Dylan Brody's DRIVING HOLLYWOOD Comes to Canal Cafe Theatre

Blue Panther Productions presents award winning humorist Dylan Brody in his new solo show "Dylan Brody's Driving Hollywood" coming to London's Canal Cafe Theatre June 9 thru 17. Nancy Carlin directs. The show's international tour which debuted at Chicago's Apollo Theater at the beginning of May will continue at Barcelona's Teatro Tinta Roja thru May 27 and move to New York in July at The PIT Underground following the London run.

Driving into Hollywood to meet a big time player that could change the course of his career, Dylan Brody flashes back to his boyhood in Schuylerville New York recalling his precociousness by carrying around Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment with Marvel comics tucked inside. Continually raising his hand to challenge his teachers' assertions, he was a regular at the principal's office where his father, a professor at Skidmore College, was also called in ostensibly to reprimand his son but instead generously offered to "hear both sides of the story". With his signature wit and playfulness he goes on to describe early misunderstandings working in the entertainment industry and his adult life as a comic and writer in Los Angeles. In a town where success and fame is constantly almost happening, Brody's uplifting and hilarious stories combine passion and heartbreak with unique humor to leave us with a spark of hope at the intersection of art and commerce.

Actor/comedian and award winning writer Dylan Brody is one of America's leading humorists. He's shared the stage with some of the comedy world's biggest stars including Adam Sandler, Richard Belzer and Jerry Seinfeld. His TV credits include A&E's Comedy on the Road, FOX TV'sComedy Express and Showtime's The Green Room with Paul Provenza. Brody opened three years running for fellow humorist David Sedaris who's said of his work, "Funny and fascinating...Unique and unpredictable". He has been called "a funny storyteller in the tradition of Mark Twain" by legendary editor Paul Krassner and his writing has been referred to as "brilliant" by Robin Williams. With six comedy albums and four published books Brody's repertoire continues to expand along with his popularity as a live performer.

Nancy Carlin has directed and performed extensively in theaters that include American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, Aurora Theater and San Francisco Playhouse, among others. She's co-author of the new musical Max Understood, which was developed at O'Neill National Music Theater Conference and premiered at San Francisco's Cowell Theater last spring. A member of SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists Guild, she's a theater arts lecturer at UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State.

Blue Panther Productions includes award-winning comedienne Alicia Dattner's The Oy of Sex in New York, celebrated Toronto dancer/performance artist Sara Porter's Sara Does A Solo in S. F. and Scott Charles' 2015 drama Dinner with Augie in the S.F. Bay Area. Executive producer Laura Lundy was original artistic director of San Francisco's Virago Theatre Company where she produced and directed Candide, Three Penny Opera,A Taste of Honey and many original plays.She produced AROUSAL paired with The Lover (2014) and The Singularity (2015) at NYC's Flea Theater to critical acclaim.

"Dylan Brody's Driving Hollywood" begins at Canal Cafe (Delamere Terrace London W2 6ND) on Friday June 9 playing thru Saturday June 17. All shows are at 7:30PM. For tickets and information go to https://canalcafetheatre.com/event?EventId=57308 or call 0207 289 6054. For more information go to http://www.dylanbrodysdrivinghollywood.com/.

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