Tag Archives: Ron Pederson

Off the cuff and on the spot: Gordon’s Big Bald Head makes (up) a movie

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey, tonight I was in the virtual audience at the Grindstone, i.e. the invisible sweatpants brigade online at home. And I was watching an amazingly dexterous improv duo onstage do, off the cuff, something that is … Continue reading →

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Gordon’s Big Bald Head infiltrates movie history in Good Head, at the Grindstone

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They are smart. And they are funny. But there is nothing cautious, or predictable, or even sane about the entertainment proposition that the deluxe improv troupe Gordon’s Big Bald Head offers the world. They own a … Continue reading →

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The Desperate Izmores: portrait of a marriage in crisis. Don’t you dare laugh.

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca She’s bored — with a chaser of exasperation and an adenoidal voice that makes your fillings hurt. He’s a sad-sack sulker, a dimwit who’d  be a poster boy for morosity (if that ever becomes an actual … Continue reading →

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Best in the biz: Ron & Wayne, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Alan Kellogg

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

Ron & Wayne Venue 2 (Big Rock Backstage Theatre) By Alan Kellogg Many yuks, hoots etc. here from two absolute masters of improv comedy with impeccable credentials, Ron Pederson and Wayne Jones. In classic fashion, they ask for a patron … Continue reading →

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Leona Brausen plays Lady B: The Importance of Being Earnest at Teatro La Quindicina

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There will be a moment this evening when an actor who has spent a great deal of time in her career providing perfectly vintage handbags to the casts of period comedies will get the ultimate pay-off. … Continue reading →

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A funny and wistful season finale at Teatro La Quindicina: Shocker’s Delight!, a review

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m concerned about our ability to function outside the academic world,” says Julia, a ballroom dance major at the University of Continental North America, to her childhood friend Markus, who’s in philosophy. The college pals are … Continue reading →

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Shocker’s Delight! Ron Pederson directs his favourite play at Teatro La Quindicina

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In 1993, a kid named Ron Pederson fell deeply in love. With a play. The object of his affection struck him as funny and wistful, complicated but simple, and sad, a highly unusual kind of comedy. … Continue reading →

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