One of Edmonton’s Fringe Festival’s top eight shows is coming to Stettler next week and promises to be a barrel of laughs.
McCrackin 2: The Whackening is a parody of the action-adventure movie genre and is an original production of Edmonton-based theatre company Accidental Humour Co.
The group costumes and stage management is courtesy of Stettler’s Kimberly Stadelmann, and Brent Selzien, from Forestburg, is also part of the show’s crew. He handles the video direction and editing.
“We’re really excited,” William Banfield, part of Accidental Humour Co.
The company has played at the Fringe Festival for the past six years, winning accolades for its debut production, For the Love of a Zombie, and followed up with smash hits Happy Whackin’ Jim McCrackin and Cowboy: A Cowboy story, partnering with Stettler’s Alberta Prairie Railways.
McCrackin 2 brings viewers back to happy Whackin’ Jim McCrackin, who’s no longer quite so happy as a hitman.
He’s trying to get out of the business, but before he can he has to help pull off one more complex heist – all while trying to find his son, who’s mysteriously gone missing.
Each year, the Fringe Festival holds over eight of the 210 theatre shows performed during the festival, and this year McCrackin 2 was one of those eight.
This meant the company was able to perform an additional two shows on the venue’s largest stage.
“Some people come for the holdovers alone, as they know these shows are the best of the best,” Banfield said.
The show, which is appropriate for people 13-years and older, comes to Stettler on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at the Performing Arts Centre. Curtain call is at 7:30 p.m.
For more information, visit www.accidentalhumour.com.