COMEDY ON WHEELS Celebrates Canada's Birthday with Belly Laughs!
Award-winning theatre company Realwheels presents Comedy on Wheels: Celebrating Canada's Birthday with Belly Laughs! This community-based performance has absolutely zero intention to inspire, but every intention to make you giggle. Comedy on Wheels takes place May 18-20, for three performances only, at Performance Works on Granville Island (1218 Cartwright Street).
In celebration of Canada's 150th birthday, Comedy on Wheels will showcase members of the disability community in performances that capitalize on one of our greatest assets - the ability to use humour and storytelling to cope with life's challenges.
Canadian-born and now based in the UK, TanyaLee Davis will make a special appearance in Comedy on Wheels. At 3'6", Tanyalee is the Ferrari of comedy - low to the ground and kind of racy! Tanyalee has performed her one-person show "Actual Size" in Melbourne and Sydney (2016), was featured on BBC's "Live at the Apollo" (2015), performed her second solo show, "Big Trouble In Little 'Gina", at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland (2013), and did a six-month run of her show, "Little Comedian, BIG Laughs" in Las Vegas (2011). Tanyalee is a member of the Abnormally Funny People ensemble, performing throughout the United Kingdom, as well as a writer and star of the Channel 4 series, "I'm Spazticus".
Realwheels welcomes Tanyalee back to Vancouver and invites everyone to Comedy on Wheels, featuring a large community cast, and Realwheels' newest project under the Wheel Voices programming banner. Previous Wheel Voices projects include: SexyVoices - A Burlesque Theatre Cabaret (2016), Super Voices (2015), Wheel Voices to the Max! (2013), Wheel Voices Live! (2012).
Credits for Comedy on Wheels: Celebrating Canada's Birthday with Belly Laughs:
Producer/Director: Rena Cohen
Co-Producer: Lindsey Adams
Comedy Facilitator: David Granirer
Set & Lighting Design: Jayson McLean
Projections Design: Joel Grinke
Costume Design: Hannah Case
Choreography: Naomi Brand
Stage Manager: Jessica Keenan
Publicist: Teresa Trovato
Featuring the following incredibly talented community cast members:
Amy Amantea
Emily Brook
James Brown
Cathy Browne
Arnold Cheng
Amelia Cooper
Ian Gregson
Blyth Grimmett
Dannielle Hayes
Art Jonker
Greg 'Spokes' Labine
Laura Mackenrot
Aaron Roderick
Caspar Ryan
Martin J Thomson
Andrew Vallance
Brandon Wilkinson
Kevin Woollard
PLUS Special Guest Comic: TanyaLee Davis
For more information on Realwheels Theatre, please visit the following platforms:
Website: www.realwheels.ca
Facebook: www.facebook.com/RealwheelsTheatre
Twitter: www.twitter.com/realwheels
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/RealwheelsTheatre
About Realwheels Theatre:
Realwheels creates and produces performances that deepen audiences' understanding of the disability experience. We envision full integration of people with disabilities in the performing arts.
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