The Slip-Knot
Spotlight on Alumni:
Written, Directed and Performed by T.J. Dawe
Stage Manager: Rena McLeod
The Slip-Knot is a one person show telling the story of working horribly day jobs—among others, a stock boy at a drug store, Christmas parcel tracker for the post-office, and truck driver for a dumpster company. There are also three subplots; a long-distance relationship, an attempt to sell a used van and the ordeal of finding an apartment in a new city. Each story is advanced as T.J. jumps between three positions on the stage, each one a fast-paced, stream of narrative.
January 23 – February 1, 2003
Matinee – Saturday, February 1 at 2pm
Pre-Show Lecture - January 24 at 7pm
MEDIA REVIEWS
“A cross between a Dilbert comic strip and a Stuart McLean narrative.”
- Susan Down, Times Colonist
“A cross between a Dilbert comic strip and a Stuart McLean narrative. This man is heading to the Stand-up Hall of Fame.”
- Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight
“With only two lighting poles and an otherwise bare stage, Dawe transported his audience from the traffic in Vancouver to the housing market in Toronto and, in between, a brief stop in a small town in Alberta in the winter. Dawe’s easy, confident delivery and genuinely absurd view of life have already won him acclaim as both writer and performer.”
- Linda Fraser, Lavender News
“This is one Fringe performance no one should miss—The Slip-Knot is the Fringe at its best. If you could listen to a juggler, and if that juggler were the most accomplished juggler in the world, the experience would be something like listening to T.J. Dawe in The Slip-Knot.”
- Elizabeth Maupin, Orlando Sentinel
“Another deserved packed house and spontaneous standing of “O” for comic monologist T.J. Dawe, who adds a new gem to an unerring Fringe booty including Tired Clichés and Labrador.”
- Alan Kellogg, Edmonton Journal
“This is one Fringe performance no one should miss—The Slip-Knot is the Fringe at its best. If you could listen to a juggler, and if that juggler were the most accomplished juggler in the world, the experience would be something like listening to T.J. Dawe in The Slip-Knot.”
- Gaetan Charlebois, Hour Magazine (Montreal)
