Show You Our Blog » Arts http://showyouourblog.com Reviews and Information Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:58:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 ‘The Further Adventures of Antoine Feval” – Held Over! http://showyouourblog.com/2009/08/the-further-adventures-of-antoine-feval-held-over-789 http://showyouourblog.com/2009/08/the-further-adventures-of-antoine-feval-held-over-789#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:58:11 +0000 ZoomJer http://showyouourblog.com/?p=789 The title, ‘The Further Adventures of Antoine Feval” is not, as perhaps some as stunned as the main character might believe, in reference to his position on the stage, but to misadventures of the most hilarious type. The show opened with an explanation by the actor, which was sort of a special features/director’s commentary kind of bonus that people like me love (I watch movies with commentary first time around, it drives my family nuts). Even in the 10 or so minutes it took him to give background into the story, the performance, and to brilliantly and hilariously plug his book (which had a shameless storyline in the play), the show could have never taken place and people would have felt that their money was well spent. This man was amazing! He performed probably a few dozen characters, jumping between them effortlessly, time travelling, and jumping in and out of character in ways that would no doubt be unconventional and perhaps frowned upon for any other actor, but which produced a good portion of the evening’s laughs. His Canada/USA mockery was brilliant, and reminded us Canadians just how wonderful we are and how rude, loud, and chauvinist our friends to the south are (although he did take some nice shots at us as well).

Early on in his performance, I suspected that the sissy dolt which he portrayed was based on his childhood, and that through acting out scenarios which put the play’s bully in his place (quite effectively and creatively, I might add) he found comfort in the audience’s reaction, as if we were collectively patting him on the back and saying, ‘there there Gibbs, he’s a jerk, you’re all right.’ He deserved the back patting, and certainly earned the instant ovation when the lights went out. Excellent performance, and pleasantly clean (call me a prude, but I don’t go to the fringe to be shocked or otherwise offended, as so many seem to).

-Jerry Aulenbach

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