STAGE ONE FESTIVAL OF SOLO THEATRE
TheatreSpace
Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island
February 2-6
604-257-0366 or www.festivalboxoffice.com
www.stageonefestival.com

Following the overwhelming success of the 20th Anniversary of the Vancouver Fringe Festival, it’s natural for TheatreSpace, producers of the Fringe, to create a new Festival in Vancouver. This time it’s about high-calibre, innovative one-person shows. Stage One Festival of Solo Theatre comes to the Waterfront Theatre, February 2-6, with five unique solo shows. In developing Stage One, TheatreSpace’s aim was to continue to challenge and engage Vancouver’s artistic sensibilities and to support and enhance the growing network of solo festivals throughout Europe and North America. Stage One Festival of Solo Theatre will be Vancouver’s contribution to the growing number of solo festivals such as Chicago’s Single File, Calgary’s Solocentric, and New York City’s Solo Play Lab.

Vancouver’s John Murphy is among the five acts selected to perform at Stage One Festival of Solo Theatre. His 2003 hit Fringe show, The Heretic, will be reincarnated at the Waterfront Theatre. Alex Dallas, a Fringe circuit veteran and past member of Sensible Footwear, will bring Drama Queen to Vancouver from Toronto. Bouquets and Elegies marks the return of Jeff Gladstone to Vancouver after touring with The Big Rock Show in Calgary. Ben Ayres lives and breathes Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll from critically acclaimed writer Eric Bogosian. Omar Sangare, from Poland, will grace the Waterfront stage with the Canadian premiere of True Theatre Critic, a solo play that examines the anguish of a defeated man.