Photos and words © 1993 by Steven Lungley
COMIC THEATRE: Corky and the Juice Pigs took over Theatre Passe Muraille last weekend to roll out the World Premiere of their new show before storming off to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Pigmania took over the crowd as the guys [034-001, l-r] Seán Cullen, Greg Neale and Phil Nichol got called back for two encores and had money thrown at them. Among the partygoers at the reception were [034-002, l-r] Barenaked Lady Ed Robertson with student Natalie Herbert. Stuck in the corner was the evening’s hilarious opening act – the man of a million (remarkably similar) voices – [034-003] Brian Hartt, who toils during the day as a writer for The Kids In The Hall. Caught partaking of the discount lager were [034-004, l&r] Great Bob Scott and Jaymz Bee of the Look People, surrounding the guitar player from Concubine, Erin Palmer. Proving they can also get goofy were the “Pig Debs,” [034-005, l-r] Kate Johnston (Phil’s wife), Laurie Griffin, a longtime friend of the group, and Elizabeth “lzzy Feely” Foulds. Lots of never before published outtakes [034-006 to 034-017] follow.
STREET THEATRE: The corner of Bay and Bloor was the hot spot on Thursday as The Circle Ball Fair – a festival of international street performers – got its hat out on the sidewalk. The opening of the 10-day festival (if you hurry, you can still catch it) gathered together a number of the acts before they spread out across Yorkville to entertain passersby. Included in the festivities were [034-018] the musicians in Jughead; a couple of the pavement artists [034-019, l-r] in Chalk Circle, Jenny McCracken from Australia, and “the Irish contingent”, Gary Palmer; [034-020, l-r] Wyatt with his mom, Amanda Armstrong (the producer’s wife). In the crowd were [034-021, l-r] Frank Goldberg of Brettons, who lent a helping mouth to David Cassel – the opening’s MC – as he did his own act, Hotch’s 3-D Tee Vee. Were you out and about that day? Were you on roller blades? Check out the never-before published outtakes, images 034-022 to 034-033.
BRIDGE THEATRE: Friday saw the opening of one of this year’s most interesting theatrical presentations, Romeo and Juliet under the Bathurst Street Bridge. Set in the not-so-distant, sorta post-apocalyptic future, and with a lot of 1970’s costumes (polyester must be nuke proof), the show far outdrew the producers’ expectations of audience size. Plonking down on lawn chairs, milk crates, rubber mats and dirt, we were treated to a really good show as trains rumbled in the background and streetcars passed overhead. After the show, we milled about in the previous domain of the homeless, those present including [034-034, l-r] the stars of the evening, Katrin Clouse (Juliet), Jason Cadieux (Romeo) and Sarah Stanley, the director. Acting up just before the evening turned into an all-Prince dance party were [034-035, l-r] cast members Bruce Beaton (Mercutio), Patrick Conner (the Nurse) and the set designer “extraordinaire” – according to Patrick – Troy Hansen. Getting close were [034-036, l-r] installation artist Helen Cho, dancer Brittnhi Sarah and artist Joa. Be sure to scroll through the carousel of outtakes, photos 034-037 to 034-044.
![Singer Carole Pope, in the company of [l&r] guitarists Ken Myhr, and - from National Velvet - Tim Welch on opening night of Whisky Saigon in Toronto, August 1993](https://eyespytoronto.com/wp-content/uploads/apollo13_images/035-040_header-Whisky_Saigon_opening_93_R1_F05b-1-7r4igjgata81t2tea0os423ulyxalu70fe.jpg)
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