Tales of a Tag-along

Yesterday, the Theatre students from Prov went on a field trip to watch the play Bingo!, performed at the Prairie Theatre Exchange in Winnipeg.

"But you're not a theatre student, AJ! You're in Social Science!". Yes, but I'm doing my Field Ed credits with the theatre program, I'm friends with half the people in the theatre program (including the professor) and my boyfriend is one of the stage managers for both the full-length production and the one-act troupe. So when they had a free ticket, they offered it to me and I got to tag along. Hence the title of this blog post.

Anyway. I was a teensey bit apprehensive about this, since the last play that the theatre students went to see (which I also went to), quite frankly, sucked. But I was pleasantly surprised with this play- there was a story, actual acting (as opposed to simple public speaking in costumes), and characterization. The play's focus centred around five people at their 30th high school reunion, discovering how much each other changed (or didn't) in the last three decades. The 70's music was loud, the alcohol (or, in this case, coloured water) flowed freely, secrets were divulged or discovered, at least one marriage was ruined, and the Calgarian got the girl. So I'm a little bit biased.

Surprising to all present, we discovered that one Ted Atherton, a Winnipeg-born actor, was in the play as the snobbish "douchebag" character Dookie. ("Douchebag" was a name given to him in the script, and not my own insult.) For those who weren't aware, he also played the character of Miles Leland III in the short-lived TV show Sue Thomas F.B.Eye. I have never seen that TV show, but more than a few people in the audience were familiar with his former character.

I've been told that I should watch it. I think I'll have to work that in at some point.

Bingo! will be playing for the remainder of the month at the PTE. Go see it. It's well worth it.