Spoon @ The Toronto Fringe Festival

Straight Camp in association with The Toronto Fringe Festival presents Spoon a queer play written by Spencer Charles Smith directed by Sky Gilbert dramaturged by Alistair Newton designed by Nick Carney production coordination by Michael Erickson featuring Owen Fawcett, Katie Sly and Spencer Charles Smith SITE-SPECIFIC VENUE The third floor space above GLAD DAY BOOKSHOP, 598 Younge Street (just North of Wellesley subway station) PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 8:00pm Thursday, July 4, 2013 - 8:00pm Friday, July 5, 2013 - 8:00pm Saturday, July 6, 2013 - 8:00pm Sunday, July 7, 2013 - 8:00pm Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 8:00pm Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 8:00pm Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 8:00pm Friday, July 12, 2013 - 8:00pm Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 8:00pm SYNOPSIS Spoon is a campy, queer and postmodern site-specific explosion of gender failure. Andrew (played by Owen Fawcett) and Charles (played by Spencer Charles Smith) have just moved into their new Yonge Street apartment when Charles’ obsession with performing the role of the woman - the little spoon - in their gay relationship begins to tear the couple apart. Sexy violence, campy music, queer theory, and lots and lots and lots of spoons. Sexual/emotional/intellectual failure. And milk. PROJECT BACKGROUND This uniquely queer and brutally honest new work by up-and-coming Toronto playwright, Spencer Charles Smith, is the first major project from a promising new queer theatre company, Straight Camp. Spoon began three years ago in St. Catharines, where Smith workshopped the first version with Suitcase in Point Theatre Company. He then brought it to U of T and made it the focus of his MA last year, having the second workshop directed by Jonathan Seinen. This Fringe production is full-length and the final stage of the Spoon creation process. Directed by Sky Gilbert and dramaturged by Alistair Newton, Smith is taking notes from two of Canada’s queer theatre heavyweights. Gilbert founded Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in 1979 and Newton just closed his sold out run of Of a Monstrous Child: A Gaga Musical at Buddies. TICKET INFO At-the-door tickets: $10 At-the-door tickets are available at GLAD DAY BOOKSHOP starting one hour prior to show time - cash sales only. Advance tickets: $11 50% of tickets are available for sale in advance Advance tickets go on sale June 15th, 2013 Purchase online: fringetoronto.com By Phone: 416-966-1062, ext 1 In Person: During the Festival Box Office in the parking lot behind Honest Ed’s (581 Bloor St W)