{"id":2655,"date":"2015-09-05T13:03:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T16:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2023-07-07T16:50:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T19:50:18","slug":"ginger-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=2655","title":{"rendered":"Ginger Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10391402_10154959076355244_3318635426326199154_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10391402_10154959076355244_3318635426326199154_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"10391402_10154959076355244_3318635426326199154_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10391402_10154959076355244_3318635426326199154_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10391402_10154959076355244_3318635426326199154_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10391402_10154959076355244_3318635426326199154_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shawnhitchins.com\">shawn hitchins<\/a> photo by jen squires<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Shawn Hitchins has a plan to populate the world with gingers, and in his hilarious one man show, <em>Ginger Nation<\/em>, which plays at the Bus Stop Theatre as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticfringe.ca\/atlanticfringe15\/\">Atlantic Fringe Festival<\/a> he explains to us why.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Hitchins is a charismatic and entirely engaging storyteller, with good natured comic timing and he is equal parts hilarious and touching in his tale about becoming a zealous gay redheaded sperm donor. Hitchins dramatizes, with great physicality and a joyful sense of fun, his experience attempting to help his friends, a lesbian couple, conceive a cild, without sex or a clinic. There\u2019s dancing to \u201cMy Sharona,\u201d a nod to Liza Minnelli and a hilarious sad birthday clown schtick in a nightmare bathroom, but there is also honest reflection about what it means to give up your paternity and navigate this new life you helped create, but not as a father. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Hitchins\u2019 play is a beautifully polished comedy of wit and silliness, but it\u2019s also incredibly uplifting. In a world where the news is often about violence, it\u2019s wonderful to remember that people also have the capacity to help each other bring children into the world, surrounded in love, optimism and laughter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Ginger Nation<\/em> plays at the Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen Street) at the following times:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>September 5 (7:20PM), <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>September 6 (2:30 &amp; 8:15PM), <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>September 7 (9:45PM) <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>September 9 (5:15PM)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>September 10 (5:05PM)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>September 11 (5:25PM) <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>September 12 (6:00PM), <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>September 13 (1:55 &amp; 9:00PM).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>shawn hitchins photo by jen squires Shawn Hitchins has a<\/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":[3212,4712,3242],"class_list":["post-2655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-halifax-fringe","tag-shawn-hitchins","tag-the-bus-stop-theatre"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ginger Nation - The Way I See It Theatre &amp; 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