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Show features decade of Saucy Fops It all started ten years ago when a small group of artistically talented, comedic and funny folks got together and performed their first show at Elements Café which is now known as Caffe Motivo here in the downtown core. The great thing about Kamloops is that everyone no matter how big or small seems to know everyone or at least know of them. Kamloops’ Saucy Fops are no exception to this rule. The Fops, as they are sometimes lovingly referred to as, made a grand splash onto the scene. With help from the talented and funny writings of Grand Fop Cayman Duncan, they delivered material and shows like no other here in town. They were young, hip, fringe, funny, and the result was a cult following with buzz and word of mouth talk about these new kids and how you just had to see their next show. As with all small theatre companies and troupes, the group underwent various cast changes and personalities over the years but under the keen direction of Cayman and his partner in crime, Terri Runnalls, have always delivered a hilarious show that sent delight into all of their audiences. “The Saucy Fops have been together for ten years,” explains Terri. “We began as a four-person group and first performed in Elements Cafe on Victoria Street. We moved our productions to Hero’s pub at TRU (then University College of the Cariboo). It was here that they really built our young audience. The shows were more raw and the audience was more rowdy. In 2003, we moved our productions mostly to the Pavilion theatre, which has been our main stomping ground since.” For the last few years the Saucy Fops have been out touring the Canadian Fringe
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Past Saucy Fops cast members in a promo shot from one of their older shows.
Festival circuit. Their tours have taken them from Toronto to Victoria, with many stops in between. They have had the opportunity to be a part of Western Canada Theatre’s season on several occasions, as well as be participants in the Olympic Torch Ceremony and World Masters Games here in Kamloops. As they embark on their tenth year together they thought it would be fitting to bring their talent back home and give their loyal audience a production (or two) that would remind them why they loved the Saucy Fops in the first
place. This production is aptly named 10 Years of Sauce and is actually two shows running on alternating nights that bring all the glitz, glamour and fun from the last ten years and roll them into two jam-packed, non-stop productions that are sure to delight their audience. “This show, 10 Years of Sauce is entirely written by Cayman Duncan,” furthers Terri. “It is two different shows featuring our favourite short plays and scenes from 2001 to 2011. We pride ourselves in creating and producing – continued on page 2
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