Tired Clichés
written
and performed by TJ Dawe
Tired Clichés, at First, seems to be a scattering of monologues on unrelated thoughts - graveyard shifts, traffic lights, how gracefully cats vomit, and doesn't the word "skiing" just look wrong? Little by little a story emerges about a main character who graduates from university and finds himself with Nothing To Do and Nowhere To Go but the delightful world of minimum wage work. There's a jump into a pile of boxes and a surprise ending that ties everything together.
"This guy's heading for the Stand-Up Hall of Fame. Tired Clichés is one of the most original, tightly conceived, and well-performed comedy acts I've seen" - Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight
"Five Stars - Rigorously rehearsed work by a comedic genius. When word gets out about this brilliant beat comedian, he'll fill the Orpheum" - Peter Birnie, Vancouver Sun
"TJ Dawe is unnervingly captivating, increasingly edgy and brilliantly funny" - Patrick McDonald, Adelaide Advertiser (Australia)
TJ has toured Tired Clichés throughout Canada, the US and Australia.
The script of Tired Clichés is available through the Toronto Fringe Library.
Awards
Jessie Richardson Award for Best New Play or Musical, 1999Best Male Performer, Victoria Fringe 1999
