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Saucy Fops at home onstage After a five-year absence, the Saucy Fops were back in Kamloops with Time Signatures and audiences came out in droves to check in with the comedic crew. Cayman Duncan and Terri Runnalls, a long-time couple and now parents of three-year-old twins, were happy to make their return to the Kamloops stage. The past two summers were spent preparing for shows and performing in Salmon Arm. Still, Terri wondered whether Kamloops would remember them. “We were hoping it was something that people missed.” And as any Saucy Fops super-fan could attest, not only were they not forgotten, news of their upcoming show was warmly welcomed. Blending humour and heart with music and creative comedic choreography, their concepts are relatable and reliably amusing. Terri said, “From 18 to 90, Cayman strives to create theatre for everybody—at the same time, he includes complex details that exist as layered and connected concepts throughout.” The storyline has a way of coming back around to the beginning of the play, creating full circle wholeness at the end of the connected vignettes. The show began with a dance sequence performed without music and clearly missing something. As the storyline would have it, an actor had slept in and arrives in time to perform the piece at the show’s end—now complete with music and that performance puzzle piece.
It’s smile-inducing stuff, clever and delightful, uproarious and heartfelt. The shows offer a frenzied blend of fast dialogue and intricate movements but offer quiet, charming moments that get you right in the heart. Those mellow minutes allow audience members to catch their breath in between the busy moments. The Saucy Fops started over 16 years ago, as the TRU Theatre alumni were nearing graduation. They’ve since produced well over 40 short shows and five one-act dramas, performing locally, as well as in fringe festivals across Canada. As writer, director and performer, Cayman tends to see his shows as being fluid and flexible, which is fresh and exciting for the performers involved. “A show can evolve over a tour, I’ve seen changes happen from Toronto to Victoria.” Terri continues, “Cayman’s ear is in the audience.” Cayman Terri laughs, “There’s always that Duncan (top) and moment during the rehearsal proTerri Runnalls. cess when we ask ourselves ‘why Photos courtesy of Beth McBride. do we do this’? Then you hit the stage and hear the laughter, and it’s like ‘that’s why we do this.’” All in all, “Laughter is the true reward.” To the Fops, the audience’s enjoyment is paramount, and it’s Cayman’s top priority. “Cayman has written some serious roles for me and the silence you hear is intense, because you know that the audience is captivated, but nothing can replace laughter.” - continued on page 2 To Terri, another satisfying part
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