CRUMBS in Konstanz

Konstanz (aka Konstanztanople, K-town, Special K) is the town in Southern Germany with glorious weather and a beautiful lake. There is a lovely impro group called Gmbh there that we play with. This is what happened.

CORRECTION: The group is called Tmb-Hug not Gmbh. Oops.

story 1 = A girl golfer whose dad hates golf, falls in love with the new golf pro Lion Woods.

story 2 = A samurai story. The father sends his incompetent son and amazing daughter off to become samurai. I am afraid that while in battle the daughter accidentally kills her brother. She then brings the body home to her father and lies to him, telling him he died honourably in battle.

story 3 = A fantasy story with an orc who drums on the street and helps people. Turns to the dark side but then the power of the drum brings him back to the side of good.

story 4 = A young married couple. He dreams of skateboards while she is a total bitch. He eventually escapes her clutches and gets a skateboard.

story 5 = Documentary about puffer fish. Interviews with a biologist, a sushi chef, a fisherman and the president of the Toxic Waste Spilling Company. Does the puffer fish survive the pollution in it's natural habitat?

And here is the theatre we play in.

CRUMBS in Leuven (I'm Leuven it)

So I posted something about the battle that is ongoing between the Swiss and Belgium chocolate. I also posted about the ongoing battle between Belgium and German over beer dominance. I mentioned that I was involved in ongoing research. This was the the smarted thing I ever could have done.

Well, I arrive in Belgium to chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. Let me tell you Switzerland, you had better pull up your funny looking pants because Belgium made some impressive headway in the war for chocolate mastery. I also have to mention that I experimented with some lovely Belgian beer as well (Karmaleit) though usually just go for I a nice clean pilsner.

Now Belgium not only delivered fine beers and chocolates, they also delivered in the food category. No I am not just talking about fries (belgian/french fries), we also got treated to gourmet meals while in Leuven. Though Lee did go to “war” a couple of times. “War” in french fry terms is like the Belgian version of Canada's famous “poutine”. Instead of the gravy and cheese curds on fries, the Belgians do their fries up with ketchup, mayo and onions.

The shows and workshops were also very nice in Belgium, and we had a very nice time with our hosts “Inspinazie”. The shows were in fact as good, if not better than all the chocolate and beer. In the next post I will go into further detail about the show content.

CRUMBS in Osnabrueck

So I have been pretty bad at updating the website, and not only that, I have been writing show descriptions that are far far to long. This show description is of no exception to that current trend. Perhaps it will be the last "epically" long show description, I mean, who reads through the whole show described in text? It must just sound like the ramblings of an old man describing his strange dreams... Anyways, enjoy.

The suggestions: british soldier + supermarket

A market that is super, it has flashing lights, it has a roller disco, it has ipads on every shelf, it has big screen tvs.

We meet Charles about to go off to war to fight for the British. His fiance doesn't want him to go. He promises to write everyday.

We meet Henry and Prudence, two old folks who meet on a park bench and complain about the new supermarket that has replaced the old one. They decide to do something about it.

Charles off at war is a terrible war strategist and refuses to have his soldiers use boats to cross the river, his unit mutinies (sort of) and he is convinced to go on and cross the river himself to prove his bravery.

At the supermarket we meet the manager/boss who is quiet mean to Bobby the worker (who is moping up some spilled milk and makes a joke to his boss). The boss seems to be obsessed with nobody spilling anything.

The old couple enter the supermarket and are actually quiet impressed with all the flash and hoopla that “super” offers (like 4000 varieties of tea).

Charles meets up with the commander of the enemy (played with an outrageously ambiguis accent) and they realize that they aren't that different. In fact, they realize that they have been lied to by their Queen and their King to manufacture this war in the first place. Did I mention that the war was about fashion? Well, it was.

Back at home, his fiance has received word that Charles is missing and has been convinced by her drunk of a mother that he is dead. She gives up and starts to drink, settling into a life of slipping into her mother's deadly habits.

Henry and Prudence decide that all this hate is not worth it and agree that the supermarket isn't all that bad. Henry asks Prudence to the Roller disco to dance and Prudence admits that she just wanted to do that right form the beginning. Henry, a miserable old man, had happiness and love right in front of him the whole time.

The two military commanders decide to try and end the war by tricking the Queen and the King into going on a date together. They decide to write each of them love letters and then disguise themselves as the restaurant staff to make sure their ruse works.

There is a roller disco wedding officiated by the poor mop boy Bobby and the sight of it melts the mean hearted boss.

The Queen of England and the King of “Ambiguous European Nation” of course fall in love and end their petty squabble.

Charles returns home and rescues his fiance from the clutches of her poisonous mother.

And all is well in the land of CRUMBS.

CRUMBS in panorama

A shot with moving cars in Vienna

A shot of the stage at the Cairo in Wurzburg

A shot of the bridge in Wurzburg




A shot of the best view in all of Europe




A shot of the Gallus theatre in Frankfurt




A shot of the Workshop people enjoying lunch in Wurzburg




A shot backstage in Oslo... Lee is magic.

So, I guess it is obvious to say that I have discovered the panoramic feature on my camera. It has been very fun to experiment with, so I thought I would post some of the pictures here on the website. Also, I have been so terrible at posting information on the website that I thought I would at the very least do something.

CRUMBS in Karlsruhe

The suggestions were: computer scientist + brain

In a computer class where a nerd (Frank) on a computer is forced to work with a computer illiterate person (Larry). Larry keeps insisting on calling them brothers.

We meet a husband and wife, they have a nice life, though it is disrupted by his headaches (that he describes as having his brain put in a blender). He is also afraid of doctors, but wife insists on him going and books an appointment.

Frank and Larry are then forced to work together on their programming assignment and Larry decides to teach Frank how not to be a nerd and talk to women. Larry falls for the most beautiful girl in school (roxanne) and actually makes a good impression.

We meet Dr Clarence and his nurse Maria. He is a doctor for children who are afraid of doctors, though he used to be a surgeon but lost a patient once by transplanting a heart that was too big. He hasn't been in an operating room since.

Everyday Dr Clarence tells Maria of his bizarre dreams, this time it is about a monster, who opens his mouth revealing another monster who's mouth he jumps in and finds himself in a rainbow filled dance party in the belly of the monster. Maria tells him it is a sign that he must find his “monster mouth” moment.

Of course we find out the husband's headaches are caused by something serious, his brain is shrinking and only has 15% of his brain left. If something isn't done he will become a stupid idiot and then eventually die without a single memory. His love of his wife makes him insist on getting the experimental procedure done.

Frank has a date with Roxanne and is the first person to really be honest with her (she is getting A's in her classes but is not really that smart). He convinces her to drop her classes she doesn't care about and to follow her heart. She decides to study “Frogology”, Frank tells her that doesn't exist but that she is headed in the right direction.

Larry realizes he must confront is “asshole” father who always was so against technology. He feels like he must do this to have some closure with that part of his life. Oh yeah, and he also turns out to be a computer programming genius who invents a whole new computer language. Frank finally calls Larry his brother.

Husband is saved in a miracle operation that involves having his brain scraped out of his head and put into a blender then reattached to his head. He is a little embarrassed, but his wife still loves him. Cue sexy silly love scene.

After the show was over we were treated to an amazing pancake feast. When I say amazing I mean we had our choice of 5 different pancake mixes, cooked up live. We then had our choice of toppings to add to the already amazing pancakes... This is how to end a show. Plus check out the show illustration in the guest book.