{"id":2436,"date":"2015-05-15T19:36:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T22:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2023-07-07T21:25:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T00:25:02","slug":"the-future-is-tomorro-jasp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=2436","title":{"rendered":"The Future is ToMorro &#038; Jasp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MorroandJasp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2438\" alt=\"MorroandJasp\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MorroandJasp-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MorroandJasp-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MorroandJasp-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MorroandJasp.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">jasp (amy lee) &amp; morro (heather marie annis)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the 2010 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fringetoronto.com\">Toronto Fringe Festival<\/a> I tried twice to see <i>Morro and Jasp GONE WILD<\/i> and both times was turned away at the door because the house was sold-out, with a line extending down the street. For the last five years I have been waiting with ardent anticipation to finally get to experience the shenanigans of two of Canada\u2019s favourite clowns and tonight, in the house of <i>Morro &amp; Jasp 9-5<\/i>, they managed to exceed five years worth of expectations and thoroughly steal my heart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <i>Morro &amp; Jasp 9-5 <\/i>clown sisters Morro (creative, playful, clumsy and childlike) and Jasp (serious, ambitious, high-strung and meticulous) found MJI Industries, eager to attract investors for their new business to ward off the loan sharks. Unfortunately, they find themselves in a pickle without a product, which sets off a chain of chaos, hilarity and power struggles between Morro\u2019s desire to play and create and Jasp\u2019s desire to succeed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The result is a play that is engaging and delightful, heartwarming and sweet and constantly laugh-out-loud funny. Morro and Jasp send audiences out of the theatre with a bounce in their step and a grin on their face in a way that is rare at a time when cynicism and irony are so prevalent and the weight of the World\u2019s woes are always at our fingertips. Heather Marie Annis (Morro) and Amy Lee (Jasp) prove that you can create something that is smart and has depth, while being entirely joyful and engaged every moment in the very truest sense of the word play. Most amazingly, Morro and Jasp are so charming that they manage to entice their audience to actively play along with them. Audience participation can be scary and off-putting, but the innate kindness of these two clowns, along with the deft improvising of Annis and Lee, make the audience feel safe and comfortable enough to engage. Annis\u2019 heart-on-sleeve Morro, brimful of best intentions, but prone to epic disasters, nearly immediately fastens the entire audience steadfastly to her side against her sister\u2019s unfairness and bossiness. Lee\u2019s Jasp is the most adorable dictator, prone to hilarious bouts of quiet seething, exasperated shouts and sneaky macaroni maneuvers. Yet, at their hearts is the complex love of two sisters, wildly different, who would do anything to help the other and who both benefit from the other\u2019s strengths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The physical comedy of Annis and Lee is constant and magical. From Morro fashioning a desk out of cardboard boxes to her strokes of genius with radio and lightbulb, and the way that Jasp moves as though she were a rag doll, make you feel like Morro and Jasp aren\u2019t entirely human\u2014 that these clowns are something make believe that have come to life. It gives you the sense that anything is possible, including magic. There are great gags, including one surrounding a mimed wall and door, and terrific use of a conveyor belt, reminiscent of a vintage Donald Duck cartoon, but even funnier because we see it happening live in front of us. Director Byron Laviolette makes excellent use of the Factory Studio Space, with audience members surrounding the clowns on both sides, which helps make the audience feel like we are all inhabiting a communal space, without a fourth wall between us. It also helps to raise the stakes for Morro and Jasp as the investors approach and the pressure is on them to find a product to pitch, the audience is closed in around them and anticipating eyes stare at them from all angles.\u00a0 Laviolette also makes terrific use of music and crisp blackouts to add a bit of texture, as well as signifying the passage of time. Lyon Smith\u2019s sound and David DeGrow\u2019s lights are active players with Morro and Jasp, which adds another layer to the show\u2019s magical quality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Move over Oprah. Morro &amp; Jasp 9-5 is FAB.U.LOUS!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Morro &amp; Jasp 9-5<\/em> plays at the Factory Theatre Studio (125 Bathurst Street) until May 31st, 2015. For tickets visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.factorytheatre.com\">factorytheatre.com<\/a>, visit the box office or call 416.504.9971.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>jasp (amy lee) &amp; morro (heather marie annis) During the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4671],"tags":[4469,4470,4872,4734,4468,4871,4807,3747],"class_list":["post-2436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-amy-lee","tag-byron-laviolette","tag-david-degrow","tag-factory-theatre-studio","tag-heather-marie-annis","tag-lyon-smith","tag-morro-and-jasp","tag-toronto"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Future is ToMorro &amp; 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