The comedian and author Charlie Demers discusses his show Leftovers, which plays the York Theatre 26-30 January 2016 as part of the PuSh Festival, with Joseph Planta.

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, at TheCommentary.ca.

Last spring, Charles Demers debuted his one-man show Leftovers at Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre. It’s gone on to other cities in the country and returns home later this month as part of the PuSh Festival. Neworld Theatre is its producer, and Mr. Demers joins me now to tell us about this personal show wherein he recounts coming of age, politically and otherwise. It’s moving, especially when talks in the show about being a new father, his own mother’s death when he was a child, as well as the travails of being a socialist in a capitalist world. When I saw the show last year we were in the midst of Stephen Harper’s tenure as prime minister. Has Charlie’s outlook gotten a little sunnier with Justin Trudeau at the helm? I doubt it has, but Charlie has always struck me as a realist than pessimist. Visit www.PuShFestival.ca for tickets to the show. Go now, because they’ve already added another show, and that’s selling quickly. It’s because I think he’s not only talented, clever and funny, but beloved. It’s the measure of his success not only as a performer, but as a person. What shines in this show is Charlie’s humanity. I’m not a socialist and even I was quite moved by it all. Everybody deserves to see this show. Charlie was last on this past fall when his book The Horrors was released. That book, like everything he’s done lately, was a smash. The show’s at the York Theatre 26-30 January 2016. @charliedemers is the Twitter handle. We’ve caught up with Charlie one afternoon last week. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Charlie Demers; Mr. Demers, good morning.

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