Escape Artists at Vancouver Fringe

Latest Media Mentions

ecom131 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:11:22 +0000

Escape Artists – Top Five to SEE – so says The Province

4. Escape Artists I & II

A site-specific smorgasbord of drama, comedy, domestic chores . . . who knows? All performed on various tiers of a fire escape. Rain or shine as there is a Plexiglas roof, too.

Various dates and times (check escapeartistsatfringe.wordpress.com), at the fire escape on the corner of Johnston and Old Bridge streets, Granville Island.

——————————-

Escape Artists II – Plank Magazine

Clocking only 30 mins, it’s quite amazing how much emotional and intellectual ground can be covered in the dialogue that’s never too dense but still conveys a range of human experience…

It’s a touching show. It may be the end of the world as we know it but you’ll feel fine.

http://www.plankmagazine.com/review/escape-artists-ll-end-world-reviewer-feels-fine

——————————————-

as it happens pics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/penguinstorm/sets/72157624826098303/detail/

—————————-

Review – Plank Magazine on line

http://www.plankmagazine.com/review/escape-arists-1-circulating-fresh-air

“This play is for those who now and then need to lift the heavy veil and let the fresh air circulate.”

Great Review

—————————

Vancouver Fringe Festival review: Themes of community and identity struggle to emerge in Escape Artists II

http://www.straight.com/article-345721/vancouver/vancouver-fringe-festival-review-themes-community-and-identity-struggle-emerge-escape-artists-ii

———-

Nice pic in The Courier- headline pic, did we mention?

http://www.vancourier.com/entertainment/Fringe+Festival+plays+veer+beaten+path/34

78237/story.html

——————————–

TOP FOUR in BCIT’s Link mag

BCIT LINK – go to page 9

Escape Artists I & II
“Two shows. Two Writers. Two Flavours.”
Described as “almost Lady Gaga, it’s a romance novel, but
most importantly it’s an ironing board…,” Escape Artists I
is written and directed by Kathy Parsons, who took home
Global ComedyFest’s best screenplay awards for The
Hitchhiker, and has a cast consisting of Kaitlin Williams
and Joel Stephanson. The site-specific production is all
played out on a fire escape at the Emily Car Institute and
showcases characters and their decision to escape or not.
Escape Artists II is written by Martin Gover and directed
by Joanna Garfinkle who work with a cast that includes
Fanta Sesay (twice featured in the Walking Fish Festival),
Niki Brown, Joel Grinke, and Sarah Gover. Because
this is Vancouver, there will be a plexiglass roof

for the fire escape -so rain is not a problem

——————————

Urban Pie – Fringe Preview

preview on page 4

ESCAPE ARTISTS (I & II)
Escape Artists Productions
Venue: a fire escape on Granville Island
I love site-specific shows. Taking
the theatre out of the theatre
guarantees a memorable experience
and these two shows look to be no
exception. Escape Artists I & II (2
different shows, 30-35 minutes
each) take place on a fire escape.
The first show is mainly a comedy;
the second show is a drama with
an age restriction of 18+. The first
show may or may not include an
ironing board. I don’t have any
other information, but what else do
you need? They take place on fire

escape.

———————————

see as many shows as you can at Fringe – this year the talent at all shows is top class.

Make sure you get the pass if you want to see a few shows save $3.00 a show

Ticket info for all and any shows here- TICKETS

Escape Artists II at The Vancouver Fringe September 2010

ecom131 — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:28:18 +0000

Escape Artists II by Martin Gover

Sept 8 – Sept 19

It was one of those days, then you find out it’s the end of the world. Still look on the bright side, it’s not over till it’s over, who knows what mischief you can get up to before the final curtain.

It’s Thursday, maybe Wednesday, who’s counting, there’s an event coming at you like a Mack Truck,but what the hell – take a break, let go a little – and hey there’s a girl out there on the Fire Escape.

Anyway, it probably wont happen. Have they ever been right before?

From Georgia Stright Review: -

As we perch on the fire escape that serves the parking lot across from the Lafarge cement plant, we watch Liz and Dave anticipate the end of the world. Diffidently, they move towards a personal connection. In a later scene that takes place higher up the fire escape, Gwen and Lisha have apparently survived the apocalypse, but their memories are fragile. Playwright Martin Gover has them free associate, often referring to the media that, it seems, helped to destroy civilization: “I…I/iPod.” Themes of community and identity struggle to emerge.

The Actors

(bios available here)

Niki Brown

Sarah Gover

Joel Grinke

Fanta Sesay

The Director

Joanna Garfinkel

The Writer/Producer

Martin Gover

more event details here

Two writers coming out of The Playwrights Theatre Centre’s Block P Production workshop – put on a show!

Two shows actually. Two writers two flavors, using the same venue. The Fire Escape Stairs on Granville Island.

Escape Artist I at The Vancouver Fringe September 2010

ecom131 — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:32:08 +0000

Escape Artist I by Kathy Parsons

Sept 8 – Sept 19

Everyone wants to escape something and everyone uses different ways to do it. Come see a bride try to skip out of her wedding ceremony, a man day dream about the promised land while he irons and a woman with her favourite form of escape – a romance novel.

As an audience member, you will also get an opportunity to put in your two cents about your favourite methods of escape and the things you’d like to escape from.

The show’s mostly comedy and we’ll be taking theatre to new heights.

A fire escape.

The Actors:

bios available here

Joel Stephanson

Kaitlin Williams

The Writer/Director /Producer:

Kathy Parsons

more event details here

Two writers coming out of The Playwrights Theatre Centre’s Block P Production workshop – put on a show!

Two shows actually. Two writers two flavors, using the same venue. The Fire Escape Stairs on Granville Island.

The Program at PTC that created us

ecom131 — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:33:12 +0000

Kathy and Martin want to thank Playwrights Theatre Centre and Heidi Taylor for arranging a class with the amazing Ilena Cramer who taught us everything we need to know about how to produce our own work at a Fringe BYOV (the class is called Block P if you want to check it out click here).

Block P at Playwrights Theatre Centre

How do you get a production? By having a production…
Producer, director and designer Ilena Lee Cramer (Managing Producer, November Theatre) will offer six participants a template for small-scale self-production, from developing a creative team to budgeting and scheduling. The aim is to prepare for BYOV production at the Vancouver International Fringe Festival. Participants must be willing to raise their own funds to produce their projects, including application fees for the Fringe Festival. The writers may choose to cooperate on a shared program or work individually. Block P meets August – December for eight sessions, plus advising time.
Cost: $100
Deadline: July 15, 2010.