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eye WEEKLY July 6 1995
Toronto's arts newspaper .....free every Thursday
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ON STAGE ON STAGE
CHAOTICA
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79A St. George.
July 6 at 9 p.m., July 8 and 9 at 6 p.m. $7.
by
LAURA KOSTERSKI
It's the little things in life that the all-women clowning team Gams
On The Lam find funny. Things like sharing a meal, taking a pee or
finding a dance partner on Ladies' Night.
The Gams' Fringe offering Chaotica is comedy with a uniquely female
sensibility. Take, for example, the scene in which the three clowns go
into labor. They open up purses between their legs, suggesting their
vaginas -- the strangest and most evocative use of a handbag I've ever
seen -- and give birth to tiny, plastic musical instruments, which
they then fondle and play blissfully ... until the prankster in the
bunch steals one of the instruments and a classic clown chase-scene
ensues.
This Syracuse-based trio has an expressive visual chemistry. Patricia
Buckley plays the pouty-mouthed bully, Leslie Noble the wide-eyed sexy
princess and Lauren Unbekant the butchy prankster. Katrin Naumann's
costumes are wild and wonderful, incorporating purple hoop skirts and
sculptural jester hats, while Leo Crandall's music underscores their
antics with moody atmosphere.
But be forewarned: Audience members are under constant physical
assault and must withstand being crawled on, kissed, wrapped in
streamers and invited to dance. So don't wear white, and check your
modesty at the door.
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