Can’t Get Started

Fancy Molasses Productions, Winnipeg, MB

By: Tom X. Chao Posted: 9:35 PM CDT Thursday, Jul. 7, 2011 Last Modified: 4:58 PM CDT Saturday, Jul. 16, 2011 | Updates

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Seeing Can’t Get Started might produce a feeling of déjà vu, either because it was a 2006 fringe entry or because everyone has seen a dozen permutations at past festivals.

Penned by Tom X. Chao, this comedy — and that’s a loose interpretation of the word, although there are funny bits — is about a playwright and an actress for whom he’s writing an audition piece. Hence, they perform a mixed bag of scenes linked by one slim thread: his loneliness.

Ubiquitous fringe performer Brent Hirose — he’s also in two other shows — plays Chao, with Anne Wyman as the actress. There’s plenty of meat for actors and the Winnipeg duo eats it up. But it’s skimpy fare for the audience.

— Pat St. Germain

From the official Fringe Festival program:

Anne Wyman (pornStar 5 STARS) returns as Sarah, the reluctant actress, in Tom X. Chao’s unique exploration of male-female relationships.

Unendurable loneliness has never been funnier!

Past praise:

Edmonton Sun – 5 STARS