Roll Up, Roll Up for Magical Mystery Detour!
16 TIME BEST-OF-FEST AWARD WINNER, Gemma Wilcox (from London, UK), returns for her 3rd Ottawa Fringe Festival with a sparkling new one-woman multi-character show, exploring the unexpected twists and turns of life, love and being on the road... In Magical Mystery Detour, Wilcox plays 23 characters (Human, Furry, Feathered, Mythical and Steel!). It is a humorous, moving and highly original piece of physical theatre. It utilizes the main female character, Sandra, that many of the Ottawa Festival audiences have come to know, although the show also stands clearly alone for those who have never seen any of Wilcox’s previous fringe shows: ‘THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OFFICIALLY OVER’ (2007), ‘SHADOWS IN BLOOM’ (2008). Magical Mystery Detour is set in the UK, in the summer of 2012. Prompted by a letter from her dead mother, the protagonist, Sandra, and her dog Solar, take an unexpected car journey from London to Land's End, Cornwall at a pivotal and sensitive time in her life. The audience travel with Sandra from the UK's capital and along sacred English countryside terrain, as she encounters magical, mysterious, archetypal characters and scenarios on the way. We journey with her as she struggles to accept the unplanned detours of life, love, and on the road (that she *thought* she was on)... VENUE: Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Ave, Ottawa, ON K1N 6E2) TICKETS: Buy at: http://www.ottawafringe.com/ SCHEDULE: Fri June 19 @ 9:00pm | Sat June 20 @ 6:00pm | Sun June 21 @ 4:00pm | Wed June 24 @ 11:00pm | Fri June 26 @ 7:30pm | Sun June 28 @ 2:00pm | “Gemma Wilcox is a shape-shifter extraordinaire.” - Patrick Langston, Ottawa Citizen 2007 “It’s totally zen…completely entrancing” – Fresno Bee, 2012 “Wilcox is a master of the theatre” – Amanda Ash, Victoria Times Colonist "This kind of virtuosity is dazzling, but it's at the service of nuanced characters & emotionally complex moments.” – Edmonton Journal “She holds her audience in thrall. This woman can do anything, it seems, and she does...she shows you what theater can be." – Elizabeth Maupin, Orlando Sentinel “Gemma Wilcox is a terrific performer...A Sybil-esque multiple-personalitied solo performance virtuoso.” – Denver Westword "Sexy, sharp and seamless" – Now Toronto "Gemma Wilcox is both an adroit chronicler of the human condition and a wondrous chameleon of a performer.” – Minneapolis Pioneer Press
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