The Adventures of Ali and Ali and the Axes of Evil

Created and performed by Marcus Youssef, Guillermo Verdecchia, Camyar Chai
Also starring John Murphy

3 shows only!!!
Friday October 29, 7:30 pm
Saturday October 30, 3pm and 7:30 pm
Frederic Wood Theatre
6354 Crescent Road, UBC

Tickets $15 / $10 - Call Theatre UBC Box Office: 604.822.2678
For information call: NeWorld Theatre 604.602.0007 or check out neworldtheatre.com

NOW (TORONTO): "ALI THE GREATEST" - 4 Stars, Critic's Pick: Need a reminder of how smart, relevant and entertaining live theatre can be? Then check out Ali & Ali
-Greg Sumi

CBC RADIO: A vicious and viciously funny satire of life in the New American Empire, Ali and Ali is a hilarious and eye opening evening of political theatre -- extremely politically-incorrect political theatre
-Jerry Wasserman

GLOBE AND MAIL: What makes Ali and Ali different from, say, Saturday Night Live, is that it places the stateless, exiled condition of Ali and Ali as the root of their actions and cause of their acerbic world-view
-Karim Al Jawari

VANCOUVER SUN: Anyone with the smarts to see through the mass of mendacity that passes for fact these days will appreciate this clever, cutting cabaret
-Peter Birnie

NATIONAL POST: Chai and Youssef are wily, charming performers who know how to work an audience and one another. I was in their pockets from the moment one of them told a rude story about a leprechaun
-Robert Cushman

GEORGIA STRAIGHT: The gratingly sincere conventions of politically correct drama are laid bare and, through transgression, the right to uncontrolled speech is asserted. This goes beyond clever; it's hilarious.
-Colin Thomas

TERMINAL CITY: Ali & Ali is brilliant clown satire, veering from the absolutely ridiculous to sudden crashes of anger and sadness Š We are all implicated, the whole world, one way or another, and Chai and Youssef take no prisoners.
-Alan Hindle

SEE (EDMONTON):
Marcus Youseff and Camyar Chai along with John Murphy were engaging, and hilariously, butt-clenchingly on the money with their observations on what it is to be human in these troubling times.

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