Im in Love With You Again Review
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Shit I'm In Love With You Again (Crowning Monkey)
By Stephanie Stapleton | Published on Sunday 27 Baronial 2017
Shit I'm In Love With You Again (Crowning Monkey)
Rachelle Ellie has been on a magical whirlwind romantic chance, ever since losing her virginity in her twenties and having to experience the wonders of blue-balled, pony-tailed poet lovers. Now married to a medico (with kids that sometimes she'd frankly similar to orphan), Ellie certainly hasn't lost the power to poke fun at her love life, bringing buckets of cheeky playfulness and a mischievous twinkle in her eye. With plenty of garish costume changes and live-accompanied tracks, including 'F*ck Offset' and 'I'm Breaking Up With Jesus', Canadian comedian Ellie is a main of tongue-in-cheek glitz. But don't be fooled, because behind the bawdy lyrics is a bright performer full of graphic symbol and charm.
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, until 26 Aug.
tw rating four/v | [Stephanie Stapleton]
http://www.threeweeksedinburgh.com/reviews45/
South#!t I'm in Honey With Y'all Again Presented by: Crowning Monkey
Venue #4 Pantages Mainstage | Play-Comedy
Posted: 07/eighteen/2017 1:07 PM
Ottawa singer/writer/performer Rachelle Elie takes the states on a fun musical romp that looks at dearest from various ages and stages, starting with six-year old innocence upwardly through college experimentation, marriage, kids, couples' counseling and finally deciding you notwithstanding dearest the 1 you're with.
The semi-autobiographical tale starts with her parent'southward divorce, leaving her teenage self confused between a protective Catholic father and a newly-free and suddenly promiscuous mother. And then it'southward off on the journeying of life…
Elie's style involves chatting about an anecdote and and so following it up by a vocal illustrating the signal, whether that be youthful fumbling ("I idea 'getting the milk for gratis' meant you were shoplifting!") or mature familiarity ("You're hanging depression, I still beloved you lot so…").
With a good singing vocalisation and a nice rapport with the audience and her talented accompanying guitarist, Elie crafts an enjoyable hr that will leave you smiling. It's goofy, fun, light-headed, occasionally in questionable gustation… but isn't that but like love?
— Janice Sawka
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/fringe/reviews/st-im-in-love-with-y'all-once more-435175363.html
Crowning Monkey, Toronto, Ottawa Fringe-The Court
Patrick Langston Published on: June 20, 2015
Sh!t I'm in Love With You lot Once more
"To dearest and be loved is a privilege of the gods," performer Rachelle Elie's male parent used to tell her. Perhaps that makes humans godlike since love is something we also enjoy. Just as chiefly, as Elie's funny, insightful and mostly autobiographical bear witness reminds us, earning the privilege of love is annihilation but easy. Blending original music and tunes from the 1980s and accompanied by guitarist/boyfriend composer Luke Jackson, Elie traverses dating, sex activity, union and parenthood – in other words, the multiple manifestations of dearest – while searching for her own identity. Such topics are hardly original, but in Elie'due south forthright easily, they are fresh and invigorating, giving us new perspectives – sometimes cynical, sometimes gentle, sometimes filled with rage and hurt – on mutual experiences. Elie is especially skilled at setting you upwardly with a warm smiling and an "awwww"-inducing story only to yank the carpet from under you. Which, come to call up of it, is pretty much the story of love.
http://ottawacitizen.com/author/patrick-langston
Fringe Review: Sh!t I'thou In Love With Yous Again
By Apartment613 on June 21, 2016 By Sandy Gibson
60 min | One-act Musical | Mature
Fresh from the Montreal Fringe, Sh!t I'thou In Love With You Again returns to the Ottawa Fringe festival with updated, eye-communicable sets, some new numbers and as many laugh-inducing moments as can perchance exist crammed into a musical comedy. Written and performed by Rachelle Elie with music and accompaniment provided by Luke Jackson, the testify follows the evolution of Elie's dearest life and parenting struggles from her early lessons on dating to her electric current state of affairs. The sense of humour is in-your-face, varied and definitely targeted at a mature audition; this is not a show for children…or deeply religious and hands offended Christians, either.
Elie belts out memorable original songs on topics ranging from spanking to sexual club of operations, while Jackson masterfully joins her on the guitar and sings along from time to time. Music is even incorporated into the spoken parts of the show, matching the tone set up past Elie's musings in a way that brings the testify into the realm of the extraordinary. For some numbers, Elie and Jackson encourage the audience to join in thus involving them without actually bringing anyone onstage or singling them out.
Equally impressive is the script and the different forms of humour present in the evidence. Nothing is sacred to Elie, a trained thespian and stand-upwardly comic, who touches on everything from divorce to Jesus to blue balls. Her song lyrics are packed with great material, and she delivers her delightfully countless supply of jokes with the precision and timing of a Swiss watch. This is a remarkable feat given the numerous costumes changes Elie goes through behind a partial screen while maintaining eye contact with the audition. Her wardrobe contains more eclectic dresses, boas and other garments than the boilerplate Value Village. These are further augmented past her hilarious physicality and memorable impressions, peculiarly that of her therapist and the various francophones in her life.
While mothers finding the humour in love and raising children isn't exactly new, Sh!t I'm In Love With You Once more brings this genre of comedy (or should I say "momedy") to an incredible new level. There is such a smorgasbord of funny stuff in this updated show that you don't desire to end the festival thinking, "Sh!t, I missed that prove over again!"
Apt 613 Fringe Review: Sh!t I'm In Beloved With You lot Over again
By Kenneth Ingram on June 20, 2016
60 minutes | Comedy, Musical | Mature
Sh!t I'm in Dearest With Yous Once again is a i-hour autobiographical musical comedy performed by Rachelle Elie, an award-winning veteran of Fringe who debuted at Ottawa'south 2001 festival.
New costumes and a revamped set design distinguish her show from final year, notwithstanding the adult theme remains unchanged as Elie demonstrates how personal relationships and sexual maturity don't necessarily get less complicated with historic period.
Accompanied by Luke Jackson and his guitar, Elie reflects on specific moments of her babyhood, adolescence and adulthood using a mix of original music, familiar tunes, and obscenity (in both official languages). More a dozen wardrobe changes are quick, seamless, and laden with sequin.
With a plot that is like shooting fish in a barrel to follow, the one-act offers aboveboard monologues to address many of life'south challenges. The audience is encouraged to sing along from the comfort of their seats — and many did — every bit Elie shares her experiences with virginity, religion, sexual exploration, matrimony, childbirth, monogamy and matrimony therapy — to name a few. Her vivid reenactment of pre-Internet boyhood (discovering VHS cassettes and staying up by midnight to watch Bleu Nuit on television) was the first of many scenes to garner warm laughter from viewers.
Elie shares her personal odyssey with the finesse of an Olympian, landing on both feet after a powerful, energetic, and vibrant performance. Ending with a glimmer of promise and reinforcing the message that "yous are in charge of your own happiness," she lavishly reveals that beyond the glam and glitter — love is a battlefield.
Capital Critics Circle
Reviewed by Alvina Ruprecht Published on June 21, 2015
Sh!t I`g in dearest with you once more!
Rachelle Elie is the consummate performer. Her calorie-free-hearted singing sparkles with dramatic energy. She puts her face up, her body her hands and even her shiny blond hair to work equally she peels off her outer costume to reveal a new costume for every change of scene and then moves on to the next challenge.
Accompanied on the guitar by Luke Jackson, Elie actually tells us her life story through musical theatre (and the lyrics are witty and captivating) especially the evolution of her experiences with love and sex. Beginning as a wide-eyed, innocent young girl kept in tow by a very strict catholic franco-haitian father she moves through all the nuances of her relationships with men. Fifty-fifty the virtually scrungy parts that evolve into the disillusion and bitterness of the later on years, are all filtered through the lovely glow of Disney-like musical theatre for adults, full of fun and joyous, or not so joyous sex, and lyrics that always observe the humour in the most despairing moments.
Elie is a very talented performer. She has a cracking souvenir for accents and a greater gift for bringing to life a story that is not always pleasant only that e'er finds gentle sense of humor in human relations. The raunchy explicit becomes natural human behaviour the gives the states a jolt. A darling of a show, a prove that volition make you giggle a lot and you volition leave feeling good and loving the performer.
On Phase Ottawa: Should you see it?
June 19,2015 past Robyn Lester
Sh!T I'm in Love With You Over again is 1 adult female's tell-all almost love, encompassing the wonderful, the horrible and everything in between. Rachelle Elie (accompanied by Luke Jackson on guitar) gives a charismatic performance as she shamelessly talks – and sings – united states of america through what love can actually look like. Nosotros see the electrifying beginning of her new romance, the disillusionment of parenthood, and the ultimate dissatisfaction and boredom with her husband. This play doesn't shy abroad from telling it exactly like it is, nasty name calling and all.
But brand no error: this play is neither depressing nor emotionally heavy. It'southward quite the contrary, in fact. Elie's tongue-in-cheek humour and energetic phase presence (coupled with the intimate venue space) make this a light and entertaining production despite its brutal honesty. All in all, it is an inspiring story that flaunts the human relationship hiccups many of us try desperately to hide, reminding us that, even if your relationship goes to sh!t, in that location's always a chance yous can autumn in dear with each other all over over again.
http://www.onstageottawa.com/
SH!T I'Thousand IN Beloved WITH YOU Once again DELIVERS RAUNCHY, COMPELLING Performance
October 25, 2016
POST Torso~Adam Borohov Staff Writer
A raunchy however delightful functioning has awaited audiences at Toronto'southward Buddies in Bad Times cabaret space this month, every bit Rachelle Elie confronted audiences with a traditional one-woman bear witness dressed upwards equally what one could simply mistake for a comedic one-night stand.
Elie's one-woman caricature, Sh!t I'thou In Love With Yous Once again dresses itself up equally a night of stand-up comedy, and though this may not be far from the truth, the functioning says otherwise.
Walking into Buddies' crimson lit studio space, I immediately became absorbed by the hedonistic release that one would feel walking into a dimly lit comedy bar. The alcohol, laughter and pheromones crowded the bar in the back and made for a very comforting space to settle, as the oversupply began to bubble. In one case the audience was sufficiently lubricated by the socially stimulating environment around them, lights went out and the show began, every bit our master act walked down the steps and lit up the room.
In terms of the performance, it was arguably Rachelle Elie'southward undeniable charm that fabricated her story as compelling as it was, delighting the audience with what could only be seen as a celebration of self-deprecating perseverance in the near endearing way possible. The costume changes, combined with the lighting, painted an interesting film of this not-and then-traditional love story, accentuated by the guitarist stage right (Luke Jackson).
Jackson's presence throughout the show, though subtle, made an incredibly endearing addition to Elie's story chiming in and out throughout the performance. His purpose stretched beyond the bounds of simply scoring the prove, to playing his own character of "The Man On Stage With The Guitar." The music itself served its purpose, echoing catchy songs from Elie's past and remaining consequent with the overall pacing of the story it was telling.
All in all, I'd say Rachelle Elie provided audiences with a performance that although may have seemed stripped down at outset, remained compelling throughout its entirety.
Sh!t I'm In Love With You Again played at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. For more information, visit http://buddiesinbadtimes.com/result/sht-im-in-dearest-with-y'all-again/.
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published June 25, 2015
Shit! I'1000 in Dearest with You Again is a Fun Ride. From the opening strums of the guitar to its closing notes, Shit! I'g in Dear with You Again delivers a highly polished product that never drops in energy despite its conventional themes. With the help of guitarist Luke Jackson, Rachelle Elie tells the autobiographical story of her discovery of and relationships with the opposite sexual activity, from the "first time" story to union, children, and the descent to the brink of divorce and back. Unlike The Cockwhisperer (playing at Arts Court Theatre), less emphasis is placed on the lack of existent sexual activity teaching (though Elie does mention that her knowledge of sexual activity as a kid and pre-teen was pretty much express to "don't become raped"), and more on the absurdity of human being relationships – everything is ridiculed, from sexual desire to sexual repulsion to the excruciating (or so I understand, based on her very funny and graphic illustration of it) pain of childbirth.
Not all is absurd, considering similar any homo human relationship there's the bad as well every bit the good, and the story becomes much more serious when Elie expresses but how easy it is for a married couple to grow apart later on children. Though the title suggests a happy ending, the seeming impossibility of beingness able to overcome that obstacle looms big and strikes a fulfilling dissimilarity to the lighter humour that dominates during the outset half. Elie is a born performer who never seems to run out of free energy – at 1 point she fell off the stool she was continuing on, merely recovered wonderfully in the moment. The endless layers of costumes she goes through are an extra touch that provides extra whimsy to a testify that recognizes need for such an mental attitude fifty-fifty through the darker parts. Luke Jackson's guitar accompaniment provides splendid mood music even if y'all haven't seen Beloved Story or know anything virtually '80s power ballads. Shit! I'm in Beloved with You Again may not change your life, merely it'southward certainly a fun ride.
FRINGE FESTIVAL – Function 4 by John Sekerka
SH!T I'M IN Love WITH Y'all AGAIN – Rachelle Elie, Luke Jackson
The shout-forth, fan favourite play of the fest, Sh!t is a boisterous bawdy romp of catchy costume changes and toe-tapping tunes. Rachelle Elie exudes charisma, and she showers the crowd with her unbridled enthusiasm. Coming of age dearest stories (many of them) never grow former when presented with wit, charm and enough of sparkly pizzaz. Exist prepared to howl.
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Review by Travis Facette~in Ottawa written past Apartment613 on Monday, June 15th, 2015
Autobiography comes with an implicit merits: "My life makes a good story." Or maybe it's "I can make my life into a good story." Either way, that's a pretty bold merits, and it'due south difficult to walk the line betwixt being banal and being narcissistic. Rachelle Elie'due south life, as told in Sh!t I'chiliad in Dearest with You Again, is definitely an interesting i, but what makes the functioning shine isn't the content of her experiences then much equally the energy and care with which she animates the people who inhabit that life, and the earnest, nuanced way she shares her experiences with the states. Anyone tin can talk about their love life, only it takes a real storyteller to make united states lean in and take interest.
This is an intimate performance, every bit one might await from a show nigh sex, love, matrimony and family, and it suits the intimate venue. As Elie narrates the arc of her romantic life from youthful idealism to the challenges of marriage, she slips hands into gentle caricatures of the people in her life—her parents, her therapist, her lovers, various snotty children. The story is punctuated by musical interludes, a mixture of original songs and snatches of pop music that never overstay their welcome, in which she's accompanied by Luke Jackson'southward acoustic guitar and backup vocals. What actually establishes that intimacy, though, is the mode she communicates her internal world as she navigates her early sexual experiences and her lasting relationships—earnestly, vividly, shamelessly. Sh!t I'm in Love with You Again is a funny bear witness, but you're non just laughing at a clever line in a musical number; you're laughing because she'southward gleefully articulating the kind of thoughts we've all had in our relationships, the kind of thoughts nosotros're commonly reluctant to express.
Information technology's clear that Elie is a pro, every bit well. When she gets that rueful laughter or those sympathetic nods, she makes eye contact and responds organically. The performance, even on the showtime night, was smooth, confident and good. Elie is a Fringe veteran (and winner of the Ottawa Fringe Festival Outstanding One-act Award for her previous show, JOE: The Perfect Man) and information technology shows. It's a dynamic operation, moving hands between melancholy and exuberant, conspiratorial and defiant, precious and lewd, and it makes for a show that's well worth seeing.
Oct 28, 2016
Bernice Afriyie | Arts Editor
Featured image: Elie's one-woman show pops the bubble of fairytale love stories with energetic and hilarious narratives. | Courtesy ofSh!t I'm in Love with You lot Once more
Casually arranged seats, a lit stage and glittery garments magically transformed Buddies in Bad Times Theatre's cabaret space for Sh!t I'k in Love with You Again. The musical comedy, written by, directed by and starring Rachelle Elie, with musical accessory by Luke Jackson, teased and thrilled audiences from October 18 to 23.
The testify started with Elie in a vibrant dress, descending a staircase as she took center stage. Her gleeful and welcoming demeanor equally she made her way through showgoers set up the tone for the whole dark. Sh!t I'chiliad in Love with You Again was going to be fun, upbeat and relaxed.
No stranger to one-act, Elie filled the room with her sexual jigs and honest storytelling. As Elie glided across the stage and inverse her costumes, she shared her love woes and awkward sexual encounters. Her stories of falling in dear with a poet and then with her husband, aka "the voice," resonated with the audition.
The lighting added an important formal element to the performance, following Elie'southward every motility, adding drama to her stories and illuminating key parts in the show. Fifty-fifty if Elie's sharp humour and jokes did not connect with all present, the theatrics of the setup—costume, lighting, sound and staging—were aesthetically pleasing.
Elie shares everything in Sh!t I'chiliad in Love with Yous Again, from her parents falling in and out of love, discovering her own sexuality in boyhood, to getting married, having kids and traveling. This vulnerability, along with guest interactions throughout the testify, stressed the importance of love being rooted in advice. The casual and intimate setup could have backfired if audience members didn't connect with the product, but Elie overcame this with her performance. She maintained eye contact with the audience throughout the nighttime, creating a welcoming environment where people could feel comfortable to laugh, sing forth or disagree.
Sh!t I'm in Love with You Again centers around Elie's energetic functioning, but what makes the bear witness special is its bulletin. The one-act show doesn't shy from diverging from the fairytale story about a homo and adult female meeting and falling in beloved. Elie'south one-adult female operation shows that, more than annihilation, love is not nearly getting your happily ever afterward.
Elie'southward storytelling lets united states of america know that information technology's okay to hate your partner at times or to change your mind. Information technology's okay to leave a relationship that you lot're non happy in, as is the case with her mother and male parent, or endeavour to make things piece of work with your partner as Elie does with her husband. Both are every bit acceptable responses to falling out of dearest.
Information technology's easy to autumn prey to notions of what a relationship, love or partner should look similar. Retrieve that there is no ideal relationship to concur yours upwardly to.
The only measure of your happiness or dear is yourself.
On Phase: Ottawa'due south Theatre Arts Mag
REVIEW: Sh!t I'm In Love With Y'all Again @ Ottawa Fringe 2015 (Allan's Review)
Sh!t I'one thousand in Love With You lot Once more takes you through the ins and out of love, sex, and relationships. Every relationship has it's ups and downs. From those first moments of love and its ii hour massages, into pregnancy, and first born, and second born, and extended work trips into developing countries, and lack of communication, and non showing emotions, and wanting them dead….
Rachelle Elie will take you through it all, starting way back with her sexual awakening and parents who couldn't be much different to each other. The story she tells is quite something. It'south well-rounded and complete and touching and funny and has a great character arc. Is it a true story? Is information technology fiction? I'one thousand not certain, but that doesn't affair. Because it feels real. Rachelle Elie has incredible energy and creates a very real feeling functioning through which you'll never experience she's just playing a character.
Elie also has mayhap the well-nigh glamorous set up at Ottawa Fringe and some of the best costumes, as evidenced in the photograph. She's joined on phase by longtime collaborator and fellow co-creator, Luke Jackson. Jackson provides guitar accompaniment for the show's musical scenes. Did I forget to mention that? Sh!t I'g In Dear With Y'all Over again has some swell original tunes to go forth with the laughs and eye. Terminal weekend of Ottawa Fringe is upon us, Sh!t I'm In Beloved With Yous Again would be a skilful fit for your schedule.
2017 Audience REVIEWS FROM Edinburgh
Hugely entertaining show, high on tell it how it is home truths about sexual activity, beloved and relationships, great original songs, great costume changes and a warmth and connexion with the audience all delivered with energy, passion and directness – also includes useful advice on how best to savour a repast out with your loved one.~Steve Cox
Xxx 6 stars out of 5 Amazing free energy and stage presence. Also the pace was great, at that place was no adventure to remember what are nosotros gonna take for dinner? Talking near life in funny ways and talking about cocks and vaginas with joy! That's our girl! We honey you then much! Thanks for inviting us and giving us some great memories of Edinburgh. ~Pavie Valsa
*****Saw this last night and I thought it was one of the most professional and hilarious shows and then far! The subjects were funny and relatable, the audience was mixed in historic period and everyone was laughing out loud. The guitar added a lot of mood to each piece and at one signal they had the whole audience singing. Rachelle was funny, quirky and was brilliant at doing character voices. We institute a jewel! ~Sophie Burns
*****What a hoot! Information technology is honest, funny, clever and simply a really enjoyable show to watch. It was an audience of a real mixture of ages and EVERYBODY enjoyed information technology. This is definitely worth seeing.~Sara Kelly
*****Awesome! Lovely intimate venue. A lovely story which everyone tin relate to. Singing, comedy, and live music. Information technology was a beautiful way to finish your evening with your special someone (or by yourself). ~Nicholas Wright
Agree with Scott Balham'due south review – very funny simply deep and thought provoking! Adept marriage guidance material – smashing performance – thought it would be trashy but quality! Very well done.~Sue Rhodes
A very funny, true to life, thought provoking, gritty, heartfelt show – would recommend to anyone over 30!!!~Fiona Duncan
****Nosotros bought tickets for this on an ad hoc basis -equally we were staying near the venue. Loved it!!
Very funny show, talented functioning. Am definitely recommending this show every bit an in depth, comic yet shut to the os analysis of marriage/sex/dearest/parenthood today.~Coleen Hatrick
Superb show – this is actually what the Fringe should exist about. Two performers, well apposite and high on charisma, accept yous on a heartfelt journey through life, beloved and quirk. Lots of laughs, but too a sincerity behind the autobiographical journey which lifts it above your normal gagfest. The original songs work very well and integrate seamlessly into the performance. The straight and earthy nature of the cloth won't appeal to the prudish, so brand sure you lot bear that in heed. For everyone else this is highly recommended.~Scott Basham
The poster caught my eye, nosotros were complimentary & it was 2 for the price of 1 dark so we went. Love, Life & Marriage a discipline that nearly adults can chronicle to. With music, vocal & sense of humour, what'south not to similar. Rachelle's performance was slick & energetic with some speedy costume changes. Some of the audience idea it hilarious. I found information technology amusing and true to life. Glad I went.~Pamela Christie
Source: https://www.rachelleelie.com/press-comedy/
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