SummerWorks Performance Festival continues into this weekend. Returning with another suggestion for you to add to your festival list.

Versus by Adam Lazarus, a one-person interactive odyssey to hell and back as he tries to have a good day on a bad day, will have its world premiere at SummerWorks this weekend.

Meet Gerald Bloom: overcommitted, overworked, undervalued, overstimulated, undernourished, and pulled in a million directions by friends, family, work, politics, health and enlightenment. In Versus, we meet Gerald on his Gerald birthday. What happens at this party might make you want to laugh, cry, or both.

Following a narrative that is both real & surreal, Versus showcases the mundane horror of human existence. Life is funny. Life is not funny.

Co-writer and performer Adam Lazarus graciously conversed with me about Versus, the creative process and its upcoming premiere at SummerWorks.

Versus performances at SummerWorks will run from August 9-11, 2024. For more information and to purchase tickets, please go to summerworks.ca.