Award profitable musical/dance/theatre performers Christel Bartelse and Christopher Sawchyn are bringing again their present Chris And Christel’s Christmas Assortment for an eighth 12 months. It’ll be the second 12 months that the efficiency takes place on the iconic VideoCab theatre.
It’s a festive night of enjoyable and music with a Christmas theme, and options rise up comedy from Chris Robinson, music and burlesque from Morgan Pleasure, and circus expertise by John Park, together with the 2 co-hosts.
Christopher Sawchyn — Co-Host/Co-Producer
A local of Manitoba, Christopher is a triple risk — actor, singer, and dance — who has additionally labored in TV and movie in such productions as The Bridge, Mayday, and Queer as Folks. He’s additionally directed actors, and choreographed works for Mirador Productions, New Teatro, and Rogue & Peasant Theatre.
Christopher is a devoted educator, and has taught performing, motion, improvisation, clown and stage fight at The Toronto Movie College, within the Appearing program at Dramaway (particular wants), Worldwide College of Brussels and the Canadian Stage Firm. He at present works as a educating artist with Be a part of the Dance Canada, a company that introduces ballroom dance to inner-city faculties within the GTA. He’s a founding member of the Teatro Scaramouche, and conducts workshops for highschool college students within the Higher Toronto Space.
Christel Bartelse — Co-Host/Co-Producer
As a performer, Christel Bartelse work spans performing, comedy, storytelling, clown, directing, writing, and training. She educated on the Becket College for Drama (Waterloo), George Brown School in toronto, and on the Randolph Academy for the Performing Artwork, a theatre college, together with a summer season on the New York Academy for Dramatic Arts. Christel started her profession with comedy and improv shortly after commencement, and carried out as a part of the bodily comedy duo The Burnt Marshmallow. She co-created the duo and carried out within the Toronto comedy scene for eight years, garnering a nomination for a Canadian Comedy Award. She fell in love with clown efficiency alongside the best way, and studied the artwork with a wide range of distinguished practitioners.
Christel additionally performs as a solo artist, and has drawn crowds at Fringe Competition and past with one-woman exhibits, together with CHAOTICA, ONEymoon, Important Me, All KIDding Apart, The Shock and Encore, incomes one other two nominations for a Canadian Comedy Award. She has toured each main Canadian fringe competition, in addition to a number of within the U.S. Christel has additionally has carried out twice on the Edinburgh Fringe Competition twice, in addition to in London, UK.
She at present produces and hosts Age Ain’t Nothing however a Quantity, a present that asks veteran actors and comedians current materials on the theme of Age. Christel can also be a passionate educator who has led workshops in numerous disciplines, and a director.
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