Fans of Daniel MacIvor, rejoice!!
See Bob Run and Never Swim Alone helped catapult MacIvor into the pantheon of Canada’s foremost playwrights. Gladstone resident company Plosive Productions teams up with newcomer Sunny Ryan Productions for this exciting double bill. There will be an intermission between the two shows.
See Bob Run
In See Bob Run, the titular Bob is a troubled young woman on the run from her dark past. As she hitchhikes her way to her destination, she hops from one car to another, telling her stories of truth, lies, fairytales, and murder along the way. Run time: 55 mins
Never Swim Alone
Two men enter a room, a taller man and a shorter man, and each man carries a briefcase. The first man seems very much like the second man and the second man seems very much like the first man, but they are not. No. They are not for two reasons. One: one man is the first man, and two: one man in his briefcase has a gun. With wickedly dark humour, Never Swim Alone reveals how toxic masculinity poisons women and men alike, with harms ranging from merely devastating to outright deadly. Run Time: 45 mins
These are Canadian Actors’ Equity Association production under the Artists’ Collective Policy. The runtime is 100 minutes including intermission. This show contains course language, violence, and mature themes (sexual abuse, misogyny).
