How nice is it when someone comes to see the show, and loves it so much that he not only buys the tshirt and CD, but offers you bicycles to get around town on for the rest of the week? Last night (before the most incredible rainstorm i think i’ve ever seen) our new friend Aldo set us up with two fantastic bicycles so we can get around Minneapolis in style for our remaining 5 days here. I will tell you, i consider this kind of thing to be one of the most beautiful parts of the (crazy) touring life: when people so generously offer to help you, show you the place they live, and make you more comfortable there. It is a real and beautiful gift.
A standing O at our latest SPIN performance made us feel very welcome in town, and we’ve had time now to check out several other (awesome) shows here – our fav’s include Casebolt and Smith’s “O(h)”, Jessica Ferris’s “Missing” and Troy Conrad’s “The Bush Monologues”.
SPIN plays at At The Ritz Theatre Proscenium 345 13th Ave NE
Thursday Aug 5, 10 pm
Saturday Aug 7, 1 pm
Sunday Aug 8, 7 pm
Thursday Aug 12, 8:30 pm
Sunday Aug 15, 2:30 pm
Buy Tickets Here!
“part theatre, part musical gig, part spoken-word poetry and part documentary…whatever it is, it is brilliant.” The Toronto Star (read the very delightful article about SPIN by Catherine Porter here)
Counting down to our departure for Minneapolis, for SPIN’s first US appearance, August 5-15. Excited to be taking part in the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Mark Shyzer’s show Fishbowl (directed by yours truly) will also be there! Watch out, the Canadians are coming….
DNTO came over to the bicycle studio this morning to tape a little bit of SPIN for the radio! You can hear the podcast here.…you’ll hear “She Rides” played live, plus some bike-instrument samples, plus a little interview with me and DNTO guest host Mio Adilman. Turns out me and Mio both went to the same high school….once again, all roads lead back to Northern….
The road also will soon be leading to St John’s Newfoundland, for the Sound Symposium where we perform July 8th, and then to Minnesota where we perform in Minneapolis, August 5-15th. We perform the full production in March 2011, at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto
