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The T.O. Do List: July 8 2009

1. The second outing from San Francisco trio Cryptacize, Mythomania, takes the brittle avant-jazz guitar lines you’d expect from a former member of Deerhoof (guitarist Chris Cohen) and mixes them with elegant soprano vocals for a charming post-Morricone/sugar-pop aesthetic that’s perfectly realized on “Ill Take the Long Way.” There’s enough subtle weirdness here that even when tunes sound like leftovers from Cohen’s old outfit (“What You Can’t See Is?”) or stray Broadway ballads (“Galvanize”), Mythomania sounds like the work of a fully realized band. Cryptacize open for Casiotone for the Painfully Alone tonight at The Boat (158 Augusta).

2. An adaptation of one of Molière's lesser-known comedies, The Sicilian is a model Fringe show: it's short, well-acted, and has been put together with the kind of loving attention to detail — everything from the costumes to the programme layout to the (deliberately) out-of-tune music — that few other productions try to match. As Don Pedro, a megalomaniacal husband who keeps his wife locked up inside his mansion, Brandon McGibbon perfectly walks the line between broad comedy and caricature — there are some delightfully anachronistic line readings — and the rest of the cast is equally strong. It's a treat. July 8, 7:30pm; July 10, 9:15pm; July 11, 12:30pm; July 12, 3:30pm. Factory Theatre Mainspace (125 Bathurst).

3. If you liked Daniel MacIvor’s famous one-man shows, you are sure to like Circus by Vancouver-based actor and playwright Sebastian Kroon. What seems at first a simple tale of an innocent boy’s desire to visit the circus morphs into a truly chilling metaphysical mystery. Why do the boy’s blind mother and the circus barker warn him not to go? Why do the circus acts horrify instead of delight? What happens during the boy’s frequent memory lapses? Kroon is a highly expressive, very physical performer who can transform himself utterly. He frighteningly demonstrates that even the meekest must wrestle with demons. July 8, 12:30pm; July 9, 9:30pm; July, 10 2:00pm; July 11, 3:30pm. Factory Studio Theatre (125 Bathurst).
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