BAR STAR

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY
FRANNY MCCABE-BENNETT

FOR MEDIA USE

​BAR STAR, Fundy Fringe Festival (Saint John NB) 2018
Come raise a glass at Drunk Franny’s wake!
 
Franny McCabe-Bennett, writer and performer of last year’s Fringe hit SMASHES is back, premiering a brand new show in Canada’s oldest city.
 
A new solo show about getting drunk and getting sober in your 20s,
BAR STAR is a comedic celebration and dramatic reenactment of the life and death of "Drunk Franny". Winner of last year’s Performer’s Choice Award, acclaimed comedian and actor Franny McCabe-Bennett invites you to help her say goodbye to a dear frenemy.
 
This new storytelling show will feature songs and stories that Drunk Franny loved, toasts and rants from some of her nearest and dearest (all played by Franny McCabe-Bennett), and a eulogy that will shed some light on her short life and mysterious death. This show examines serious subject matter in the light-hearted, engaging way that Franny is known for - a dark comedy with a light heart! 
 
BAR STAR will be performed nightly at the Five and Dime (40 Grannan Lane) where audience members are welcome to buy a drink before the show. There will be one sober space performance at the Sanctuary Theatre for underage audiences and audience members who may have already said goodbye to their own drunk selves.
 
Praise for Franny McCabe-Bennett:
  • SMASHES: 2017 - Fundy Fringe Performer’s Choice Award; 2018 - International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival selection and Eva Gore Booth Acting Award nominee
  • “pure theatrical electricity”, “☆☆☆☆☆” -Grid City Magazine
  • "#1 Top Pick" -The East Magazine
  • “a natural comic” -Mooney on Theatre (Toronto)
  • “[Franny]’s voice is an important one … delightful, funny and intelligent” -CREW Magazine
 
Franny McCabe-Bennett is an award-winning comedian, actor and playwright based outside Toronto, ON. She has performed across Canada and abroad.

FMB Productions in association with The Fundy Fringe Festival present . . .
BAR  STAR
 
August 21-24 @ 7pm,  August 25 @ 6pm
The Five and Dime - 40 Grannan Lane

August 25 @ 3pm *sober space*
Sanctuary Theatre - 228 Germain St

The performance will run 60 minutes. Latecomers will be seated at an appropriate break.

Tickets at the door ($10): 15 min before showtime, cash only 
Advance tickets ($10 + fees): www.fundyfringefestival.com/show/bar-star/
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