Davy the Punk is Bob Bossin's new one-man musical about his father's life in the gambling underworld - a story, according to Andreas Schroeder, “so fascinating, hilarious and outrageous, its worthy of a Mordecai Richler novel.” The show comes to Mill Bay as part of the Shady Grove Concert series , Sunday, October 19 at 2 pm.
Davy Bossin, Bob’s father, was born in 1905. Finding his way blocked by the rampant anti-semitism of the time, Davy blazed his own path in a new, vibrant, international industry - gambling. There he matched wits with cops and mobsters, grifters and grafters, crooks and judges. His court cases set precedents that affect us to this day.
Davy’s son Bob grew up to found Stringband, to pioneer Canadian indie music, and to write songs Pete Seeger praised as “funny, informative and inspiring at the same time.”
Now Bossin Jr. tells Bossin Sr.’s story, in a performance that is, according to musician and playwright Si Kahn, “the stuff of dreams and movies.” Says musician and author Leon Rosselson, “[Davy the Punk is] about fatherhood, family, immigrant life, political high life and the criminal underworld. Entertaining, illuminating and, at times, touching.”
For a trailer or more information go to http://www.davythepunk.com/
To reserve tickets or for more information contact Peter Sussman 250-929-8226, peter@shadygrove.ca, http://www.shadygrove.ca/