One Yellow Rabbit & Rheostatics
FIVE HOLE:
TALES OF HOCKEY EROTICA
Media Kit
Media Contact
Carolyn Luhning
403-619-3936; cluhning@oyr.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday November 29, 2006
Media Contact: Carolyn Luhning, 403-619-3936
One Yellow Rabbit and Rheostatics set to raise ‘H-E-double-hockey sticks’
with Five Hole!
Five Hole (n.)
1. The space between a goalie’s legs.
2. A new show that brings Canada’s two favourite pastimes—hockey and sex—together at
last on one rollicking theatre stage.
Calgary, AB - One Yellow Rabbit is pleased to announce Five Hole: Tales of Hockey
Erotica as the headline event of the 21st Annual High Performance Rodeo. Created and
performed live by Calgary’s One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre and legendary
Toronto rock band Rheostatics, Five Hole will run from January 4–6, 2007 at the Martha
Cohen Theatre.
In Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica the OYR Ensemble (Denise Clarke, Andy Curtis,
Onalea Gilbertson and Michael Green) and Rheostatics (Dave Bidini, Selina Martin, Barry
Mirochnick, Ford Pier and Martin Tielli) gear up and cross the ‘blue’ line with tales of
scoring both on and off the ice. Five Hole presents a suite of engrossing, tender and
hilarious erotic stories about the steamy underbelly of Canada’s national sport in this
scintillating look at hockey with its sweaty clothes off.
Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica was adapted for the stage by Dave Bidini and Blake
Brooker, based on Bidini’s recently released book The Five Hole Stories (Brindle & Glass
Publishing). The show is directed by Blake Brooker and staged by Denise Clarke, with
original music composed and performed by Rheostatics. Video design is by Richard
McDowell. Assistant direction is by David van Belle. Lighting Design is by Sandi Somers.
Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica runs nightly January 4–6, 2007, at 7:30pm at the
Martha Cohen Theatre in the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts (205–8 Ave SE). For
tickets call 403-299-8888 or visit www.ticketmaster.ca. More info on Five Hole is available
on One Yellow Rabbit’s site: www.oyr.org .
Presented by One Yellow Rabbit and CBC Radio, the 21st Annual High Performance Rodeo
is Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts, a gathering that challenges and continues to
push the boundaries of theatre, music, dance and visual arts as we know them. The Rodeo
runs from January 3–20, 2007. The complete Rodeo line-up will be announced on
December 5, 2006, at 12pm at the Auburn Saloon (163, 115–9 Ave SE).
All Five Hole performances will be recorded live by CBC Radio for national broadcast in the
spring of 2007. For more information visit www.cbc.ca/radiodrama.
Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica is sponsored by Nexen, CBC Radio 1010, One Yellow
Rabbit Performance Theatre, Prophit Management Limited, The Harry and Martha Cohen
Foundation, Sherritt Green Barristers and Solicitors, and Wilson Laycraft Barristers and
Solicitors.
-30Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica contains sexually explicit language and subject matter.
Parental guidance is strongly advised.
High res images and more media information available at www.oyr.org/press
Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica
FACT SHEET
One Yellow Rabbit
Presents
FIVE HOLE: TALES OF HOCKEY EROTICA
Written by Dave Bidini
Adapted for the stage by Dave Bidini and Blake Brooker
Directed by Blake Brooker
Original music by Rheostatics
Staged by Denise Clarke
Performed by The One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble: Denise Clarke, Andy Curtis,
Onalea Gilbertson & Michael Green and Rheostatics featuring Dave Bidini,
Selina Martin, Barry Mirochnick, Ford Pier & Martin Tielli
Video design by Richard McDowell
Assistant directed by David van Belle
Lighting Design by Sandi Somers
Dates
January 4-6, 2007
Performance Time
7:30pm
Venue Location
Martha Cohen Theatre
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts
205–8 Ave SE
Tickets
403-299-8888
www.ticketmaster.ca
Ticket Prices
Jan 4: $23-$28 • Jan 5 & 6: $29-$34
Information
403-264-3224
www.oyr.org
Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica contains sexually explicit language and subject matter.
Parental guidance is strongly advised.
High res images and more media information available at www.oyr.org/press
Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica
BIOGRAPHIES
Rheostatics
For more than two decades Rheostatics have mapped new frontiers across Canada,
embracing the nation that bore them and reinterpreting its sea-to-shining-sea
grandeur in music of startling variety and indisputable beauty. Led by stalwarts
Dave Bidini and Martin Tielli, their music has been described variously as
“prog-rock”, “art-rock”, “orchestral psychedelia” and “a loosely organized
cacophony of sound”, all of which reveal the frustrating limits of language.
Rheostatics have released eleven albums since 1987, inspired by such national
treasures as the Group of Seven, Stompin’ Tom Connors, rolling prairies, Canada’s
national game, les couriers du bois and more. In a millennial survey of Canadian
music critics, Rheostatics had two albums–Melville and Whale Music–in the top ten
Canadian records of all time. “Canada Listens,” sponsored by CBC’s Saturday
afternoon magazine Definitely Not the Opera, chose Whale Music as the single rock
album with which all Canadians had to be familiar. www.rheostatics.ca
Dave Bidini
A master storyteller, Rheostatic Dave Bidini lifts the hockey story to the level of
modern Canadian folklore. He has become popular in recent years as one of
Canada’s best known authors, having published several books including two
critically acclaimed volumes on hockey culture: Tropic of Hockey and The Best
Game You Can Name (McClelland & Stewart). www.davebidini.ca
One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre
What began as a small troupe in 1982 has grown into one of Canada's bestknown theatrical voices at home and abroad. Freely blending elements such as
drama, dance, poetry and monologue into an unpredictable whole, the company
has charted a path that is experimental yet professional, challenging but always
captivating. Whether producing shows with its own tight-knit artistic family, or
presenting the best modern performance the world has to offer, One Yellow
Rabbit is truly an international treasure.
One Yellow Rabbit strives to create theatre that is indigenous in the sense that it
is conceived and performed by artists from the Calgary community, focusing on
subjects that matter here. The company draws from an ensemble of skilled and
imaginative artists who work professionally in the disciplines of acting, directing,
writing, dance, choreography, music and the visual arts. The synthesis of such
elements results in a unique, multi-faceted form of expression we call
"performance theatre". www.oyr.org
One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble
Members of the internationally acclaimed One Yellow Rabbit Performing
Ensemble are directed by Blake Brooker, with staging by Denise Clarke, and are
noted for their intricate physical movement and musicality. Founded in 1982, the
core of the ensemble ranges from co-founders/co-artistic directors Blake Brooker
and Michael Green to newest members Onalea Gilbertson and David van Belle.
For more information about the ensemble, including their individual bios, visit
www.oyr.org/oyr_ensemble
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