CANCER CAN’T DANCE LIKE THIS From Friday (July 8) at Tarragon Mainspace. See listing.
Daniel Stolfi doesn’t give up. In 2008, he and two friends were rehearsing a Fringe show when Stolfi developed a form of lymphoma that required two years of chemotherapy.
Show cancelled.
But the experience led to Cancer Can’t Dance Like This, a solo piece based on his experiences and focused on the comic aspect of the treatment. Filled with larger-than-life characters, the narrative follows Stolfi’s loss of several things: his hair, appetite, sex drive and ability to dance.
The show has toured the country, been nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award and raised over $60,000 for cancer research, but for two years Stolfi wasn’t chosen in the Toronto Fringe lottery.
Third time lucky.
