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With Heretic – a bold theatrical retelling of the story of Joan of Arc – just over a week away from opening, we thought you might enjoy a little sneak preview of what’s in store! We sat down with with the charming creator/performer of Heretic, Sarah Thorpe, to talk about taking to the page and stage to bring life to one of history’s most compelling and controversial characters. Watch this insightful interview below!

Soup Can Theatre is proud to present Heretic; a theatrical retelling of the story of Joan of Arc from critically acclaimed actor/director Sarah Thorpe. Well known for her work as the director of such hit Soup Can Theatre shows as Love is a Poverty You Can Sell, Marat/Sade, No Exit, and Love is a Poverty You Can Sell 2: Kisses for a Pfennig, Thorpe takes to the stage to bring life to the story of one of history’s most compelling characters.

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With our opening weekend behind us, the critics are chiming in with some effusive praise for Circle Jerk! Here are just a few of their choice words and links to their full reviews:

• My Gay Toronto
  • “Startlingly Clever” … “Audacious and Titillating” … “A Giddy Delight” … “Comedic Gold”
    

• Mooney on Theatre
  • “Insightful and Thought Provoking” … “Bold and Intriguing” … “A Stunning piece of Theatre”

• Jeremy Thinks Things
  • “Utter Brilliance” … “Laugh-out-loud Hilarious” … “Sexually Charged” … “Fascinating, Compelling” … “Nothing Short of Spectacular”
    

• Burke Campbell
  • “Funny as Hell” … “Wildly Entertaining” … “Compelling, Sexy, and Not to be Missed”

There are only six performances of this daring show left! Get your tickets before it’s too late!

We just got our stunning production photos back from our lovely and talented friend Lauren Vandenbrook of LV Imagery. If you weren’t sure if you were going to join us for Circle Jerk before, maybe these will nudge you in the right direction 😉

Our first review is up and it’s a doozy! Jeremy Gardiner of Jeremy Thinks Things had some truly wonderful things to say. Here’s an excerpt of his glowing review:

For me, seeing Circle Jerk (produced in glorious collaboration by Soup Can Theatre, safeword, and Aim for the Tangent Theatre) was like having the most incredible tantric sex of my life. It titillated, excited, and stimulated me and then left me completely satisfied, satiated, gratified, and full. In the space of two and a half hours, the four one act plays that make up Circle Jerk prove the utter brilliance and supreme skill of the teams that created them.

Read the full review here!

With mere days until Circle Jerk opens, here are two more interviews with members of our creative team to pique your interest!

Justin Haigh – Writer / Director of The Session

Brandon Crone – Writer of Maypole Rose

Want a glimpse into the creative process behind Circle Jerk? Have a listen to these three short interviews with members of the creative team! More interviews will be posted soon!

Scott Dermody – Writer / Performer of Dust Peddling: Part II

Wesley J. Colford – Writer of Sex and This

Pratik Gandhi – Music Director / Composer of What’s Bulgarian for Slut?

In case you haven’t had a chance to check out the Circle Jerk gallery page yet, here are a selection of preview photos featuring members of our flamboyant and 100% organic creative team.

First off, thank you to all of you who submitted original lines of dialogue for our Circle Jerk contest this past summer! We were overwhelmed with the response we got: almost 300 lines to choose from!

We did manage to narrow it down to just four and sent our intrepid playwrights off into the wilderness to write pieces starting and ending with their assigned lines. They have all since emerged from their creative jungles with scripts in hand and are now, along with their daring creative teams, hard at work rehearsing.

We will be posting updates as we get closer to opening night (only 3 weeks away!) but in the mean time, feel free to read up on Circle Jerk, have a look at our delectable photo gallery and maybe even get your tickets early and avoid disappointment later!

Want to see your dialogue on stage? Want to jerk some playwrights around? Soup Can Theatre and safeword want your best line of original dialogue for their upcoming Fall production of ‘Circle Jerk‘: one production, four short back to back plays! Our playwrights will be forced to use selected submissions as the opening and closing lines of their works – how to get from line A to line B is what they’ll need to figure out, and in a hurry! Send your submissions to Circle.Jerk.TO@gmail.com by August 20th. If your line is selected to be included in the production, you will receive two free tickets to the show with reserved VIP seating!