Papa Squat

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Company:ManDamsel & FellaLady, Covington, Ky.

Genre:Storytelling

Venue:13 Bandwidth Theatre

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Paul Strickland has brought from Kentucky a minor miracle to the Winnipeg Fringe.

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Sweet, sensitive and funny is the story of Papa Squat and Rue Morhazit, residents of Big Fibtrailer park.Strickland'scharacterizations are seamless and hilarious, channeling his Uncle False like Charlie Farquharsonwith a Tom Waits sensibility.

His deft similes ("Papa Squat walked like a bad WilliamShatnerimpression,")are hilarious and yet he scatters them like confetti without waiting for their impact.

PaulStricklandhas brought from Kentucky a minor miracle to the Winnipeg Fringe.- John Sadoway

His voice and guitar transport one into the stories, the "sorts" that Papa Squatsells in his "store of sorts."

Stricklandsaves the bittersweet revelation to the very endand if you leave without moist eyes you are a cold one indeed. Remember, "not being in awe of a miracle is uppity."