You might call it the perfect romantic autumn piece, about two autumn people hoping to be romantic.
Michele Riml’s comedy Sexy Laundry, fresh from hammering funny bones up the road in Gravenhurst, hits the Mady Centre in Barrie next week, anxious to send audiences out with their ribs hurting, and perhaps with new ideas about how to keep the flame burning.
Simply, the play’s two principals, Henry and Alice, are empty-nesters making their way to a posh hotel room. Much to Henry’s surprise, she also packs the book Sex For Dummies. What could possibly go wrong, they think? Well, it’s just the start of some hilarious situations unfolding.
After so many years together, why would a couple need such a manual? Why would they need to find out where each other’s centre of delight is located?
Sarah Saville is with the City of
“I think people are busier than they ever have been,” says Saville, “and it’s hard enough for us to find time for ourselves, let alone our partners. This play has a great way of both poking fun but also getting to the heart of those issues.”
Ah, but, how to keep theatre-goers to concentrate on the laughter and away from that sense of dread at growing older, that sense that this might one day happen to them. Fortunately, Saville says, the play also has a heart.
“I don’t recommend this show for the under-18 crowd, but it is filled with great advice and great humour for anyone who has ever been in a relationship.”
Saville also extols the “exceptional” actors, Debbie Collins and Brian Paul, who she says, “have wonderful chemistry and are both brilliant comedic actors.”
Collins, for example, is recognizable as Judy Garland, from Theatre Orangeville, and as the mother of the male lead in a national tour of Saturday Night Fever. Debbie was also named, “Prime Minister of Comedy” at Crazy Pants Theatre in Alliston!
Paul, for his part, has TV roles in Designated Survivor and Cardinal on his C.V., as well as stage experience in War Horse at
Sexy Laundry makes its way to the Mady Centre for the Performing Arts,
