I was Barbie is my second one woman show.
I was Barbie
created and performed by Nina Arsenault
directed by Brendan Healy
dramaturgy by Judith Rudakoff
sound design by Richard Feren
It’s my real life story of a silicone transsexual representing Mattel’s beloved plastic doll at her official 50th birthday party and the opening night of L’Oreal Fashion Week – a spiritual portrait of a glittering, digitally commodified, high society world with lots of (Canadian) celebrity gossip! Shades of Andy Warhol.
“a modern Circe of amorphous sexuality… a certain kind of star”, Toronto Star
“enthralled… Gonzo journalism that would make Hunter S. Thompson proud”, Globe and Mail
“can’t miss… fascinating”, CBC