feat: Liz Kirkland and Photo: Patina Strauss
Wicked Shorts
Wicked Shorts was comprised of four short, sweet and quirky plays by emerging and established Canadian Playwrights. Originally staged at Wicked Cafe in the 2010 Vancouver Fringe (hence the name), the show was very site-specific in nature and made use of all that the little cafe had to offer from windows, doors, bathrooms to the cash register. When we were asked to re-stage the show for the VanCity Culture Lab, it was heading into completely new territory, but it proved to be a thrilling artistic challenge.
We ended up creating an atmosphere that was cabaret-like, so the audience’s relationship to the action was similar to our original intentions with the show. We also made one of the pieces site-specific to the Cultch, and so the script was adapted to take place in a theatre with one of the characters playing a technician. All in all, we had a great time telling these mini-stories in two unique locations!
Winner of the 2010 Cultchivating the Fringe Award