If your five-year-old asks you to tell him every story ever told, what do you do?
If you’re Ryan Gladstone, you rise to the challenge – and, while you’re at it, you create your own fringe show.
Gladstone is bringing his show Every Story Ever Told to the stage for Way Off-Broadway Wednesdays in New West on Oct. 3, kicking off a new season of shows in the backroom at the Heritage Grill.
Gladstone’s show takes a trip through fairytales, folk fables, superheroes, international mythologies and personal stories, not to mention a few retellings from movie favourites (Charlie Chaplin or Rocky Balboa, anyone?).
“If anyone can tackle the entirety of human storytelling in just one hour, it’s Ryan Gladstone,” says a press release about the show. “Gladstone has succeeded in transforming his impeccably researched material into a spectacle that is part stand-up comedy, part storytelling, part master class on narrative, and part meditation on parenthood, the artist’s life and the human condition.”
And if that isn’t enough to coax you out, the opening WOW evening will include an announcement by creative producer Devon More, who’ll officially reveal what’s in store for the season ahead – including some promised unique feature events and recurring programming.
“I’m most excited about an ongoing episodic work that will showcase the very finest female performers interpreting an epic Canadian chronicle – a saga that seems too outrageous to be true, but comes straight from our country’s history,” More said in the release.
Want to know more? Check it out by showing up at the back room for the 7 p.m. show on Wednesday, Oct. 3. The Heritage Grill is at 447 Columbia St. Doors open at 6:30, and admission is on a pay-what-you-want basis. You can reserve a table at 604-759-0819.
See www.facebook.com/wayoffwed for all the details.
