Corin Raymond: Bookworm / Morgan Jones Phillips: Emergency Monologues: March 2 / 3.
Corin Raymond: Bookworm / Morgan Jones Phillips: Emergency Monologues:A mind-boggling, spirit-warming double-bill! Friday/Saturday, March 2 / 3. 8:00pm. $20 at the door/$10 students/artists.
BOOKWORM: This captivating one man show debuted to rave reviews at the Hamilton Fringe Festival in July 2011. It is the story of Corin’s own big, brilliant, beautiful book-life, told masterfully and with gripping sincerity. If you are an educator, book lover, storyteller, or someone whose heart beats a little faster when you take in wonderfully written words or a really great tale, this show will inspire, delight and move you! “Corin Raymond declares in his show “A good book has a soul”. This play has a gigantic soul that everyone should experience…Corin is a masterful storyteller… [The play] is an absolute marvel.” Ryan Trepanier. Read the reviews: http://artword.net/Fringe_Reviews/?p=104
EMERGENCY MONOLOGUES: is part stand-up comedy and part storytelling about being a paramedic in Toronto. Morgan Jones Phillips won the NOW Audience Choice Award at the Summerworks Theatre Festival in 2008 and played here at The Staircase recently to sold-out crowds. “Phillips [has an] easy and unaffected knack for telling funny as hell stories about crime scenes and head-on collisions.” Sean Davidson (EYE WEEKLY) “Side-splittingly hilarious view into the world of Paramedicine” Jason Ng (FNG) “Morgan Jones Phillips is a consummate story-teller – filling in the small details of each scenario as skillfully as a master-weaver entwines a rich tapestry.” Luc Iogna (Director) www.emergencymonologues.com