Apr 10 2008 - 8:00pm
Apr 10 2008 - 10:00pm
All hail the King of Silly!
Bring out your spare funny bones! Lorne Elliott is set to send your giggles madly off in all directions at the Arts Station April 10.
With his barely tamed afro, his rubbery face and his miniature guitar, the Canadian musical comedian is the master of all that is silly, side-splitting and strange.
Combining dry humour with musical parodies and skits Elliott is a shrewd observer of the behaviour of the Canadian human animal. Often self-deprecating, always silly and never profane, Elliott’s funny is family friendly.
“I did [use profanity] when I was younger,” Elliott says. “It doesn’t really work for me. And also, I never really felt great about it. I always say, ‘people laugh, but they don’t respect you in the morning.’”
Host of CBC Radio’s Madly off in All Directions and a regular performer at Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival, Elliott has been performing professionally on stage for more than two decades. His ability to entertain is a keen as his wit. When not touring with his one-man musical comedy show, Elliott finds time to write and perform in plays, as well as produce them.
"A genuine and talented nut-case... quick-witted and relevant"
—Tom Reagan - Halifax DAILY NEWS
"His show runs the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous, but all of it literally sucks laughter out of your face."
—Lance Callahan - The Newfoundland HERALD
Date: Thursday, April 10
Time: 8 pm
Place: The Arts Station (601 - 1st Avenue)
Tickets:
Members - $20/adult; $12/ youth
Non-members - $25/adult; $15/youth
Available at the Blue Toque, Carosella’s, Freshies, the Good Earth and the Arts Station.
For more information about the show, please call Oz Parsons at 423.4842.
