Fringe 2012: The No Bull$#!% History of Canada
The No Bull$#!% History of Canada
The House of Style
Friday, July 6, 1:15 p.m.
Sunday, July 8, 9:45 p.m.
Monday, July 9, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, July 10, 10:15 p.m.
Thursday, July 12, 6:15 p.m.
Friday, July 13, 5:15 p.m.
Saturday, July 14, 1 p.m.
Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace (16 Ryerson Avenue)
Canadian history has a reputation for being dull, but The No Bull$#!% History of Canada, a one-man show by Montreal’s Kyle Allatt, is anything but. As it turns out, our nation’s history is hilarious. Allatt makes our first Prime Minister into Begbie from Trainspotting, and explains that the famous Battle of the Plains of Abraham actually took a little over fifteen minutes. He also proves that a disrespect for democratic process is a core Canadian value—one of our first Parliaments exploited a legal loophole to avoid an election altogether—and that sixth Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper was possibly the biggest jackwad ever. All of these facts, which are completely accurate, are delivered in a mixture of deadpan lecturing and ridiculously over-the-top character work. Our history may be filled with drunks, opium addicts, and lunatics, but this play still makes you proud to be Canadian.