Trashcan Duet

Trashcan Duetby Jayson MacDonaldStella is a beat poet. Billy is a deadbeat. It’s hard to believe they’ll find some common ground. A new comic drama by Jayson MacDonald (Giant Invisible Robot) from 12 year Fringe veterns, BlackSheep Theatre (Can’t Get It Started - “a definite sleeper hit” ****-Toronto Sun, ****-Winnipeg Sun, The Root Of All Sqaures - “one of the smartest scripts at this years fringe”-Ottawa Citizen ****-Edmonton Journal)

6 Responses to “Trashcan Duet”

  1. Joe Fox
    June 23rd, 2008 at 1:21 am

    A good production, especially for the performances, but the script feels unfinished it’s not BAD, by any means, but it is a little thin. It could use another few drafts and a bit of fleshing out. You’ll love the characters, though, so it’s worth checking out. Not a “must-see” show, but a nice way to spend your time.

  2. Erin
    June 23rd, 2008 at 2:17 am

    The only thing I can think to say is WHY??? Why on earth would you repeat this disaster from last year? Although there’s been a slight cast change, and it’s perhaps ever so slightly improved, it still lacks direction, and the actors aren’t capable enough to pull it off without a director with any directing skills.

  3. Dave
    June 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am

    Thanks, “Erin”, for coming to see a show again that you didn’t like the first time.The only thing i can think to ask is WHY? I’m sorry you didn’t get it.

  4. Peter
    June 27th, 2008 at 11:01 am

    Adrienne McGrath as Stella and Michael Showler as Billy did great work in the Wednesday, June 25, production of Trashcan Duet.

    Michael Showler had the easier part, playing a hapless but likable loser, but that does not mean he chose to take it easy. There is a lot going on in the script (perhaps too much) and he stayed on top of it all. Billy is none too bright as a character; he’s lucky he had Michael to shepherd him around.

    Adrienne McGrath, as Stella, had to do a lot more work, establishing her character as an angry and disappointed woman, and then metamorphosing into somebody willing to take a chance with Billy and with herself, in a very small turning radius. I wish there had been more time for her character to ease through that transition.

    I want to see them both perform again. In anything.

  5. Ian!
    June 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    I liked this one. I like quirky language, and intersting relationships
    between characters, and this has both. I liked how the poems reveal
    the character. I liked the concept that some relationships just need
    you to have a thick skin to make them work.

    In one of those weird different-worlds-coincidences, a Waterloo friend
    just posted a link to an XKCD comic that sums up Trashcan Duet almost
    perfectly:

    http://xkcd.com/433/

    “This relationship is going to be tricky.” Exactly. I wouldn’t have
    it any other way.

  6. the Visitor
    June 28th, 2008 at 1:37 am

    Dug it, loved it, wanna see it again. Billy and Stella are one of my new fav’rit couples.

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