PERFORMANCE CLUB 2: VALLEY OF THE DOLLS WITH KEITH COLEDATES/TIMES:
SESSIONS 1–4: LIMITED ENROLLMENT
Super-8 Downtown Hotel, 222 Spadina Avenue
Tuesday 30 January / 7–9pm
Tuesday 6 February / 7–9pm
Tuesday 13 February / 7–9pm
Tuesday 20 February / 7–9pm
SESSION 5: **ALL WELCOME / PWYC
The Commons @ 401 Richmond, 401 Richmond Street West, suite 440
Tuesday 27 February
7pm: Keynote & Graduation
8pm: Screening
INFO & DETAILS
There is limited enrollment for sessions 1–4. You must attend ALL
sessions to be enrolled. The first 8 participants to enroll will
receive a FREE softcover copy of the book.
Each week, there will be a limited number of "audited" spots to attend
single sessions 1–4. When you enroll, you will be added to the
waiting list. These spots are PWYC.
ALL WELCOME for session 5. This is an open public event and screening.
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VALLEY OF THE DOLLS BY JACQUELINE SUSANN
You’ve go to climb to the top of Mount Everest
to reach the VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.
It’s a brutal climb to reach that peak
which so few have seen.
You never knew what was really up there,
but the last thing you expected to find
was the VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.
You stand there, waiting for
the rush of exhilaration
you though you’d feel–but
it doesn’t come.
You’re too far away to hear the applause
and take your bows.
And there’s no place left to climb.
Fifty years ago, Jacqueline Susann wrote these opening lines to what
would become one of the most successful books of its time (with over
31 million copies sold, and counting) making Susann a household name
(even if many still read her book under the covers in secret) and
bestowing her with the honour of being the first author in history to
have three consecutive books in the #1 position on the New York Times
bestsellers list. Some might remember the Valley of the Dolls best as
the cinematic vehicle for Sharon Tate’s short career, and a pill and
booze soaked cautionary tale of female ambition, fame, fortune and
failure. Fifty years later the story is still relevant, telling us as
much about celebrity culture today and it forewarned us then.
You’re got to climb to the top of Mount Everest to see the VALLEY OF
THE DOLLS, and you’re invited to take this journey with TORONTO’s
very own PERFORMANCE PROVOCATEUR KEITH COLE in a 5-SESSION BOOK
CLUB-CUM-ACADEMIC MASTER CLASS. The first 4 sessions take place in a
sprawling hotel room. In Session 5, book club attendees gather with
audience to watch a screening of the 1967 film directed by Mark
Robson, listen to a key note speech by a secret special guest, and
receive their “V of the D” diplomas.
ABOUT PERFORMANCE CLUB
FADO's newest performance series, Performance Club, attempts to
redefine the historical and contemporary performance art canon, one
book club, and one book / article / essay / anthology at a time.
Invited artists perform the role of book club facilitators, leading
the audience through a performance of a reading, a reading
performance, a performance about a book, or a bookish performance.
PERFORMANCE CLUB: 2017–2018
Performance Club 1
_Queer/Play_ edited by Moynan King
Performed by Moe Angelos
December 2017
Performance Club 2
_Valley of the Dolls_ by Jacqueline Susann
Performed by KEITH COLE
January 2018
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