The sublime & ridiculous meet the divine & profane in Be Always Drunken (In Vino Veritas)

Be always drunken. Nothing else matters: that is the only question. If you would not feel the horrible burden of Time weighing on your shoulders and crushing you to the earth, be drunken continually. Drunken with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you will. But be drunken… – Charles Baudelaire So opensContinue reading “The sublime & ridiculous meet the divine & profane in Be Always Drunken (In Vino Veritas)”

Interview with actor/writer Teige Reid & professional hypocrite Rory MacFadden

Teige Reid is a Toronto-based actor, writer and comedic performer. Also the driving force behind Pubcrawl Theatre, Reid has performed his one-man show Be Always Drunken: In Vino Veritas as a site-specific piece in a pub, with each show featuring a music or comedy guest. It’s during a performance of Be Always Drunken: In Vino VeritasContinue reading “Interview with actor/writer Teige Reid & professional hypocrite Rory MacFadden”

Drunken. Continually. In Vino Veritas entertains & surprises

An actor pounding back vodka shots can’t bring himself to play the jolly old man in red in the Santa Clause parade. An elderly man sipping white wine has lost his wife, but not in the way you’d think. A drunken, foul-mouthed and hilariously funny Scotsman named Rory loses his bottle of Keith’s, threatening mayhemContinue reading “Drunken. Continually. In Vino Veritas entertains & surprises”

Truth in the liquor: In Vino Veritas returns

You know how you can say or feel stuff while under the influence of alcohol – sometimes even in the presence of total strangers – that you may not normally? Do you like poignant, insightful humour that holds up a mirror to humanity’s foibles, perhaps including a quote or two from some of our notableContinue reading “Truth in the liquor: In Vino Veritas returns”