Lucky Bastard
August 9
Lucky BAstard
Breton lalama
August 9th
Synopsis
A site specific performance where the site is the stage and the performance is a cabaret in celebration of a life well lived … well, lived at least. Get lucky with Mr. B (that Bastard) as your Host. There will be songs!
meet the team
Breton Lalama (he/him) – Creator & Performer
BRETON LALAMA is a writer, performer and filmmaker. As an actor, he’s worked with Young People’s Theatre, Canadian Stage, Bad Hats, Soulpepper, Neptune Theatre, The Royal Manitoba Theatre Center and more. FILM/TV includes: The Madness (Netflix), Y: The Last Man (FX/Hulu), Slasher (Shudder), Pretty Hard Cases (CBC/NBC), Really Happy Someday (Spindle Films), Let’s Go Bananas! (CBC Gem). His plays and screenplays include: LAST SHOW ON EARTH TRADEMARK SYMBOL! (Neptune Theatre premiere); WHAT FOR WHAT (in development); Really Happy Someday (TIFF 2024 premiere, Whistler Film Festival’s Best Screenplay Award and Best Canadian Feature Award, Inside Out Film Festival’s Best Canadian Feature); when i was a boy i wasn’t (self-produced, screened internationally). Breton sits on the Pink Triangle Advisory Committee and is the proud-cofounder of the Spindle Films Foundation to support transgender Canadian filmmakers.
Daniel MacIvor (he/him) – Director
DANIEL MACIVOR is a playwright, performer, and producer who divides his time between Toronto and Cape Breton. He has been the recipient of a Governor General’s Literary Award, the Siminovitch Prize for Theatre, a New York Obie Award and a GLAAD Award. His plays include Never Swim Alone, In On It, His Greatness and The Best Brothers and have been translated into French, German, Czech, Spanish, Japanese and Portuguese. Most recently with producer Marcie Januska Daniel has been running Toronto-based reWork Productions developing new theatre and film, and he is the creative consultant for venerable queer media company Pink Triangle Press creating new media that encourages allyship and advocacy.
John Alcorn (he/him) – Pianist
Born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Trinidad, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and New Hampshire, Alcorn returned to Toronto as an adult and began performing in jazz clubs. He released his first album in 1999, and was named Male Vocalist of the Year by the Jazz Report Awards. He also earned a Dora Award in 1997 as music director and composer for Theresa Tova’s play Still the Night. Alcorn has also acted in a number of television films, including Must Be Santa and The Piano Man’s Daughter. Alcorn is the partner of puppeteer and dramatist Ronnie Burkett. His daughter, Coco Love Alcorn, is also a noted Canadian jazz and pop singer..
