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Become Dazzled By The Cody Rivers Show

by Libby Chenault

For the past six months, devoted fans have been gathering at iDiOM Theater for the two-person sketch comedy phenomenon known as The Cody Rivers Show. Written and performed by Mike Mathieu and Andrew Connor, it’s a sensational hour of theater, music, and dance, and it’s one of-a-kind. The duo has an original sense of humor that avoids easy targets like pop stars and presidents, choosing instead to create fantastic realities that transcend the familiar.

Connor and Mathieu throw themselves into a variety of vivid characters so convincingly they seem like a cast of ten, not two. Clever audio and choreographed scene changes make the transitions part of the performance, so the action never stops. The actors’ energy pulls the audience into their world and sometimes quite literally onto the stage.

And then there’s the dancing.  Broadway, yoga, and MTV come together in unforgettable, high-energy sequences. Add to that seemingly self-animated props, guitars, slow- motion combat and ill-fitting wigs, and the result is simply dazzling.

The Cody Rivers Show performs regularly at iDiOM Theater, and irregularly at other venues in the area. Check it out. Become dazzled.          

Libby Chenault lives in Bellingham where she supports and participates in the local arts scene.

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