The Super Real Life

by El Nino
Show: Queen’s Players Toronto Presents: The Super Real Life
Written By: Paul Levia and Michael Payne
Director: CB Morewood
Where: The Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue
When: Jun 19-21, 26-28

Players:  Ashley Keefer - She-Hulk,  Ayla Rosendahl – Claire, Josh Weale – Aquaman,  Mark Andrada - Green Arrow, Mark Raheja - Flava Flav, Michael Bodsworth – Robin, Natalie Robitaille - Wonder Woman, Scotty Feynman – Superman, Siobhan O’Neill – Catwoman, Candice Gilliam - Rogue

In A Nutshell: What happens when D list superheroes who never reached superstardom get their shot on Reality TV? The SuperReal Life! The show is an original script that asks just what could happen if Aquaman, Catwoman and She Hulk got together, hook up with Flava Flav, and hi jinx ensues! The winner gets a place on that A List… Or do they?

Annoying Qualities: The players get very drunk.  This does lead to missed cues in lieu of pee/possible vomit breaks.

Memorable Quote: ‘Wii stick! That was my nickname in Prep School!’ –Green Arrow

Made Me Feel: Like a schoolgirl with a really tasteless sense of humour.

You will like this show, if you liked: Road Trip, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Queen’s Players: Kingston (for more info on the show format: www.queensplayerstoronto.com)

Verdict: Hilarious from beginning to end, even if you don’t take advantage of the traditional binge drinking!  The singing is impressive, the dance routines bawdy and appropriately suggestive and the script, when the actors are not yet drunk enough to forget their lines, is super awesomely sidesplitting.  I have the world’s loudest laugh and you couldn’t hear me half the time, which is a pretty good sign.

Go See This Show With: Anyone with a dirty sense of humour and a desire to get shit faced.