DJ’s.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Carnival Of The Arts is READY TO ROCK!
November 7th to 11th there are some amazing shows to see in our Carnival....step out on a limb and check out something new.....don't be shy, buy some art......let it all out!
Scroll down for details....
Tix only $15 per show.....or Carnival Pass for $25
All Art under $100 - After Parties n' more....
Reserve at hbmcollective@gmail.com
Be there or be a bearded lady!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Schedule For the Fest - Read n Scroll!
November 7th – 11th 2007 Carnival of the ArtsSchedule of Events
Wednesday, November 7
8:00 - Carnival Smorgasbord - pay what you can!!
10:00 - Festival Opening Night events After Party
Thursday, November 8
8:00 - This is Cancer: LIVE!
Friday, November 9
8:00 - This is Cancer: LIVE!
10:00 - Lounge-zilla! One Night only!!!
11:00 – Party
Saturday, November 10
8:00 - ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE
10:00 – After Party with DJ
Sunday, November 11
2:00 - This is Cancer: LIVE!
4:00 – New Canadian Play Readings
8:00 - ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE
10:00 – Wrap Party for all with DJ
Carnival of the Arts ------ Produced by the Here Be Monsters Collective
@ The Dollhouse Studios 42 West 8th Avenue (2 blocks west of Main Street)
Tickets: $15/$12
Carnival Passes: $25
Call or Email to reserve tickets/audience information:
778.371.4731 or hbmcollective@gmail.com
Websites:
Atomic Vaudeville This is Cancer! Lounge-zilla!
Media Contacts:
Jennifer Fitzpatrick: redjen@shaw.ca ---- 604.512.7406
or
Heather Lindsay: heathylindsay@yahoo.ca ---- 778.881.7152
Press Release
November 7th – 11th 2007
Carnival of the Arts II
Produced by the Here Be Monsters Collective
A five day Arts Festival featuring the best national and international independent artists/companies in:
Theatre, Comedy, Clown, Music, Workshops, Readings, DJ’s, Dancing, & Visual Art.
@ The Dollhouse Studios
Vancouver’s Most Secretive yet Glamorous Venue
42 West 8th Avenue
(2 blocks west of Main Street)
Here Be Monsters Collective ventures into uncharted territories to rouse the creatures that lurk in the depths. In March 2006, Here Be Monsters established themselves as a presenting force in Vancouver with the inaugural Carnival of the Arts. Featuring over 200 local artists and running for two weeks, the group went on to Associate Produce TREMORS: Rumble’s Festival of Emerging Arts, The Monster Prom, and produce SHOWOFF: Theatre Under the Gun Exploded this past October.
The Carnival of the Arts II will feature…
ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE - Victoria BC
“Victoria’s Secret is out: Vaudeville has the capital's
hottest pack of young actors.” -Vancouver Sun
“Marinates in a real and bitter flavour… More please.”–The Globe and Mail
Atomic Vaudeville, after 3 years, is bringing its hit cult cabaret to Vancouver. Atomic Vaudeville, a Victoria company led by director Britt Small and playwright Jacob Richmond has produced over 30 cabaret episodes winning them
the Monday Magazine Award for best comedy act three years running.
The creators of the International Fringe Hit Shows Legoland and The Qualities of Zero.
THIS IS CANCER: LIVE! Monster Theatre, Toronto ON
“Whatever you imagine Cancer might look like- you won’t be prepared for
what he actually DOES look like.”
“…it is impossible not to be moved.” -Calgary Herald
A cancer survivor himself, and one of Canada’s only legally blind professional actors, Bruce offers a unique and fresh perspective on the disease which took his sight, and most recently, his father. Directed by award-winning director/performer Rebecca Northan, This is CANCER: LIVE! was the winner of the Betty Mitchell Award for ‘Outstanding Actor in a Musical or Comedy’ (2007)
LOUNGE-ZILLA! Lounge-zilla, San Francisco CA/New York NY
“A riotous send up…..must see…” -Xtra West Vancouver
ONE NIGHT ONLY!!! Written and Performed by Fiely A. Matias and Dennis T. Giocino. This International Fringe hit is returning to Vancouver to share a few more quips, skips and campy self-involved-twisted-asian-homo-cabaret moments with us!
If you missed them at the Vancouver Fringe this year – come check them out at the Carnival.
Carnival Smorgasbord music/performance cabaret, Vancouver BC
Whet your appetite for the week to come. The Carnival Smorgasbord will feature local performers, roving characters, burlesque, music, food, and dancing
Hosted by Carnival Curator, Jeff Gladstone.
Monster Bar & Gallery Visual Art Social Space, Vancouver BC
Featuring some of Vancouver's most respected (and rejected) low-brow artists and curated by Jennifer Fitzpatrick. We create an environment for artists and audiences to stay and socialize, talk about shows, the art and what is happening in the world.
Media Contacts:
Jennifer Fitzpatrick: redjen@shaw.ca 604.512.7406
or
Heather Lindsay: heathylindsay@yahoo.ca 778.881.7152
Carnival of the Arts II
Produced by the Here Be Monsters Collective
A five day Arts Festival featuring the best national and international independent artists/companies in:
Theatre, Comedy, Clown, Music, Workshops, Readings, DJ’s, Dancing, & Visual Art.
@ The Dollhouse Studios
Vancouver’s Most Secretive yet Glamorous Venue
42 West 8th Avenue
(2 blocks west of Main Street)
Here Be Monsters Collective ventures into uncharted territories to rouse the creatures that lurk in the depths. In March 2006, Here Be Monsters established themselves as a presenting force in Vancouver with the inaugural Carnival of the Arts. Featuring over 200 local artists and running for two weeks, the group went on to Associate Produce TREMORS: Rumble’s Festival of Emerging Arts, The Monster Prom, and produce SHOWOFF: Theatre Under the Gun Exploded this past October.
The Carnival of the Arts II will feature…
ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE - Victoria BC
“Victoria’s Secret is out: Vaudeville has the capital's
hottest pack of young actors.” -Vancouver Sun
“Marinates in a real and bitter flavour… More please.”–The Globe and Mail
Atomic Vaudeville, after 3 years, is bringing its hit cult cabaret to Vancouver. Atomic Vaudeville, a Victoria company led by director Britt Small and playwright Jacob Richmond has produced over 30 cabaret episodes winning them
the Monday Magazine Award for best comedy act three years running.
The creators of the International Fringe Hit Shows Legoland and The Qualities of Zero.
THIS IS CANCER: LIVE! Monster Theatre, Toronto ON
“Whatever you imagine Cancer might look like- you won’t be prepared for
what he actually DOES look like.”
“…it is impossible not to be moved.” -Calgary Herald
A cancer survivor himself, and one of Canada’s only legally blind professional actors, Bruce offers a unique and fresh perspective on the disease which took his sight, and most recently, his father. Directed by award-winning director/performer Rebecca Northan, This is CANCER: LIVE! was the winner of the Betty Mitchell Award for ‘Outstanding Actor in a Musical or Comedy’ (2007)
LOUNGE-ZILLA! Lounge-zilla, San Francisco CA/New York NY
“A riotous send up…..must see…” -Xtra West Vancouver
ONE NIGHT ONLY!!! Written and Performed by Fiely A. Matias and Dennis T. Giocino. This International Fringe hit is returning to Vancouver to share a few more quips, skips and campy self-involved-twisted-asian-homo-cabaret moments with us!
If you missed them at the Vancouver Fringe this year – come check them out at the Carnival.
Carnival Smorgasbord music/performance cabaret, Vancouver BC
Whet your appetite for the week to come. The Carnival Smorgasbord will feature local performers, roving characters, burlesque, music, food, and dancing
Hosted by Carnival Curator, Jeff Gladstone.
Monster Bar & Gallery Visual Art Social Space, Vancouver BC
Featuring some of Vancouver's most respected (and rejected) low-brow artists and curated by Jennifer Fitzpatrick. We create an environment for artists and audiences to stay and socialize, talk about shows, the art and what is happening in the world.
Media Contacts:
Jennifer Fitzpatrick: redjen@shaw.ca 604.512.7406
or
Heather Lindsay: heathylindsay@yahoo.ca 778.881.7152
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