Picture an eight-year-old boy acting out his favourite scenes from the original Star Wars trilogy.

Charlie Ross says that might give you an idea of what it91裸聊视频檚 like watching him do his on stage at the Cleland Theatre on Dec. 12. Come prepared to laugh.

91裸聊视频淵ou can91裸聊视频檛 take this thing seriously. There are people that love Star Wars enough that they well up with tears, but that91裸聊视频檚 because they are like me, they91裸聊视频檙e a nerd,91裸聊视频� said Ross. 91裸聊视频淲hat it is, is me on stage with no costume, no set, no props, just reenacting the trilogy, but it91裸聊视频檚 in an hour so there are huge jumps in the timeline.

91裸聊视频淚 make all kind of side comments and jokes throughout. Just trying to have the same fun you did when you were a kid, maybe re-enacting whatever your favourite story was.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 the original trilogy, the one I grew up watching. In my mind, so far, that91裸聊视频檚 the best one.91裸聊视频�

Ross developed the show almost two decades ago while working in Barkerville, which is where he also met Paul Crawford, now curator at the Penticton Art Gallery.

91裸聊视频淧aul and I have been trying to make this happen for a long time,91裸聊视频� said Ross.

The One-Man Star Wars Trilogy and the One-Man Pride & Prejudice on Dec. 13 are fundraisers for the art gallery.

Ross said Barkerville used to be his main acting gig for the year, but that all changed when he developed One-Man Star Wars. He started with small theatre festivals before getting an invitation to do the show in Chicago.

91裸聊视频淓verything picked up. I started doing the show in more and more places, and then I went to New York City for six months and did the show at an off-Broadway venue,91裸聊视频� said Ross. 91裸聊视频淟iterally, right there, it was about 70 feet from Broadway itself.91裸聊视频�

Though Ross is a big Star Wars fan, he says there are things in the trilogy that are 91裸聊视频渃harmingly annoying.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淟ike Luke Skywalker. He91裸聊视频檚 just the whiniest character ever put to screen,91裸聊视频� said Ross. 91裸聊视频淚f I just try to honestly be what he was, that is brilliant in itself. He did all the work for you.91裸聊视频�

It91裸聊视频檚 not just the characters. When Ross said he does the whole trilogy, he means it.

91裸聊视频淗ow do I be all the spaceships, how do I be Princess Leia?91裸聊视频� joked Ross. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 just by using The Force, I guess, and hoping no one gets up and starts leaving.91裸聊视频�

One-man Star Wars might be right up nerd alley, but Ross says it91裸聊视频檚 really for everyone, all age ranges, all demographics.

After the One-Man Star Wars on Tuesday, Ross switches gears for the next night91裸聊视频檚 show, One-Man Pride and Prejudice.

91裸聊视频淭he format of every romantic comedy you91裸聊视频檝e ever been dragged to in the movie theatre is based on this,91裸聊视频� said Ross. 91裸聊视频淵ou could almost say that Han and Leia, the format for their adversarial love story, that is Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, they hate each other, but of course, they love each other.91裸聊视频�

It91裸聊视频檚 a story we all recognize now: Two people meet each other, they overcome misunderstandings and hurdles, they fall in love.

In Jane Austen91裸聊视频檚 time, though, it wasn91裸聊视频檛 so widespread 91裸聊视频� Ross calls her a trailblazer and an 91裸聊视频渋ncredibly droll writer91裸聊视频� for her subtle takedown of the propertied classes.

Ross worked on the adaptation and the dialogue for Pride and Prejudice with his wife but admits to worrying how it would work on stage, especially with a man playing all the parts, including Lizzie.

91裸聊视频淪urprisingly it does. I think it91裸聊视频檚 because it is already so ridiculous, people just sort of buy-in,91裸聊视频� said Ross. 91裸聊视频淵ou know it91裸聊视频檚 going to work out, but still they get so totally worked up about it.

The switching roles are key to making it work.

91裸聊视频淚 think it is funny when you see a person trying to fall in love with themselves on stage because it91裸聊视频檚 a guy being a man and a woman and it91裸聊视频檚 a romantic comedy. You91裸聊视频檙e trying to build up tension between you and yourself,91裸聊视频� said Ross. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 really wonderfully ridiculous.91裸聊视频�

Tickets to the shows are $20 for adults, $10 for students and available in advance at the Penticton Art Gallery, 199 Marina Way, or by phone at 250-493-2928. Doors open both nights at 6:45 p.m.

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