Guelph Fringe Festival

$12 Ticket (All of this goes to the artist) plus $3 Festival Fee (To help run Guelph Fringe)

General admission

<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Written by avant garde artist Robert Ashley, later to be repurposed in his opus Perfect Lives, Private Parts centres on a nameless bank robber; breathing in the air of his motel room. He receives a few telephone calls and unpacks his bag, for a drink and some busywork, awaiting a shift for the evening. As the night grows deeper he reflects on his day, and the place where he lives, the culture that shapes it and the people around him.<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">     Foreseeing an Americana growing under influence of arrant consumerism, Ashley crafts a portrait of the midwest that, although endlessly self-reflexive, holds a subtlety in its setting that makes a vivid and gracious canvas for sly, quiet humour and rich, layered metatextualism. A generous work to behold, as to reflect on, performed with intimacy; in low light, and quiet. Music will be provided by Ari Robinson and the text performed by Dylan Roberts, a longstanding actor in the Canadian theatre.

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name , Thank you for your purchase to see Private Parts, and for supporting independent art and the Guelph Fringe Festival. All Fringe shows start on-time, with the box office opening 30 min before show start, and seating occurring 10 min before show start. We can not guarantee late call seating as that is the decision of each production. We look forward to seeing you at the show! Kind regards, Guelph Fringe Festival Teaminfo@theguelphfringefestival.ca

Written by avant garde artist Robert Ashley, later to be repurposed in his opus Perfect Lives, Private Parts centres on a nameless bank robber; breathing in the air of his motel room. He receives a few telephone calls and unpacks his bag, for a drink and some busywork, awaiting a shift for the evening. As the night grows deeper he reflects on his day, and the place where he lives, the culture that shapes it and the people around him.     Foreseeing an Americana growing under influence of arrant consumerism, Ashley crafts a portrait of the midwest that, although endlessly self-reflexive, holds a subtlety in its setting that makes a vivid and gracious canvas for sly, quiet humour and rich, layered metatextualism. A generous work to behold, as to reflect on, performed with intimacy; in low light, and quiet. Music will be provided by Ari Robinson and the text performed by Dylan Roberts, a longstanding actor in the Canadian theatre.

Guelph Fringe Festival

Private Parts

46 Essex St

General admission

$15

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