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Two seasons of Stranger Things, in an hour

Charlie Ross brings his One-Man Stranger Things and One-Man Lord of the Rings to Penticton
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Charlie Ross has created a one-man, one-hour version of the series Stranger Things and Lord of the Rings that he is bringing to the Cleland Theatre. Submitted photo

91裸聊视频淲hen a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.91裸聊视频

That91裸聊视频檚 how Netflix describes its hit series, . It91裸聊视频檚 definitely not a comedy 91裸聊视频 unless you happen to be Charlie Ross.

When something takes itself that seriously, it91裸聊视频檚 ripe for parody, according to Ross, who has created a one-man, one-hour version of the series.

Everybody is doing their best to do a dramatic role in a show about kids that are living through something like a Stephen King/sci-fi novel, he said.

91裸聊视频淚t lends itself so well (to parody),91裸聊视频 said Ross, explaining that trying to lampoon comedy doesn91裸聊视频檛 work. 91裸聊视频淚t was already a comedy. You can91裸聊视频檛 make something funnier than when it was already funny.91裸聊视频

After a great response to Charlie Ross91裸聊视频 one-man Star Wars and one-man Pride and Prejudice last year, Paul Crawford convinced his friend to return to do another fundraiser for the Penticton Art Gallery.

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91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 been. a great friend for a long time, and it91裸聊视频檚 been a while to get him up here to do this,91裸聊视频 said Crawford. 91裸聊视频淗e puts on a professional show every time.91裸聊视频

Crawford said Ross hits the Edinburgh Fringe Festival every summer, where he has a 750-seat room that he sold out every night for three weeks.

91裸聊视频淗e thrives off that stuff,91裸聊视频 said Crawford. 91裸聊视频淗opefully we will bring him back next year with another set of plays as well. I91裸聊视频檝e seen Lord of the Rings and it91裸聊视频檚 amazing.

He91裸聊视频檚 got Gollum and all those guys down so tight.91裸聊视频

Ross is performing his one-man Lord of the Rings on Nov. 13 and one-man Stranger Things on Nov. 14, both starting at 7:30 p.m. in Penticton91裸聊视频檚 Cleland Theatre.

Ross said he was nervous about trying to write a one-man version of Stranger Things, now heading into its third season.

91裸聊视频淲hen you try and condense down television, there is just so much material. It91裸聊视频檚 seasons one and two 91裸聊视频 it91裸聊视频檚 15 hours of material condensed into an hour,91裸聊视频 said Ross.

91裸聊视频淚t is very esoteric, and 100 per cent derivative of everything we grew up with.91裸聊视频

But the more he thought about it, the more he decided it would be a perfect subject with the show taking place in a similar time to when he grew up.

91裸聊视频淚 can do a parody and I can refer to all the things I grew up with, my references and they are totally perfectly timed,91裸聊视频 said Ross.

91裸聊视频淎ll the references I make in it, for the most part, are from when I was growing up, the things that I originally found funny.91裸聊视频

Though he writes scripts for his productions, Ross admits he doesn91裸聊视频檛 always follow them precisely as he plays to the audience.

91裸聊视频淚f the audience is having fun, that is the best part about it,91裸聊视频 said Ross, adding that he takes less liberties with his one-man, one-hour version of Lord of the Rings.

91裸聊视频淭hat is more of an homage, with comedy in it, as opposed to a parody, which Stranger Things is,91裸聊视频 said Ross.

91裸聊视频淚an McKellan (Gandalf in the movie version) came to see it. He loved it, which was awesome.91裸聊视频

Tickets for each show are $20, $10 for students and seniors. They91裸聊视频檙e available at the door and in advance at the Penticton Art Gallery, 250-493-2928.


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