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Article: High-energy cast, stories a holiday treat
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- December 28, 2007
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By Kevin Prokosh
DESPITE its insistence it is about nothing, the new Robert Munsch holiday show ends up being something.
As Munsch Ado About Nothing opens at Prairie Theatre Exchange, the remnants of a travelling band of Shakeaperean-era performers discover that all their headliners have deserted, leaving the remaining threesome with zilch, nil, nada with which to put on a show. What the ragtag trio do retain is a firm resolve to work the word "nothing" into the introductions of the five Munsch tales that make up the laugh-filled, 55-minute presentation.
"Here goes nothing," says one of the three actors as they begin to play out Murmel, Murmel, Murmel, the story of a girl asking passers-by ...