Multiple Neurosis
Created by Karin Fekko | Produced by Karin Fekko Productions | Origin: Toronto, Canada
Studio 1201
14 + fees
60m
Show Details
Karin Fekko weaves tales of hilarity and tragedy through 17 years of keeping her MS a secret while partying, dating, and trying to land her dream job.
Content Notes
- Sexual Content (references to ‘making out’ and sex; not graphic or lewd)
- Mental Health (references to binge drinking, suicidal ideation, childhood trauma, various mental health conditions)
- Mature Language (minimal use of profanity)
*This performance will require masks.
**This performance will be at reduced capacity and requires masks.
Showtimes
- Friday, June 137:00pm
- Sunday, June 15*4:00pm
- Monday, June 167:00pm
- Wednesday, June 186:00pm
- Friday, June 2010:00pm
- Sunday, June 22**4:00pm
This show is about invisible disability, internalized ableism, and big-time denial. Can we laugh about it? Karin thinks so. Join her as she marks 20 years since her MS diagnosis. Not hiding anymore, she’s on stage.
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It takes a great deal of courage to own up to what Karin Fekko shares about herself in this performance. We talk a lot about Fringe as a platform for bravery, and, well: here she is, world.
It is worth knowing that this is a very intimate and fairly slow-paced show, and it therefore won’t be for everyone. Fekko has the affect of a late-night host on CBC Radio 2, and that’s a huge plus or a huge minus depending upon who you are as a person.
This show was very thoughtful and interesting. It is not, however, particularly comedic and leans heavily towards dramatic self-study. I suspect it was originally planned to be more comedic, based on its advertisement, but that the focus of the show shifted during the writing process.
You know how during any show, your mind starts to wander just a bit? Something small, like what you’ll have for dinner. The two times that happened, I refocused feeling immense regret, scrambling for her next word. Fekko’s ability to make you feel like you knew her so deeply was masterful- the people she has been, and the person she is, tossing a story back and forth with an earnestness that brought me to tears. The dream sequences ALONE????! I see disability in a whole new light, and am feeling a little more complete since seeing this. MAJOR ASMR. ❤️🔥
Thank you Karin Fekko for sharing your story.
I smiled. I laughed. I teared up.
Beautifully written. A captivating and charming delivery. I highly recommend.
Karin is a fantastic storyteller. I had limited knowledge of MS going into this show and Karin’s explanation of her journey was eye opening. Karin tells the audience of various dreams and how these reflected her journey with MS at the time she dreamt them. Through comedic timing, physical storytelling, and raw emotions, she tells these stories and it leaves an impact unlike any I have experienced before with one-person storytelling. Overall, amazing experience!
An engaging, and personal reflection on living with and managing MS, shared directly by the individual orator. I appreciated what it may be like living with the encompassing ailment and some of the challenges that this could impose on one’s life plans. Kudos for opening up and sharing lived moments, dream and your journey.