Not quite elementary
Chris Gibbs brings ‘Not Quite Sherlock, The Case of the Deceptive Detective’ to Victoria Playhouse
The Victoria Playhouse will present “Not Quite Sherlock, The Case of the Deceptive Detective”, created and performed by comedian Chris Gibbs, for a limited run Sept. 13-17.
The setting is London 1896. Barnaby Gibbs is an incurable optimist, a Sherlock Holmes fan and a man who knows he’s not particularly good at anything. One night while checking on a friend’s empty house, he encounters a stranger dressed entirely in black, holding a bag full of stolen belongings and attempting to write a poem about sapphires.
There is only one conclusion a reasonable man could come to: this is the notorious cat burglar/con-man known as the Rhyming Bandit. Fortunately, Gibbs is not a reasonable man, and when the stranger explains he is actually the famous detective, Antoine Feval, a new crime-fighting duo is born.
“Not Quite Sherlock, The Case of the Deceptive Detective” is a one-man comedy play about Victorian London’s most overlooked detective. It’s also a comedy about an ex-street-performer attempting to do a one-man comedy play about Victorian London’s most overlooked detective.
With wit, charm, timing, and almost no respect for the rules of theatre, Chris Gibbs creates a simple and hilarious theatrical experience
A British comedian, Chris Gibbs has been described as “one of the funniest guys around” by the National Post. The Toronto Star has called his shows “darkly gleeful” and “comic stand-up gold”; and the CBC has described his delivery as “a combination of dry wit and barely controlled madness that threatens to go off the rails at any time”.
He is best known for the critically acclaimed one-man comedy shows that he performs all over Canada and beyond. He has played at Just For Laughs in Montreal, appeared in two CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival Galas, starred in the indie Canadian feature film, ‘Run Robot Run’ and is a published author. In 2015 he played one of the evil giants in the feature The BFG, directed by Steven Spielberg.
For tickets to the show and more information, contact the Victoria Playhouse box office.