FRINGE 2015: Legitimate Investment Opportunity

Directed by Paul Naiman and written by Jacob Greco (and company), Legitimate Investment Opportunity, or LIO, is a sweaty, delusional and inspirational “octo-annual assembly presentation summit conference meeting” that you’ll never forget!

The show was performed inside of the intimate confines of the Theatre Ste. Catherine, with long thin rows of seats for anyone who’s looking to make a sane, sound investment! And don’t worry about whether or not you’ll have trouble hearing the performers, they’ll be yelling frantically at you for the entire night.

With Andre Greco working in production, this show made Microsoft PowerPoint unbelievably entertaining! You’ll come for the bar graphs but stick around for the pie charts.

LIO is an extremely captivating business pitch that can’t be completely described without spoiling the show. It’s like a psychotic nightmare you might have after drinking too much and then binge-watching The Office. The show is delightfully awkward and uncomfortable; dirty and greasy. It’s nonsensical, yet an accurate and thoughtful representation of the destruction of modern day society at the hands of filthy capitalism. Towards the end of the performance, I found myself in tears because I had been laughing so much. It just hurt so good!

The cast is a phenomenal group of comedians with great onstage chemistry. Even offstage, the actors cheered for each other in every scene and showed a humbling amount of support for their fellow cast members.

Brad MacDonald (playing the role of Pipz Tullman) brought a passionate burst of energy as he opened the seminar with his EXTREME PowerPoint Presentation. His intense performance was intimidating and very fun to watch!

The comedy duo Daniel Carin and Chris Sandiford, playing the roles of biological brothers Terry and Jerry Billz respectively, graced the Fringe stage once again after their 2014 performance of The Midnight Living Room Lounge Show. Daniel and Chris succeeded in having another hilarious performance as they tried to explain to audience members all of the complicated numbers involved in the corporate world.

Tommy Marshall and Shawn Stenhouse starred as two wonderfully oblivious yet hard-core cops who got into all kinds of amusing shenanigans in-between PowerPoint lectures. Their performances were entertaining and helped to keep the show grounded in reality!

Jacob Greco (as Dr. Jacob the MD PhD OB/GYN and possibly more) provided an amusingly drunken performance! The way he delivered his lines was so charmingly awkward. It was almost as if he were an Adult Swim character! It’s no wonder why his talk show Don’t Mess This Up Jacob (Thursdays, 1 ー 2pm)  won CJLO’s 2015 Diego Award for the station's funniest radio show.

Scott Andrew Carter played the charismatic founder, CEO and supreme leader Natas Nomed with as much stage presence and conviction that any man wearing golden glitter pants can. Scott makes his appearance towards the end of the show, successfully tying together every aspect of this absurdist comedy together on a high note!

If you’re a fan of the Eric Andre Show, South Park or Charles Manson then you’ll absolutely love Legitimate Investment Opportunity!

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Legitimate Investment Opportunity is performed at Theatre Ste. Catherine everyday until Sunday June 21st so buy your tickets fast before it’s too late! You can buy tickets online here, or at the door.

Patricia Petit Liang is part of CJLO’s Official Fringe Team covering the sights and sounds from the 2015 St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival.

She also hosts Fatal Attraction every Sunday morning from 11am – 12pm, only on 1690AM in Montreal and online at CJLO.com. Follow her show Tumblr, at @fatalattraction1690am