"I laughed. I cried. I called my friends." (Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Keep Frozen: Pochsy Productions presents the award-winning stage and screen works of cult comedienne Karen Hines (a.k.a. Pochsy). Hines’s trans-genre black comedies have traveled the globe, winning her a loyal following and prompting Toronto Life Magazine to call her,"One of the most original artists in the city."
"Ingenious, acidic comedy" (The Globe & Mail)
"Gossamer charm and deadly power" (Eye)
Hilarious and harrowing" (NOW)
Still from "A Tax on Pochsy" (a.k.a. "The Audit") - Patrick McLaughlin photography, Karen Hines as Pochsy
Pochsy Productions on brief hiatus for the launching of:
DRAMA: Pilot Episode
"Energy soars in Drama: Pilot Episode" - Calgary Sun
"A twisted and consistently quotable satire." (The Globe and Mail)
"A magnificent play." (Calgary Herald)
More on "Drama" here: www.chbooks.ca
Remarkable… We go from chic to cheek, from satire to melodrama, from ant farms to the meaning of babies, from soul of the mind to spirit in the veins … A magnificent play. -– Five Stars: Calgary Herald
Read the whole review here
Read Globe and Mail "Calgary's New Drama Queen" profile about Hines's "piercing" new play here.
Read "Calgary is the Cultural Capital of the Planet" article here featuring "insanely funny" Drama here.
Publication:
- Coach House Books Publishes "DRAMA: Pilot Episode" More here: www.chbooks.ca
- Hines wins National Magazine Award and Western Magazine Award for "The Hundred Thousand Dollar Boyfriend" with Blake Brooker
Film News:
- Pochsy Productions in pre-production to shoot the third in the Pochsy Tripod of Films: 'ANAGRAM FOR PSYCHO"
- THE AUDIT (A TAX ON POCHSY) wins multiple awards and screen at dozens of festivals abroad including Oscar-qualifying festivals Athens, Atlanta, Palm Springs and Edinburgh
