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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
ALL IN THE TIMING
ANOTHER FEMME FATALE FREAK SHOW
BEAVERZILLA
BILL'S FAMILY FUNTIME
BIRD CLUB: LETTER TO SANDRA BERNHARD
BRACE YOURSELF
BY A THREAD
CHARLIE'S ANGEL
CONDOM, THE CUCUMBER AND THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA
DAY TRIPPERS IV: PLAY- IN-A- DAY MARATHON
DIAMONDS
DUET
FAMILY TREE
FANTASTIC PRODUCT
FAREWELL TO FLESH
FINAL EXAM
FRANKENSTEIN: THE MODERN PROMETHEUS
GILD THE LILY
GOD COMPLEX
HEART OF DARKNESS
HOW TO BE A SECRET AGENT GIRL…
HUNTING OF THE SNARK
INGRATITUDE
INTERSTATE ZERO: A MONO/TRAVELOG
KITTY ULTRASOUND HITS THE ROAD
KRESKINNED
LAST SMOKER IN BERKELEY
LISTEN, I'M ONLY ONE WOMAN…
LITTLE BIT PREGNANT
LOOSE WOMAN
LUCID
MACY'S ACCOUNT
MEET JOHN W.T.O.
MIDAIR: ODES TO EASYCOMEASYGO
MOCK NAVAL BATTLES!!!
MOTHER'S MILK
ONE OR TWO THINGS
PILGRIM PROJECT
QUEENS RAIN
QUEENS!
SEARCHING FOR THE 60'S
SHANDYLAND MCVII: SHANDY IN THE FLESH…
SHARED SKITLESS
SISTERS OF SATURN
STORE ONE BLOCK EAST OF JEROME
STRANGER AND STRANGER
TOASTED
UNDERHOPE
WARZONE
WHAT BIG TEETH YOU HAVE
YOGA OF MOBY DICK
ZOO STORY

Play: The Yoga of Moby Dick

Reviewer: (Robert Enright CBC Radio Winnipeg)

"There is a rhetorical figure called the "zeugma" in which you get the
yoking together of improbable things. By this definition much of what
happens at a Fringe Festival is "zeugmatizing". I propose forming a Z-list
and nominate for its first - and so far, best - entry Mark Kenward's "The
Yoga of Moby-Dick". Tap-dancing and Winnebegos is one thing, but yoga and
the classics of American literature is quite another. Mr. Kenward is aware
that he is on terra infirma on this one, and so he structures his monologue
as a lecture that proposes to make the intellectual connections between the
disparate subjects of his inquiry. But as always in a fringe show, the talk
turns to the talker, and Mr. Kenward is especially inventive as he
elaborates the "damp and drizzly November in his soul" that set him on a
quest to throw a spiritual harpoon into Herman Melville's white whale. In
the course of his exposition we learn a number of things about his love of
film (Gregory Peck as Ahab is high on the list), about his philosophy
("okay, I'm an empiricist, but at least I'm a dope-smoking empiricist") and
that his mother stabbed his father with a kitchen knife. The subtle way in
which he allows the verse and chapter of his literary scripture to inform us
about the whirling sea of his personal life is wonderful to observe. Yoga
may be about non-attachment, but it would be easy to be un-yogmatic about
this imaginative and entertaining play. You can get attached to it."

Play: The Yoga of Moby Dick

Reviewer: (Jason Olynyk UMFM Radio Winnipeg)

"The Yoga of Moby-Dick is a strange merger of a book report, yoga class,
theological discussion and personal journey. Mark Kenward takes us into his
past and talks about growing up and finding meaning despite the tragedy that
befell him. He talks about how first Moby-Dick, and later yoga, allowed him
to grow and helped him find meaning in life at the times when he most needed
it. The Yoga of Moby-Dick is a one-man show that takes you through the
gamut of emotions. Often hilarious, Mr. Kenward gives a stellar
performance. You may be laughing one breath, and deadly silent the next.
He occasionally switches into characters from Moby-Dick like Captain Ahab,
and you can see Ahab's burning madness in his eyes. I highly recommend The
Yoga of Moby-Dick. The one man/one woman shows that have deep personal meanings are almost always the best of the Fringe, and this is definitely no
exception. See it."

Play: The Yoga of Moby Dick

Reviewer: (Audience review posted by Michael on CBC Web Cafe/Winnipeg)

"This is a brilliantly written monologue written and performed by San
Francisco yoga instructor and sometime semi-pro football player, Mark
Kenward. What makes this work breath-taking is the disparate nature of his
themes and how effectively Mark uses his putative life experiences to bind
them together into coherency. He speaks knowledgeably and interestingly about the
philosophy of yoga; about themes in American literature; about Ambition,
focus, and concentrating one's thought; about the existence of God; and
about different ways of handling/viewing personal calamity. Into the whole
he breathes a sense of lively enquiry, skepticism, intelligence, and above
all wry humour. This is no extemporaneous rant: the script has been well
developed with the help of David Ford; yet the sincerity of delivery had me
fully convinced that much of the material was autobiographical. Very
entertaining and thought-provoking. For me this was among the very best of
this year's Fringe!"