Vancouver International Fringe Festival: Big Shot

Big Shot is a Vancouver-specific play, based on an imaginary encounter one night on the Skytrain. Presented by Surreal Soreal Theatre, this play follows their trademark look at modern culture and society, complete with an analysis of technology and media. As it’s name suggests, it looks at the modern world and tries to define what is real and what is surreal, what exists and what is merely a dream outside of our busy, urban lives. Despite the subject matter being exactly what 9 / 10 modern blogs and liberal arts paper are about, the play looks extremely original and interesting. Set during one fateful night in Vancouver, the one-man-show revolves around the death of a little boy, different perspectives of the incident, and fast-paced action.

Big Shot is a one-man show that takes us inside the minds of five tainted characters of the city: from a seventy year old Japanese racist, to a male prostitute recovering from a heroin addiction, to the shmoozy filmmaker inspired by the boy’s tragedy, the play is littered with tour-de-force performance and intense physical theatre. Big Shot questions whether the flash of media and entertainment has cut off our ability, as urban dwellers, to breathe in every day tragedies for what they are.

Written & Performed by Jon Lachlan Stewart.

Directed by Georgina Beaty

Stage managed by Nicholas Mayne