That Dinosaur is Blue Productions Presents: Men Telling Stories
I’m pretty sure that the youngest production company in the Ottawa Fringe this year just stole my heart… All right, it was my funny bone, but to me, that’s the most prized piece of my anatomy!
Matt Stewart and Peter Nielson were persuaded by their friend Sarah Bruckschwaiger, to bring to the stage what comes naturally to them – every. waking. second. of the day. : Being Funny. And yes, that’s me capitalizing “Funny”, because these two guys deserve the uppercase kudos. They compliment each other’s sense of humour so seamlessly, that you would swear, even in an interview, that they had been given the script to perfect beforehand.
I’m not normally one to make comparisons, but imagine if you had been able to morph Billy Crystal with Woody Allen, and pair that guy with a David Hyde Pierce/David Spade being, when they were all 20 years-old, and you will get an inkling, just an inkling, of what’s in store for you with Men Telling Stories.
Sarah Bruckschwaiger has managed to harness these two, with what I can only imagine was a Herculean effort in direction (they never stop). These two could turn Ebenezer Scrooge into a drooling puddle of pant-peeing, eye-tearing guffaws.
Just go see it.
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Video: Kevin Burton
Tags: live theatre in Ottawa, Men Telling Stories, Ottawa Fringe Festival
