Cowichan Theatre Presents: Avenue Q - The Musical

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Wednesday, November 12th, 2014
7:30 PM

Tony Award 2004 (beating out Wicked) for Best Musical
An Arts Club Theatre Company production

WARNING: FULL PUPPET NUDITY AND OTHER VULGARITIES WILL INDUCE LAUGHTER

Irreverently witty and outright uproarious, Avenue Q is the musical story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college graduate who arrives in New York City looking for love, a job, and his purpose in life. The only neighbourhood he can afford is the multicultural Avenue Q, where Sesame Street-esque puppets rub shoulders with humans. Part felt, part flesh, Avenue Q is packed with songs that are surprisingly poignant and only occasionally PC.

This is a puppet show. However, this is not your kids� puppet show as it sneaks a peek at raucous sexual congress, failed childhood stardom, excessive drinking, moving in and out of a slummy neighbourhood, investing, mix-tapes, cute creatures doing bad things, singing boxes, getting laid off, finding your purpose, getting fired, getting re-hired, ruvving someone but wanting to kirr them, exotic dancing, erotic dancing, exotic erotic dancing, homosexuality, racism, pornography, interracial marriage, interspecies relationships (monsters and humans), roommates, coming out of the closet, coming out of your apartment, getting ahead in life, going to college, pan-handling, wishing you were back in college, coming out of your shell, and recycling.

**Parental Guidance. Not a children�s show.**

Avenue Q has not been authorized or approved by the Jim Henson Company or Sesame Workshop, which have no responsibility for its content�because this ain�t no kids� show.

Music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Book by Jeff Whitty

"Gets an A for entertainment" �Mark Leiren-Young, The Vancouver Sun

"To see or not to see Avenue Q�that shouldn�t even be a question" �Jerry Wasserman, The Province

Series tickets available