“I'll put down my tray when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.”

It’s the ’90s and Sarah Rowland is a cocktail waitress in grave danger of becoming a lifer in the hospitality industry.

In this one-woman-serves-all show, Sarah relives her heady days as a serving wench at countless dives, bars, pubs, and clubs including Luvafair, Dick’s on Dicks, and the Niagara. Go back in time to all the beloved (and now defunct) venues that shaped Vancouver’s nightlife during the golden age of grunge, Blockbuster, and *69.

Follow Sarah’s misguided search for love and purpose as she brachiates from one doomed dalliance to another. Fuelled by evocative recollections spanning an entire decade, Big Tips is a darkly funny tale of debauchery and self-sabotage that will resonate with anyone who’s ever asked themselves, “How many shit sandwiches is too many?”

Bonus: Big Tips is set to a soundtrack that will make even the most hardened Nick Cave fans cream their jeans with post-punk purism. Part memoir, part Canadian heritage moment, part retro night, this is a must-see for the Gen Xers who lived it as well as all the subsequent generations who only know the '90s as an ironic jean cut.