Frigid Festival Previews

Brainstorming

Author: Rory Raven

Brainstorming takes the vaudeville mind reading act of yesteryear and updates it for modern audiences.  While I stand in that tradition, I am not overshadowed by it.  I am not trying to re-create the turban-wearing, crystal-ball gazing mystic swami, but rather take some of those themes and adapt them to my own interests, and my own ends.  To see the show is to become a participant, so be prepared to have your mind read.

The show taps into some timeless concepts, exploring possibilities and potentials, asking "What if …?", which is something theater has done in every age.  People have always been intrigued and enthralled with mysteries, in whatever way you wish to interpret the word.  And besides, it's just fun — one minute you'll laugh, and the next minute you'll be wondering "How the hell did that just happen?"    

The show draws from the Victorian tradition of "parlor" or "chamber" theater, and the intimate space at the Red Room seemed like a great place to do the show.  It's very much the kind of space the show is best suited for — it all happens a few feet away, and in a minute, you might find yourself called upon to try something you didn't think was possible. (Photo credit: Samuel Cousins)

Rory Raven, writer/performer