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PRESS RELEASE
All 4 1
For Immediate Release
Kill Date: Friday, May 27th
Contact: Dawson Nichols – 777-7595
[email protected]
Who:
4 Columbia performers:
Nicol Cabe
Caroline Love
Dawson Nichols
Daniella Rivera
What: All 4 1 – Four solo performances.
When: 5 pm, May 27th
Where: Immaculate Consumption.
The Play:
All 4 1 is a collection of solo performances person about Nathan, a man lost in a
full-immersion virtual entertainment. The game is a murder-mystery, and as
Nathan tries to find his way out he begins to realize that this might be more than a
game – someone might be intentionally keeping him online. He surfs through
more than two dozen characters in the entertainment, searching for the shifting line
between VR (virtual reality) and RL (real life). And perhaps this is the mystery of
the murder-mystery. And if that’s true, perhaps the murder is his own.
The Playwright:
Dawson Nichols has written more than a dozen original plays and
adaptations, including the ensemble work Escher’s Hands, which was nominated
for the national New Play Award of the American Theatre Critics Association in
1997. He is best known for his solo works which have toured extensively
throughout North America and abroad. Among his full-length plays-for-oneperson are I Might Be Edgar Allan Poe, Three Descents of Darwin, Meet Brian
Boomer, and Jekyll. Dawson has received numerous commissions, grants, and
awards, including being nominated for the national ATCA Emerging Playwright
Award.
What the press says about Nichols:
“Nichols again pushes the envelope of the one-man show in an intriguing direction. Leave the
vid-screen behind tonight and take a real trip.” - The Seattle Weekly
“A truly brilliant play. . . by turns hilarious, terrifying and thought-provoking. Jaw-droppingly
good.” – The Winnipeg Sun
“A work of tremendous imagination formed by edgy, poetic writing and acted with awesome
skill.” - The Saskatoon StarPhoenix
“A brilliant affirmation that a lone actor can populate a whole theatrical world. Nichols is to
virtual-speak what David Mamet is to real estate sharks.” - The Edmonton Journal
“So beautifully written and performed that it should stand as a blueprint for any solo artist.” Vancouver Sun
“Confirms Dawson Nichols’ total mastery of the one-man show.” - The Sunday Mail, Australia
“Theatre at its best! Bravo!” - InSight, Seattle
“This show fits into that rare category of 100% successful.” - KSER Radio, Seattle
“Dawson Nichols is fast becoming THE KING of the one man show.” - Talent B.C.
“A nimble theatrical gamester!” - The Seattle Times
“A shamanlike performance.” - The Seattle PI
“Intelligent, thought-provoking” - The Adelaide ‘Tizer, Australia
“Nothing short of dazzling” - Georgia Straight, Vancouver
“Comical, moving and sinister” – The Sunday Mail, Australia
“A virtuoso combination of uncanny physicality and cerebral whimsy” - Victoria News
“Jaw-droppingly good.” – The Winnipeg Sun
“Takes The Matrix to the feet of David Cronenberg” The Australian
“Reminiscent of a William Gibson Novel” - The Victoria Times-Colonist
“A combination of Max Headroom and poet Matthew Arnold” - The Winnipeg Sun
“More vigor than a barrel of Viagra” - Monday Magazine, Victoria