SQUID THINKS Productions Presents:

CERTIFIED by Jan Derbyshire

Directed by Kate Newby

VANCOUVER, BC… Join the irreverent fun in this hilarious & heart-aching romp, as comedian & certified insane person Jan Derbyshire turns the audience into a mental health review board to help determine her current state of sanity. Come humorously grapple with hefty questions like: What’s crazy? What isn’t crazy? Who decides? In this comic case, you do.

Past reviews

“Derbyshire is really something, tearing into her part like Bette Davis with Margo Channing in All About Eve. You’re not likely to forget Derbyshire’s any more than Davis’ Margo.”

Kevin Thomas – LA Times

“Jan Derbyshire is a skillful comic who can make you laugh at anything… I mean anything! We are thrown into things we know little about, fear a lot, and learn so much through the laughter and genius that is Derbyshire’s stand-up talent.”

Irish Times – May 2011

Jan Derbyshire Bio

Jan Derbyshire is an established multi-disciplinary theatre artist. She specializes in the design of playful and participatory experiences in theatre, movement, comedy, media and events that push forward ideas of diversity, belonging, civic engagement, perception change and practical applications of theory. She has recently co-created participatory projects with The Conference Board of America, New World Theatre, The Vancouver International Children’s Festival, The Republic of Inclusion, National Art Centre, Ottawa, The University of Guelph revisiting Disability Project, All in, Frank Theatre and Young People’s Theatre, Toronto.Jan is an award winning Canadian Playwright and is the co-founder of POD, a vancouver based citizen designer lab. She has a Masters in Inclusive Design from OCAD University in Toronto (2014) and is currently the Artistic Director of MoMo Performance based in Calgary.

Kate Newby – Director

Kate is the Artistic Producer of Handsome Alice Theatre, a company dedicated to unleashing the female voice. As a director and festival producer, she has received numerous awards for acting, directing, and production. Selected directing credits include: Hamlet, TC’s Shakespeare by the Bow; Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), a Handsome Alice, The Shakespeare Company and Hit and Myth coproduction; Twelfth Night for The Shakespeare Company; The Mousetrap, In the Heat of the Night, Twelve Angry Men for Vertigo Theatre; She Stoops to Conquer (assistant director) for The Stratford Festival; Waiting for the Parade, The Apology, True Love Lies, How do I Love Thee? and The Goat or Who is Sylvia? for Alberta Theatre Projects; Lion in the Streets and Bent for Sage Theatre; and CRAVE for Blacklist Theatre Project.

Jan Derbyshire’s ‘CERTIFIED’ 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 Beverley Elliott’s ‘Sink or Swim’, TJ Dawe’s ‘Burn Job,’ Charlie Ross’ ‘One Man Dark Knight,’ ‘GARY JONES: ASK FOR DETAILS,’ Richard Lett’s ‘Sober But Never Clean’ and Monster Theatre’s ‘Til Death: the Six Wives of Henry the VIII.’

Show times for CERTIFIED are:

Thurs. Sept. 8th – 10:30 pm

Sun. Sept. 11th – 8:45 pm

Mon. Sept. 12 – 5:00 pm

Tues. Sept. 13th – 9:00 pm

Fri. Sept. 16 – 7:45 pm

Sun. Sept. 18th – 8:45 pm

Doors open an hour before the show. Tickets are $14 plus membership.

Box Office: http://www.vancouverfringe.com/ticket-info/

For more information and tickets visit www.vancouverfringe.com.

*Minors permitted in the balcony for all Vancouver Fringe Festival events at the Rio Theatre. Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service.