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Me: *bouncing happily* "I'm going to the Stratford Festival this year!"

Co-worker: "I don't know what that is."

Me: *blank stare* "It's a famous Shakespearian festival. It's held in Ontario every year. Colm Feore is playing Macbeth this year!"

Co-worker: "I don't know who that is."

Me: "Colm Feore?"

Co-worker: "Yeah."

Me: "Oh, well, he's a famous actor. You probably saw him in Bon Cop, Bad Cop."

Co-worker: "Huh. Well, whatever."

Me: "But he'll be playing Macbeth! That's very exciting."

Co-worker: "What's Macbeth?"

Me: "..."

[Silence]

Me: "It's one of Shakespeare's most famous plays?"

Co-worker: "Never heard of it."

Me: "Please tell me you've at least heard of Shakespeare?"

Co-worker: *shrug* "I guess."

Me: *headdesk*

Current Mood: appalled

So one of my trainers at the gym, Aaron, is a theatre guy. I didn't know this until yesterday. He acts and directs in the Montreal Shakespeare Theatre Company which does adaptations of Shakespeare for elementary and high schools.

More importantly, he and his other troupe are performing this year in Cobra: The Musical during the Montreal Fringe Festival. I'm definitely going to see this, even if I'm planning on giving the G.I. Joe movie a miss because it looks dreadful. Aaron plays Cobra Commander. :D

The dates are June 12, 14, 16, 20 and 21st (that one's a matinee).

luvenditti's play is on June 12, so that's a no-go, but is anyone interested in any of the other days to go with me? Tickets are $11.00.

:::ETA:::

It's a small world! Bruce, the guy who played the Lion part of my Chimera at Capricornucopia, is also in Cobra: The Musical. I just saw him on the cast page.