TiG 7

This is the theatre that we played in Mannheim (called the TiG 7 because Mannheim is broken into quadrants and the theatre falls into the grid at G7). This theatre is magic and CRUMBS has so far been unable to do a bad show here. Perhaps it is the lovely audience that shows up, perhaps it is the stage, perhaps it is just dumb luck. So far in the three years and four shows we have done there, every one has been a winner.

This year the show at Mannheim was the one that kicked off the European leg of our tour. The show dabbled in several themes, mostly of leaving home to discover yourself (which seems to be an ongoing theme for us). We had the love story between a slick guy named Tony and the object of his desire Tina (who would always play hard to get). We had the spoiled rotten wife who controlled her husband (eventually pushing him into the arms of her own mother)... I guess you had to be there.

Next show in Gottingen as part of their festival. We will be playing with Jacob Bannigan (our old comrade from Edmonton's Rapid Fire Theatre now living in Graz, Austria). We will also play with our old friends Isar 148. Good times are guaranteed... I guess you will have to be there.

A famous bridge in Berlin

Berlin is a beautiful place. Although CRUMBS had quite the jet lag time there. We are over it now and not even in Berlin at the moment. This bridge was featured in the movie "Run Lola Run". We return to Berlin soon for a show in celebration of the 10 year birthday party/festival for Die Gorillas (which is the group that helps us put our tour together in Europe).

found on the streets of berlin

i think that these waving cats of gold are good luck...

safe in berlin

for now...

We have arrived in Berlin and are quite happy to recover from the "JetLag". We had our fun in Toronto and made some new friends. We also did some kick-ass shows (i think we did, perhaps it is all some bizarre jet lag fueled hallucination?).

Highlights:
-Doing our show at the Second City and making people laugh.
-Doing the Micetro show in Toronto.
-Doing a workshop at the Bad Dog Theatre.
-Hanging with Becky and Aitor.
-Hanging with Grewg/Juice.
-The late night cool show with 10k 2 flight (and getting new sweaters).

Lowlights:
-Losing a whole day because the miss reading of April 17th as Wednesday... This led to several F*** ups.
-Not getting to do the late night improv set at Second City and properly hang out with Scott and Al.
-Not getting to properly hang out with Sasha (aka Dj Hangman).
-Not getting to hang with Frank.

Overall though, Toronto is an okay town (though the weather was crap).

Now, we embark on leg 2 of the tour. This leg is the 7th conquest of Germany and other European countries. We meet later today to figure out our game plan but our first show is in Mannheim at the Tig7. This will be a great first show for us as this theatre has always given us good "vibes".

Keep tuning in and we will keep trying to update the site with words, photos and maybe even some video...

Last legs of Winnipeg

Soon it is time to tour once again for the boys of CRUMBS.

It will start out with a small jaunt to Toronto. We will be doing a couple of shows there and some improv workshops, as well as visiting with some fellow improv folks we have not seen in a while. WE do a show at the famed Second City for a show on Friday the 13th (Ooo, scary stuff).

We then launch off over the pond for a European tour that will be the 7th notch on our belt. And we are travelling lighter than ever. Just the modern version of CRUMBS, the duo with the know how. Which means we don't have to carry any guitars around (it is nice to only carry what you need and not have to lug around the extra baggage).

I will try my darndest to update the blog here and let y'all know where and what is going on with life on the road (Dad, I am talking to you).

Here's hoping our tour is even better than the best it has ever been (if that isn't asking for to much?).