"Tamara Lynn Robert makes for great company in this one-woman show about her personal struggles with mental illness. Sensibly directed, with smart sound design, it’s a professional and charming piece, with a strong finish."

                                                             Eye Weekly

Laura Anne Harris, the director and lighting designer, was trained at the University of Victoria’s Acting program.  She has appeared at the Belfry Theatre in Theatre Bombus’ production of The Josephine Knot written by Meg Braem and directed by Amiel Gladstone.  Also, she acted and coached inmates at William Head Institute as a part of a theatre outreach program within their production of Waiting For Godot.   In November 2009 she moved to Toronto where she has collaborated with new emerging company Pivitol (Arts) theatre company and performed with Atomic Vaudeville (creators of Legoland,) at Theatre Passe Muraille.  Laura first performed Pitch Blond at the 2007 Victoria Fringe Festival where she won the 2007 Critic’s Choice Award for ‘Best Fringe Production.’  She has since entertained many with Pitch Blond at numerous Canadian festivals including Femfest.  Her love for all aspects of theatre have taken her behind the scenes, directing Alex Eddington in TJ Dawe’s hit Tired Cliches and now, Tamara Lynn Robert in Psycho Bitch

Tamara Lynn Robert (aka P.k. Pin up) is a Canadian writer and performer. She weaves her love of story telling with her passion for social justice to create comedic tales infused with thought provoking material. Her first monologue, Dreams was written and performed in Winnipeg, 2000.  She appeared in U of W's V-day (2007), co-directing their production of The Vagina Monologues and performing: "The Woman Who Liked To Make Vaginas Happy". Also in 2007, Tamara produced her critically acclaimed show Strange Bedfellows which featured her signature monologue Confessions of a P.K. Pin Up. Tamara has since moved to Toronto where she quickly became a favorite at the Porn Room Comedy Nights and has also appeared on the Evelyn Reese Variety Show, the Mary Janes of Comedy and Dragons of Comedy. She returned to Winnipeg in 2009 to perform her one-night only cabaret Love and Other Delusions. Tamara is thrilled to bring her newest solo show, Psycho Bitch to Toronto, Winnipeg and Victoria for their Fringe Theatre Festivals.

Alex Eddington is secretly a professional composer.  His music has been commissioned, performed and read across Canada and beyond, by musicians and ensembles including the Toronto Symphony, the Mississauga Symphony, the Scarborough Philharmonic, the Toronto Chamber Choir, and soprano Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.  He has won several competitions as a composer, including a SOCAN Award.  

Alex was the recipient of the 2008/09 Urjo Kareda Residency Grant at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto. He has written and performed three original shows on the Fringe festival circuit: WOOL, The Fugue Code, and Old Growth; he is currently developing Yarn, a musical storytelling show that will premiere in summer 2011.  This summer, watch for him performing TJ Dawe's comic monologue Tired Clichés in the Regina, Winnipeg and Edmonton Fringe festivals.  

You can visit Alex online at www.AlexEddington.com.  

photography by: Sean Barker

“ Robert’s performance is stellar, expertly achieving a balance between comedy and thoughtful reflection, enough to make you ponder your own preconceived notions of mental illness. As an expert storyteller, she has audiences listening intently to her every word, genuinely empathizing with her roller-coaster of emotions.”

                                                       4 stars,  Times Colonist                                                       

"...it’s beautifully performed in a strong staging by director Laura Anne Harris, ...certain to delight anyone who believes in the restorative powers of compassion and humour."

                                                                                                                                                   Toronto Sun

“Tamara Lynn Robert gives an emotional, raw and genuine performance …Well-written…a tribute to those living with a disorder. It gives them voice. It gives them justice. But most of all, it reminds us that sometimes the greatest cure we can give someone, is love.”

                                                                                                                           Mooney on Theatre

"... genuinely delightful. A personal, powerful performance."

                                                                                                                    4 and half stars, Uptown Magazine

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“In a word: brilliant.

  Robert is both a charming storyteller and     

  subtly poetic writer...”

                                       Monday Magazine