#HFF15: The 7th Annual One-Man Show World Championships, reviewed

seventh annual one man show world championships theater review

Reviewed by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move

These people are just crazy.

Hilarious from the grandiose melodramatic lights up.

In The 7th Annual One-Man Show World Championships our contestants compete in a heated tournament of transcendental soul ripping solo acts.  These personal intimate journeys that no one particularly would ever want to know about become the fodder for self-recognition in a parody of extraordinary proportions.

Trent “The Soul Mirror” Isaacs and 6-time reigning champion returns for what he thinks is sure to be another crushing victory. But in a shocking turn of events he is suddenly upstaged by an unlikely, last-minute wildcard Western Region finalist Gary.

As each candidate, 2 girls and 2 guys, go for all-fired shock, penetrating realism and unmitigated self-indulgence in the quest for storytelling gold, Gary, whose real life is so staggeringly stupefying and immersed in sexual depravity “without his consent”,  pulls ahead sending Trent into a breathtaking tantrum. Calling out every detail of Gary’s story to get the judges to disqualify Gary from the event is the coup de gras of what it means to be a winner and an international celebrity.

When I say, hilarious beyond all measure, this show needs an extension after Fringe.

Very Highly Recommended

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  1. […] Company announces a new staging of their critically acclaimed original comedy, The 7th Annual One-Man Show World Championships opening September 4 at the new Celebration Theatre at the Lex, every Friday and Saturday night […]

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