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Caroline’s policy is to only give post opening interviews and does not give interviews prior to opening.
“She (Russell-King) calls herself Calgary’s meat and potatoes, ha ha, pun intended dinner theatre writer. She says she’s ‘the kind of person who always thinks of the bright and witty thing to say to someone 20 minutes after leaving the party’ maybe that’s why her characters have quick silver-tongues she takes time to think about it first. ‘It seems I’m always hearing dialogue. Sometimes the characters actually possess me and won’t let me go until I write all their talking down’ – and lucky for us she does” – Brenda Findley, Theatre Magazine
Mr Fix It
The script is the star of this show, with effortless undulating rhythms that keep the play snappy and entertaining. Russell-King wrote the piece as homage to Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Neil Simon and although the play won’t win an award of that significance, it’s not hard to imagine that Simon would be pleased by the honour. – Drew Anderson, Fast Forward Magazine
Caroline Russell-King’s script Mr. Fix It is a gem of a romantic comedy and boasts as much talent behind the lights as it does in front…the jokes come fast and furious but so do Russell-King’s insights into what makes a marriage fun, maddening, impossible and salvageable… This is one little diversion you won’t want to miss – four stars. – Louis Hobson, Calgary Sun
Mr. Fix It was written as an homage to Neil Simon, particularly the hotel comedies such as California and Plaza Suite and it certainly does feel like something Neil Simon might have written. Russell-King keeps the tempo tuned up and the quips flying. – Stephen Hunt, Calgary Herald
Mounting Sex in the Afternoon Zone
“Somewhere in the second act, I lost it completely I laughed uncontrollably. I rolled in the isles. I clapped a lot” – Erin Curtain, Toronto On Stage
“A million laughs in frantic romp” – Penny Castor, The Advocate
“Mounting Sex in the Afternoon Zone is a gem of a show that sparkles on all counts delivering a comic punch that is sadly to rarely seen…a noble triumph…a sheer delight from start to finish” – Mark Weber, Red Deer Press
“Mounting Sex in the Afternoon Zone is a broad, sprawling spoof of sex comedies, off stage affairs, Canadian content cheesy sets and miscued effects” – Martin Morrow, The Calgary Herald
From Here to Insanity
“All the ingredients for farce are there in Caroline Russell-King’s new play: an oddball situation that gets sillier as the performance progresses, some funny lines and characters begging to be hammed up” –Kate Zimmerman, The Calgary Herald
“Playwright Caroline Russell-King has discovered humor in the weirdest places and the strangest people. She does a skilled job of creating physical nonsense and writing one line zingers” – Louis B Hobson Calgary Sun
Scrooge - the Female Version
“Scrooge Spoof hits bulls-eye. Scrooge-The Female Version has been resurrected for a third season at Glenmore Dinner Theatre for a very good reason. Caroline Russell-King’s version of the Dickens classic is sharp-witted, deliciously cynical and outrageously silly” – Lin Connery, Calgary Herald
“Ms Scrooge packed ‘em in. When the final curtain came down on Scrooge the Female Version the Glenmore said goodbye to it’s most successful show in the company’s seven year history” – Louis B. Hobson Calgary Sun
“Scrooge a big hit… Well timed acting and a witty script made Scrooge the Female version, which played last night last night a satisfying serving of dinner theatre… a zany original quality throughout, which was well received by last night audience.” – Eve Edmonds, Medicine Hat News
“Scrooge hands out laughs. Unsophisticated but spirited romp which gives the funny bone a genuine working over ***1/2 “ – Louis B. Hobson the Calgary Sun
Alice Through the Past Lives
“Of the spate of Fringe shows dealing with new age out of body stuff like astral projection and cosmic oneness and channeling and past life hypnotic regression this one woman show is the most modest and localized it is also the most successful” – Liz Nichols, Edmonton Sun
