Who’s Your Dada? (2008)
Produced by
Presented by
Playwright: Alex Tigchelaar
Director: Catherine Nimmo
Venue
The Alexander Street Chamber Theatre
Run
January 23rd, 2008 – February 9th, 2008
Synopsis
Burlesque mavens Sasha Van Bon Bon and Kitty Neptune use their inimitable style to skewer that most contrary of movements from the early 20th Century. Dancers in suitcases and story-telling plushies are just some of the “anti-art” craziness paying homage to the grandchildren of the radical anti-establishment movement.
The Scandelles take a satirical swing at art and sex by fusing burlesque, modern dance, live music, short film and porn to uncover beauty in ambiguous circumstances. It’s no accident that anti-art movements crop up during times of war, when we most crave turbulent revelry. Who’s Your Dada? brings you irreverent send-ups of the new striptease fitness craze, The Joy of Sex, cultural tourism, plastic surgery, fat-phobia and the huge belching machine that is the mainstream porn industry. Who’s Your Dada? offers a surrealist tribute to Daniel MacIvor, an army of Anne of Green Gables’ dancing to Yoko Ono, why fat suits are the new blackface, erotic vagrants and so very much more. (artsexy.ca)
Cast
| Alex Tigchelaar | Sasha Van Bon Bon / The Racoonteur |
| Catherine Nimmo | Kitty Neptune / Madame Sansculottes |
| Jesse Dell | Amuse Biche #1 |
| Countess Christmasher | The Dalai Lame |
| Araxi Arslanian | Gala Dalicious |
| Jillian Camarta | Amuse Biche #2 |
| Andrya Duff | Amuse Biche #3 |
| Tina Fushell | Amuse Biche #4 |
| Kaleb Robertson | Daddy K / Sansboules |
| Ange Beever | Beever / Professor Boobenstein |
| Robin Woodward | Trixie Easybake / Ceci Nestpasunefemme |
| Shawn Newman | Peter Le Feu |
| David Mickle | Le New Veau |
| Chad Logan | Chad Logan |
| Shane MacKinnon | Beau Dommage |
Creative Team
| Alex Tigchelaar | Playwright |
| Catherine Nimmo | Director |
| Catherine Nimmo | Choreographer |
| Jesse Dell | Choreographer |
| Aaron Pollard | Video Art |
| Shawn Newman | Choreographer |
| Daniele Guevara | Set Designer |
| Adrien Whan | Lighting Designer |
| Marnie Sohn | Costumes |
| Brenda Mozel | Costumes |
| Szilvia Szabadka | Costume Assistant |
| Claire Warwick | Costume Assistant |
| Alex Russel | MacIvor Masks |
| Christopher Selvam | Make-up |
Music
| Countess Christmasher | Musician |
Production
| Alex Tigchelaar | Producer |
| Catherine Nimmo | Producer |
| Christopher Behnisch | Video Production - Camera |
| Eric Gold | Video Production - Editing |
| Scott Mclaren | Video Production - Production Coordinator |
| Joel Pollock | Props - Baby Stroller / Baby Bubble |
| Alex Russel | Props - Baby Bubble |
| Robin Woodward | Props - Plungers and Toilet Seats |
| Ange Beever | Props - Plungers and Toilet Seats |
| Andrew McTaggart | Carpenter |
| Lindsay Anne Black | Scenic Painter |
| David Hawe | Photographer |
| Jonathan Kitchen | Graphic Designer |
Staff
| Charissa Wilcox | Head of Production |
| Adrien Whan | Technical Director |
| Aiden Nagle | Technician |
