Candy Roberts is LARRY
Candy Roberts
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Award-winning Canadian Clown Artist Candy Roberts assumes her alter ego in this smart and daring piece about a lovable hoser’s hilarious attempt at self-improvement.
He’s no “idiom,” and in a dynamic display of stupidity, Larry offers stand-up comedy and life-couching wisdom, before discovering something hidden deep within his psyche.
Bob and Dog Mckenzie meets Feminism? Self-help meets headbanging? Gear Down, Big Rig, you might get sideways.
“I don’t transcend in the theatre on a regular basis, but Larry opened me up and took me to a higher plane. Roberts’s clowning technique is first-rate — once she gets you laughing, she will not fucking let up.”- Colin Thomas
Latecomers up to 15 minutes after the show begins.
Reviews
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A masterful, weird, poignant, gut-busting, vulnerable, and thought-provoking tour de force from Candice Roberts”- Cincinnati Fringe
“I don’t transcend in the theatre on a regular basis, but Larry opened me up and took me to a higher plane. Roberts’s clowning technique is first-rate — once she gets you
laughing, she will not fucking let up. it took me to the core of my being. For Real.”-Colin Thomas – Simply the Best of
2019
“This superior, adult-oriented clowning comedy is far deeper than it first appears. It’s funny, weird and telling — with something important to say.”- Orlando Weekly
“A bare-bones, outrageously funny send-up and exploration of gender, gender roles, masculinity, stereotypes and affirmation”– René Grayre, Show-score, NYC
“This is a daring, weird, hilarious show with head banging, so basically everything you could want.” —the Georgia Straight
“GO SEE THIS F*CKING SHOW. I laughed so hard I cried, and then I cried some more—for entirely different reasons.“- #YEGARTSINREVIEW
“a highly skilled physical comedian, and, as you’ll see in the course of Larry, her bravery is virtually unlimited” – Liz Nichols https://12thnight.ca/
“A fearless performer”– CBC
Credits
Created by – Candy Roberts
Directed by – Sonia Norris
About the Artist
Candy Roberts is a Canadian Performance artist and fifth-generation European-Canadian settler based in unceded Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səlílwətaɬ(Tsleil- Waututh), and xwməθkwəyəm (Musqueam) territories, also known as Vancouver. Her original works encompass physical theatre, music, and clown to investigate the humour and heartbreak of our social and human conditions. She is a somatic practitioner and an avid researcher of CREATIVITY, and the including the connections between self-expression, mental health, and community. Candy tours internationally with her award-winning solo show; LARRY, a “daring, provocative and hilarious” gender-bending feminist comedy. She is also the artistic director of CANDY BONES THEATRE which devises and intensively tours innovative, immersive, and original theatre for families and young audiences.
Website: http://www.candyroberts.com
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Accessibility
Content warnings: Coarse language; adult themes; depictions or mentions of substance use.
Sensory warnings: Strobe; flashing lights; haze.
For more accessibility information see the Accessibility at the Fringe page on our website.
- You must have a Fringe Button to see this show
- 100% of tickets are available in advance, none are held for sale at the door.
- All tickets have a $2.oo Fringe service charge and passes have a $4 Fringe service charge, this supports the festival
- No refunds. No exchanges. If you are unwell contact the box office (tickets@intrepidtheatre.com).
- All shows start on time. Depending on the show, latecomers may not be seated.
- Masks are recommended
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Metro Studio (Fringe Venue 1)
1411 Quadra Street,
Victoria,
Phone: (250) 383-2663