An Evening with Nicholas Wallace (Practitioner of the Art of Astonishment)
By Lisa Marie DiLiberto
Published July 19, 2009
It's an evening of astonishment and Nick draws us right into this skillfully timed out magic show, which offers a few pieces of history while staying in the moment.
This play uses goofy chairs and other clever set pieces, combined with audience interaction to explain the trickery of the past and play a few tricks on us as well.
Nick has an intriguing personality and a fine poise and a nice connection to the audience. I liked his one character but it would have been a pleasant surprise to see Nick play another character or two, change his voice and his physicality, making the evening more into a play and less like a seminar.
Lisa Marie DiLiberto is a professional actress and clown and the Artistic Director of FIXT POINT, a theatre company with a mandate to inspire audiences to imagine change. FIXT POINT has a home studio in Parkdale, Toronto but the company has toured original work across Canada, (Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver) to Graz and Vienna in Austria, to the Prague International Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe and the Isle of Whyte (UK). Lisa Marie is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School, an alumus of Second City and has trained in character, mask, vaudeville and clown with Philippe Gaulier in Paris, France. Lisa Marie animates neighbourhoods through her work in community arts where she is Associate Artistic Director for Jumblies Theatre, and the Artistic Director of Arts4All. This fall, FIXT POINT will be producing THE TALE OF A TOWN in studio and then in association with Theatre Passe Muraille in May 2010. FIXT POINT: DREAM BIG, start small...
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