“It's like a well-acted Three Stooges routine, plumped up on pretension and massive amounts of processed sugar....Weird clown theater doesn't get much more charming than this.”

“It's like a well-acted Three Stooges routine, plumped up on pretension and massive amounts of processed sugar....Weird clown theater doesn't get much more charming than this.” - The Stranger

Le Frenchword Presents “Fancy Mud”

Improvisations and free-writing on various themes, musical jamming sessions, and just being plain stupid in the acting studio; result="Fancy Mud." The show examines the origins of the universe, the cycle of life, cell phones, bunnies, California Cute Cult, The Last Lame Three-Legged Dying Cow among others through stories, monologues, music and movement.

What people are saying about "Fancy Mud"

“ “ Fancy Mud,” is one of the best performances I have ever seen, not just in Seattle, but in London and New York as well. What makes it so impressive is a combination of features: originality; conceptual sophistication; comedy that is, by turns, sly and surreal; philosophical subtlety; and, throughout, the three performers’ dazzling energy...The show’s elegant structure—and a great deal of its meaning—lies in its desultory progress from randomness to significance...Those who just want to laugh will enjoy the individual vignettes of “Fancy Mud,” which combine scathing wit and deft physical comedy. Those interested in pushing the boundaries of performance will appreciate the show’s associative structure, in which words such as “singularity” link disparate scenes, not into unity, but into a kind of theatrical dialectic. And those who turn to art for understanding, as well as pleasure, will be fascinated by the heuristic energies of “Fancy Mud.” ”

- Laura King, Former Sarai Ribicoff Assistant Professor, Departments of English and Theater Studies, Yale University

“These three Seattle-based performers put on a show of sheer, exhilarating, absurdist joy...with a combination of perfectly-choreographed and beautifully-executed physical comedy, music and dialogue that is smart, bizarre, and full of laugh-out-loud moments of surprise and delight, they take on everything from the origins of the universe to cell phones, inviting the audience to appreciate and experience the ridiculousness of the world we live in - or the world we believe we live in.”

- Chandra Mayor, CBC Manitoba, read more here http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/scene/fringe/2012/07/le-frenchword-presents-fancy-mud.html

“To say that this trio from Seattle walks with an absurdist bent may be an understatement. Instead, Carter Rodriguez, Sachie Mikawa and Ben Burris take what is rightly absurd and turn it into cuteness and light.”

- Fawnda Mithrush, Vue Weekly, Edmonton, read more here http://vueweekly.com/fringe/play/p_le_frenchword_presents/

“I haven't seen anything this deeply, unapologetically off-the-wall in this city in a while...If you're game to think on some puzzling moments of beauty and weirdness, think about Fancy Mud.” - John E. Allis, Seattlest, read more here http://seattlest.com/2011/09/17/le_frenchword_fancy_mud.php

"The perfect pitch of humor and horror are spun to tasty perfection. Cheeky, demented, prolific, fiber-optic smart. This is an act of the purist theater. These three are purveyors of magic and are under-the-radar super stars.”

Seattle Gay Scene Read more here http://www.seattlegayscene.com/2011/09/fancy-mud-from-le-frenchword-at-the-annex.html

“It's like a well-acted Three Stooges routine, plumped up on pretension and massive amounts of processed sugar....Weird clown theater doesn't get much more charming than this.”- The Stranger

“They are so much fun I just want to run away from my life to go play with them.” -The Sunbreak

“These three Seattle-based performers put on a show of sheer, exhilarating, absurdist joy”

- CBC Manitoba