Charly Chiarelli’s ‘Mangiacake!’ March 15–17 / 22–24
Charly Chiarelli’s ‘Mangiacake!’ March 15–17 / 22–24. 8pm. $15 at the door/$10 students/artists. Charly 
Chiarelli is one of the world’s premiere storytellers, widely known for his trilogy of one-person plays. The 2nd, Mangiacake, addresses the difficult aspects of growing up as a newcomer to Canada, his return to Sicily, and his fight with cancer. Charly shows the funny side of it all with his own brand of Sicilian blues and his virtuoso harmonica playing. Mangiacake (the Italian immigrant’s name for non-Italians) picks up where CuFu left off; young Charly enters Westdale High School where he concludes the road to success in Canada is assimilation. He decides to become a mangiacake and does his best to blend in – with mixed results. He runs for president of the student council using the slogan “put a wop on top!”. He wins!
When, as an adult, Charly goes back to Sicily, he finds out what a ‘mangiacake’ he actually has become in this strange, magical land where his relatives are like characters out of myth. www.charlychiarelli.com
Charly has been inducted into the McMaster University Alumni Gallery of Fame – along with performance inductee notables like Martin Short and Eugene Levy, and astronaut, Roberta Bondar.
“Heart, humour and a generosity of spirit…” “Laugh-out-loud funny”…Toronto Star…
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