ģVerdun playwright David (Balconville)
Fennario is the Canadian pioneer of the dramatic monologue revival, having
written a series of solo pieces after his first one-man show, Banana Boots.
Wheelchair-bound as he fights a paralyzing
nervous-system disorder, Fennario will be appearing next week at the rival
Infringement Festival at Les Artistes du Toc Toc (5864 Park Ave.) -
participating in a Poetry and Politics evening alongside Angela Hibbs, Art
Armstrong, Anne Stratford and Harry Fox on Thursday, June 17, and performing his
solo play Mysteries of Montreal the following two nights at 8 at the same venue.
ģFirst the kick in the ass, then the
inspirationī is how Fennario describes his decision to turn to solo work in the
1980s after he left Centaur following a string of mainstream stage hits.
ģIt was not something that I thought
through. It was something that happened to me with the sudden drop of interest
in my kind of theatre, along with cuts in (arts) funding in the
1980s.ķī
-Matt Radz, The
Gazette, Montreal, Saturday, June 12, 2004
