delinquent theatre is proud to present
Anton Lipovetsky’s
FLOP!
March 21st to April 1st
Studio 1398 on Granville Island
VANCOUVER, BC: Delinquent Theatre is excited to announce their presentation of Anton Lipovetsky’s FLOP!, coming to Granville Island’s Studio 1398 this March. Following a sold-out run at the 2011 Edmonton Fringe Festival, Lipovetsky brings his self-penned musical tour-de-force to Vancouver audiences.
For theatre director Jimmy Labbe, the success of his first show is life and death. When he’s forced to oversee a production so horrible it cannot be saved, Jimmy Labbe watches his dreams hopelessly FLOP!. Mortified, he manages to escape to his brother’s small-town home, only to find himself destined to FLOP! again in his worst nightmare: directing Romeo & Juliet at a high school. Struggling to find redemption, he begins to learn what it truly means to be successful, and more importantly, what it truly means to FLOP!
Anton Lipovetsky is a rising star in the Vancouver theatre community, receiving attention both as an actor (True Love Lies, 1984, RENT) and playwright and composer (2 successful runs of The Park, a collaboration with classmates from Studio 58). Lipovetsky recently received the 2011 Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Theatre Artist, and is working on a commission from Vancouver’s Solo Collective. This summer, he will appear on the BMO Mainstage at Bard on the Beach in The Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth.
PRAISE FOR FLOP!
“Lipovetsky sings, stomps and generally sweats his way from auditions to opening night. His original script is sharp and endlessly quick on its feet, while his vulnerable, Ben Kweller-esque voice wears its desperation on its sleeve. Packed with belly laughs and ably developed characters, it’s also got a heart of gold buried somewhere beneath all that panic. A total joy.”
- Michael Hingston, Vue Weekly (5/5 stars)
“Anton Lipovetsky is warm, engaging and has a charming voice on the clever songs that form the backbone of this production.”
- Gordon Kent, Edmonton Journal (4.5/5 stars)
FLOP! runs March 21st to April 1st at Studio 1398, 1398 Cartwright St on Granville Island. Written and Performed by Anton Lipovetsky, with piano acccompaniment by Mishelle Cuttler.
Tickets $12 for Under 30s, $15 General -Available at Brown Paper Tickets
