My cheeks are sore from laughing!
My hands are raw from 3 hours of applause!
My wardrobe is lacking a certain ... Marabou ...
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES delivered like Domino's gurl!!!
I don't even know where to start. Ahhh, let me start with a link to get you own bum into one of the seats to see the show yourself, you will honestly need a full day off afterwards!
** For a good time, click - www.kelownaactorsstudio.com
So, Scotty and I thought, "What a fun idea for a date night, take in a dinner theatre, something simple, maybe meet a friend for a nosh afterward, easy right?
OR, be steamrolled by a barrage of feathers and lashes (eye lashes, tongue lashings and a bullwhip to name a few), and take in a few toddies with the funnest theatre full of people you could ever imagine! What a night, what a night.
Our evening began outside Kelowna Actors Studio, enjoying a mild sunset, when a massive fouf of lime green began floating toward us down Ellis Street. Was it an ectoplasm? Was is a toxic Telletubby gas? Was it a lifesize Jolly Rancher?!?!
Or was it our own, illustrious ODDREE MAYORMAYNOT floating down the sidewalk in a sea of lime chiffon, of course!
Oddree, known city-wide as the stunning public figure who kissed our past mayor Walter Gray in the newspapaer to proclaim Okanagan Pride, was a special guest host of "Rainbow Night" at La Cage Aux Folles, which proved to attract one colourful audience. Was this a hint that we needed to seatbelt ourselves to the dinner table for the ride of our lives? Yes indeed.
Click here for taste of what Oddree and Okanagan Pride have in store for us :)
Let me start by giving you a vision of what its like to be a guest at Kelowna Actors Studio. From the moment you walk in the doors, you are hugged and welcomed like a family reunion. The theatre feels like what you would imagine the Moulin Rouge in Paris to feel like. Velvets, draperies, darkwoods, Marie-Antoinette-like hostesses, cozy dinner tables. It was like we were about to enjoy a vaudeville performance in our own comfy living room, except a handsome front-of-house manager Cory was directing a glamourous traffic circle all around us.
Being our first experience in a dinner theatre setting, we honestly had no idea what to expect. Impeccable attentive service, and a high standard of food is what you can expect, and I'm a picky boy. If you are a libations connoisseur, Kelowna Actors Studio can offer everything from a fancy Feather Boa mixed cocktail to a Pinot Gris to a top shelf Oban scotch, extensive menu that will please any palate.
Our dinner was, very honestly, underpriced and prepared with a huge amount of love. I anticipated a high quality Beef Shortrib, and was delivered a sumptuous tender plating of beef that was more tender than any lamb shoulder I have ever tried! It was ridicuoulously tender, so much so that I needed only brush a fork across the top and it fell apart. Paired with sweet root veggies and creamy whipped potatoes, it was that comfort food that, again, made me feel like I was reclined at home enjoying dinner with family.
Oh yeah!!!!! There was also a full-blown theatre performance...!!!! Let me tell you about it after a lunch break, all this talk of good food is making me drool.
In case of a dinner theatre emergency, please visit www.kelownaactorsstudio.com :)
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