Johnny Canuck (giveaway)
A musical one-man show about traveling across Canada? Yes, it exists. It’s called Johnny Canuck and it’s on at Waterfront Theater from September 1st to 4th–and we have a pair of tickets to give away for the premiere on Thursday, September 1st!
Johnny Canuck by Jovanka Bach stars John DeYoung as a wandering troubadour who returns home from a nightclub engagement to find that his wife Beth has run off with another man named Bert. In Beth’s farewell letter to Johnny, she asks him not to follow her, but Johnny is determined to win his wife back, so he leaves his dear daughter Lilly Sue with their Aunt Marie and begins a trek across Canada, in search of his wife.
In this musical odyssey, the tale is told through song and story by Johnny Canuck. It’s a one-man-show, with a series of backdrop projections showing all the clubs and locations that Johnny travels to in search of Beth. Many of the musical compositions are original pieces by John DeYoung, while others are timeless folksongs that reflect various cultures and eras.
Credit: Linda Marie Monier
The play has been successful at the University of Mexico Experimental Theater, and it should be one here as well. Don’t miss this original production, only in Vancouver for a few days!
To enter the giveaway, tell us which location, trait or object defines Canada and Canadians best. Moose? Mounted police? “Eh?” For an extra entry, tweet the following:
Told @hummingbird604 about what defines Canada for two tix to Johnny Canuck. Enter here: http://is.gd/0X3dtV
We will draw a winner on Tuesday, August 30th at 2PM, so check your emails and your tweets. As usual, make sure you provide a valid email address with your comment!
More information about the play here.
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AND THE WINNER IS – Shayne! It looks from my Twitter stream as though you might be @pandalogical – if that’s the case, please confirm so that I can hook you up with tickets. Congratulations!
UPDATE – Shayne can’t make it so the next winner is Yuri Artibise. Congratulations!
Awesome! Thanks so much.