Lady Macbeth (Christine Rothwell) tries to distract fictional detective Justin Thyme (Nathan Linders) from interviewing her as a murder suspect in SOAP’s Twisted Tales. The production runs November 1-2 at the Oliver Senior Centre at 8 pm. Tickets are available at Sundance Video or at the door.
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Jen Jensen directs SOAP’s upcoming production, “Twisted Tales,” a set of four short comedies by screenwriter Bruce Kane. Each comedy is based on classic stories, fairy tales, nursery rhymes and Shakespeare plays but given a decidedly modern, adult twist.
Two longer one-act plays feature a recurring main character, Justin Thyme, played by SOAP newcomer Nathan Linders.
Thyme is a hard-boiled private eye with a public eye for the ladies. This guy belongs to the FBI – the Fictional Bureau of Investigations.
The tough-talking fictional “dick” gets burned by an old flame named Lady MacBeth (Christine Rothwell), when he’s hired to find out who bumped off the King of Scotland in “The Case of a Tale Told by an Idiot.”
In the next case he must discover what magic prevents a sleeping beauty from waking in a Grimm case of murder called “The Big Snooze.” A strong-jawed prince (Carlin McRae) eventually arrives to turn on the charm, but the “happily ever after” has some unexpected twists. Along the way Thyme encounters witches, a Keystone Kop, men in kilts, wolfish villains, and voluptuous vamps.
Check out these tales at the Oliver Senior Centre November 1-2 at 8 pm.
