Give It Up at the Vancouver Fringe Festival

 

I thought moderate success would be a lot more glamorous…

 

Give It Up is the Vancouver Fringe Festival premiere of comedian Morgan Brayton’s new one-person show. After toiling away for almost 30 years in film & tv, theatre and comedy, Brayton is questioning whether this is really the life she’d imagined forherself. Where is her husband Scott Baio? When is SNL going to call? What happened to her big break? Did she miss it? Is this it? Will there be snacks?

Brayton weaves decades of performing experiences and anecdotes, career highs and lows, and the quitting and subsequent returning to the industry (three times to date), into a personal and hilarious one-hour comedy show. Give It Up mixes true stories from Brayton’s career with portrayals of outlandish but loveable characters that have become Brayton’s trademark.

The Canadian Comedy Award nominee and Vancouver Fringe Fest Critic’s Choice Award winner teams up again with Shawn Macdonald (Bright Blue Future, Ask for Details) who directed Brayton’s last show, Raccoonery! and is no stranger to these questions himself.

 

Venue: The Cultch, 1895 Venables Street, Vancouver, BC

Performances: Thursday, Sept. 8 (7:15 pm)

Saturday, Sept. 10 (8:45 pm)

Wednesday, Sept. 14 (5:00 pm – ó price show)

Thursday, Sept. 15 (10:30 pm)

Friday, Sept. 16 (6:45 pm)

Sunday, Sept. 18 (12:00 pm)

Ticketing: www.vancouverfringe.com starting August 4, 2016

$14 plus a $5 Vancouver Fringe Festival Membership

Biographies:

Morgan Brayton is the host of OutTV’s Morgan Brayton & Other People and a cast member of one of Vancouver’s hottest live comedy shows The Lady Show. Her two previous solo shows Girls Like Me and Raccoonery! were both critical and popular successes. She spent six years as a member of the all-female sketch comedy troupe 30 Helens. With over 30 years in the film & television, theatre and comedy industry, Brayton has worked with Patrick Swayze, Patty Duke, Matt Frewer, Janeane Garofalo, Jack Black and Scooby Doo. She’s been in the industry so long that she appeared on legendary TV programs Neon Rider and 21 Jump Street. Brayton most recently appeared on the TV series iZombie.

Awards and nominations include: Critic’s Choice Award, Vancouver Fringe Festival (2010) for Raccoonery!; Canadian Comedy Award Nominee (2010) for Raccoonery!; and Xtra West Performer of the Year (2005) for Girls Like Me. Shawn Macdonald previously directed Brayton in Raccoonery!, most recently directed the multiple-Jessie nominated production of Bright Blue Future for Hardline Productions and is also directing Gary Jones in his solo Fringe comedy Ask For Details. When not directing,

Shawn is an award-winning playwright and in-demand actor in theatre and film & television.

More information on Morgan Brayton can be found at morganbrayton.com