Theatre
Jesus Christ: The Lost Years
BY Chris Bilton January 03, 2008 15:01
Well of course the messiah’s mysterious mid-life makes for perfect comedy fodder. Aside from the fact that Jesus’ first attempts at that famously handsome beard would be patchy at best, and his sermonious voice would have gone through a few awkward octave leaps, he was after all the son of God — and how much more ridiculously self-righteous could a teenager be?
But in the twisted hands of Monster Theatre co-writers/co-stars Katherine Sanders and Ryan Gladstone, the unaccounted-for years of JC (spanning age 13 to 30 for those un-scriptured among us) yield a wacky not-ready-for-official-gospel narrative packed with obscure ancient Near Eastern name-dropping (someone named Angry Menu), biblical double-entendres (“No way?... Yahweh!”) and random pop-culture demons (even Chucky). Accompanied by an excellent live musical score and minimal, yet effective props, Sanders and Gladstone juggle the role of Jesus between them whilst providing every other possible character our young hero might have encountered, from John the Baptist to a young Judas Iscariot to the king himself: Elvis Presley. Clever songs, hilarious wordplay and continuous sense of total bewilderment make for a sacrilicious 50 minutes.
http://monstertheatre.com
Cast: Katherine Sanders and Ryan Gladstone
Composer: Drew Jurecka
Stage Manager: Michelle Field
Play-comedy / General Audience / Warning: sacrilege
Running time: 60 Minutes
Factory Theatre Mainspace
Wed, January 2 - 9:15 pm
Thu, January 3 - 9:00 pm
Fri, January 4 - 7:15 pm
Sat, January 5 - 5:45 pm
Sun, January 6 - 7:30 pm
Wed, January 9 - 8:45 pm
Fri, January 11 - 5:15 pm
Sat, January 12 - 7:15 pm
Sun, January 13 - 3:15 pm
For advance online ticket sales click here.
For more ticket and pass information click here.
625 Church St, 6th Floor, Toronto M4Y 2G1
Related Stories
Sexual Practices of the Japanese
It’s all here: the masturbators who grope girls on a packed subway; subservient women and overbearing men; a love of gadgets; corporate loyalty; and a baseball fetish that just won’t quit.
Dance of the Red Skirts
Theatre Columbus’s latest production, Dance of the Red Skirts, is a flimsy collection of loosely related skits that derives all of its power from the performances of three likable, very talented performers.
Pelléas et Mélisande
“Elusive” is an adjective always used about Claude Debussy’s 1902 opera Pelléas et Mélisande, but in the Canadian Opera Company’s current production a first-rate cast, intriguing design and insightful direction bring out the work’s strange beauty and make
- EYEWEEKLY.COM
- Write a Letter to the Editor
- Masthead and Contacts
- Privacy Policy
- Employment Opportunities
- Advertise With Us
- Distribution
- Star Media Group Sites
- ren.ca
- canadianimmigrant.ca
- insurancehotline.com
- swaymag.ca
- More Star Pass Sites
- TheStar.com
- toronto.com
- Wheels.ca
- Ourfaves.ca
- LiveDeal.ca
