Haley McGee's OH MY IRMA to Play Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace, 7/19-20

Canadian Haley McGee's international award-winning solo show OH MY IRMA will be presented by Theatre Passe Muraille & Never Mind The Noise at Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Avenue, Toronto for three performances only on Fri July 19 at 7:30 pm, Sat July 20 at 2 pm & 7:30 pm. Tickets are on sale NOW, through Theatre Passe Muraille Box Office, artsboxoffice.ca, 416.504.7529.

OH MY IRMA made its New York debut in 2011 at United Solo, the world's largest solo theatre festival, and was awarded Best Overall Production. In 2012, OH MY IRMA embarked on an International Tour with performances in New York City, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Kiel (Germany), Brighton, London (UK) and Stratford(Canada). In the course of its 2012 tour, OH MY IRMA received a Jury Commendation in the International Performance category and the Betty Asfalt Award as the highest-selling show in its venue at the Amsterdam Fringe, was awarded Best Encore Production at NYC United Solo, and was awarded 1st Place (tied with Meher Awachri's D-Sisyphe from Tunisia) at THESPIS - 8th International Monodrama Festival in Kiel.

In 2013 to date, OH MY IRMA has continued its International Tour with performances at Spark Festival, Victoria (Canada), Saint Muse Festival, Ulaanbaatar(Mongolia) and MonoAKT Festival, Peja (Kosovo) where McGee was awarded as Best Actor. Following these performances at Theatre Passe Muraille, OH MY IRMA will tour to Edinburgh (Scotland) as part of the Hill Street Solo Theatre Festival at the Hill Street Studio Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 2 - 26, 2013.

Directed by Siminovitch Prize Finalist, Chalmers and Dora Award winning director Alisa Palmer, OH MY IRMA sees McGee bring the memorable Mission Bird, a socially inept young woman with an insatiable appetite for connection, to the stage in her hilarious and mesmerizing "tour de force" play.

A comedy with razor teeth, Mission Bird finds herself in front of an audience, defending an unnamable crime which YES, she committed, but it wasn't her fault. The story takes macabre turns and Mission Bird's ardent defense crumbles as she comes closer to revealing to the audience what she's done - who she's killed.

Originating as a five-minute piece at an emerging artist cabaret at Theatre Passe Muraille, OH MY IRMA was further developed at the prestigious Banff Playwrights' Colony and performed to rave reviews and sold-out houses at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival, before its professional debut back at Theatre Passe Muraille as part of its 2010/11 Season.

Tickets are $20 ($15 students, seniors, artsworkers) and available by calling the box office at 416.504.7529, or visiting www.artsboxoffice.ca.