Weaverville Waltz @ Fringe Festival

"If you haven't already, you're going to hear a lot about this."

J.Baert, Winnipeg Sun

A Pipsqueak Romeo from the wrong side of the tracks dreams of romancing the homecoming queen and
rescuing his mother from his jealous hard-drinking stepfather.

"Weaverville Waltz will sweep you off your cynical feet."

Alan Kellogg, Edmonton Journal

"yet one more reason to watch him weave his magic on stage" Highly Recommended (=

?) B. DeMara, Toronto Star

"Sublime ... a mesmerizing production"

G. Bouchard, SEE Magazine

"Picks you up and sweeps you around the room. ...a fully-textured world with
complex characters who will stay with you..." - Kathleen Oliver, Georgia Straight

After selling out last year's Singing at the Edge of the World
(

Winnipeg Free Press; "One of the funniest, most poignant and inspiring shows you're likely to see for a long time" Toronto Star),
23-times 'Best of Fringe' Randy Rutherford is back.

"Nothing short of damn inspiring ...
makes you take deeper note of {the people} in your life... When it's over, you feel like good friends...
it's heartbreaking to walk by him later and have him not recognize you." - F. Grikowsky, Edmonton Sun

"A real prize." M. Scott, San Francisco Weekly

"A very powerful story that speaks from the heart about the unresolved loves in all our lives."
- Robert Enright, Globe & Mail

"masterful storyteller ... A definite must"

K. Gordon, CBC Winnipeg

"startlingly fresh ... compelling, poignant and heart-warming." Victoria Times Colonist

"Deft ... funny ... heart-wrenching." Vue Weekly (Edmonton)

"Harrowing and hilarious." Oakland Tribune

"A tender and loving show... watching Rutherford is a joy." Sunday Magazine (Victoria)

"filled with humour and pathos... like a carefully calibrated instrument, his stories (and songs) resonate with pitch-perfect timing" The Gate (Toronto)

"Rutherford is the real thing." Seattle Times

(All reviews are for Weaverville Waltz.)

Winnipeg, Saskatoon & Edmonton

80 minutes

Winnipeg
PTE Mainstage
393 Portage Ave, Portage Place (map)
(204) 943-7464
$9

Wed, Jul 15 – 6pm
Thu,   Jul 16 – 7pm
Fri,   Jul 17 – 8:45pm
Sat,    Jul 18 – 3pm
Sun,   Jul 19 – 7pm
Wed, Jul 22 – 5:30pm
Thu,   Jul 23 – 7pm
Fri,    Jul 24 – 6:45pm
Sat,    Jul 25 – 5:15pm
Sun,   Jul 26 – 4:45pm

Saskatoon
Victoria School
Auditorium
639 Broadway Ave (map)(
(306) 664-2239

Thu- Jul 30 8:00pm
Sat- Aug 1 5:30pm
Mon- Aug 3 12:00pm
Tue- Aug 4 6:45pm
Wed- Aug 5 2:30pm
Fri- Aug 7 5:40pm

Edmonton
Strathcona Library
8331 104 Street NW
(map)
(780) 409-1910
$12

Thur Aug 13 - 9:15pm
Fri Aug 14 - 5pm
Sat Aug 15 - 12 noon
Sun Aug 16 - 5:30
Mon Aug 17 - 8:45pm
Tue Aug 18 - 2pm
Wed Aug 19 - 12noon
Thur Aug 20 - 7:45pm
Fri Aug 21 - 1:30pm
Sat Aug 22 - 5:45pm

Review by Alan Kellogg, continued:
"... It's the classic American '50s ... roadsters with chrome headers, McCarthy's swimming hole and Shirley's ice-cream parlour. ... We follow solid, sympathetic Randy through his May-September high school romance with Cheryl, her wet-pawed ex-boyfriend Rick Large, Rutherford's big football disaster, the night the local legend took on the town constabulary and especially, the arc of Loraine and Lou's marriage.
Tender but rarely sentimental, attenuated to the dark side without slipping into cynicism, Rutherford is a master at this form, as careful with the small details as the big picture.
There will be those who would avoid this on the usually sound grounds of unwanted boomer nostalgia, but they would be making a mistake. Rutherford may use his childhood era as a palette, but the resulting art is universal."

VIDEOS (of other shows) & FULL REVIEWS :
www.randyrutherford.net

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