Vancouver Fringe Festival: Sober But Never Clean
Yuk Yuk’s and TooFar.TV Present:
Sober But Never Clean
by Richard Glen Lett
Directed by TJ Dawe
VANCOUVER, BC… Richard Lett first did stand-up comedy in 1986. Thirty years later he returns to his longtime home of Vancouver, to tell the story of how his legendary comedy career began, how it led him into the depths of addiction, how it almost killed him, and how he does it sober now in his hit one-man show “Sober But Never Clean.” Long-time friend and colleague TJ Dawe, who dramaturges and directed the show, was instrumental in encouraging Lett that doing a show about addiction in stand-up comedy could help a lot of people. As Lett says in his show, “TJ could lose his phone and do a show about it! When I went into recovery, he was adamant that I do a show about it. I just wanted to get out of the homeless shelter before I started work on it.”
Yuk Yuk’s CEO Mark Breslin saw the show at the Hamilton Fringe Festival and also encouraged Richard, asking Lett to do the show in all his comedy clubs. Now Richard is touring the show nationally at all the Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Clubs, appearing at recovery conventions and doing fundraisers for treatment facilities, including (near and dear to his heart) private shows for the clients at the King Haven Treatment Center where he was a client. Richard says “Being able to use my abilities to be of service to people has given me new energy as an entertainer – and bolsters my own recovery every day.” Along Sober But Never Clean takes place at the Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway.
Part of the brilliant 7 shows by 7 artists, this “bring your own venue” collaboration includes Gary Jones’ Ask for Details, TJ Dawe’s Burn Job, Charlie Ross’ One Man Dark Knight, Jan Derbyshire’s Certified, Beverly Elliot’s Sink Or Swim and Monster Theatre’s Til Death: the Six Wives of Henry the VIII.
Show times for Sober But Never Clean are Sun. Sept. 11th – 10:30pm
Tue. Sept. 13th – 5pm
Wed. Sept. 14th – 5pm
Thur. Sept. 15th – 7pm
Fri. Sept. 16th – 9:30pm
Doors open an hour before the show. Tickets are $14 plus membership.
For more information and tickets visit www.vancouverfringe.com.