This play is a romantic comedy, only with pirates, and no romance. Two pirates have been banished to the crow’s nest, tied up by their mad captain – and are to remain there until they’ve learned to get along with one another.
They’ve already been there for quite some time.
Almost entirely improvised, the show’s subject matter is decided by the audience in the lobby prior to the show, and the show’s topics are revealed to the pirates only as the performance is already in progress.
The stage is set with what looks like the topmost parts of an 18th Century ship. There’s a crow’s nest and a cross-beam, the top parts of sails, rigging. A pirate flag flies above.
Featuring the multi-award-winning talents of director/improviser/designer AL Connors, and performers/creators Margo MacDonald and Richard Gélinas. Much Ado About Feckin’ Pirates! premiered at The Gladstone Theatre in 2014 and played at the undercurrents: theatre below the mainstream festival in February 2015.
Pirate clowns. A missing parrot. Rum. Improv. Shanties. Diddling. Stories.
And probably a sword fight.
Quotable quotes:
“…MacDonald and Gélinas create a couple of rough-and-ready, wiseass characters
you actually wind up caring about.”
– Ottawa Citizen
“…a feat of great virtuosity” – Capital Critics Circle
“Gélinas and MacDonald had me, and the entire audience, laughing the whole way through…
it was hard to believe it was improvised.”
– Charlebois Post
“Two ridiculously gifted comedians do what they do best…argue like pirates.
They should bring this show back EVERY year.”
– The Visitorium
“MacDonald and Gélinas are comedic gold…
a well-executed unified piece of improvisational performance.”
– Herd Magazine
“I was still just as impressed by Richard Gélinas’ and Margo MacDonald’s
tremendous improvisation skills and their ability to make the audience laugh
without relying on physical comedy.”
– On Stage
feckinpirates.com
Margo MacDonald (Her, Co-Creator)
Richard Gélinas (Him, Co-Creator)
AL Connors (Director, Sound and Projection Design)
Thur June 11, 8pm
Fri June 12, 6pm
Sat June 13, 4:15pm
