artist The Boy from ET

From the mind and voice behind the critically acclaimed folk-rock group Peter Mansbridge and the CBCs comes a musical docudrama virtually without precedent. In The Boy from ET's _Lives the Part_, Henry A. Svec takes on the role of Henry Thomas, the actor who has appeared in such films as ET, Cloak and Dagger, Legends of the Fall, and Gangs of New York. Not widely known is the fact that Henry Thomas is Canadian (from Tillsonburg, Ontario), that Stompin' Tom is his uncle, that he is a committed Québécois Separatist, that he wrote many of Broken Social Scene's songs, and that he has co-written poetry with French actor Gerard Depardieu. Listen to Henry tell these and other true stories as he plays the songs that record in detail an impossibly fascinating life.

The Boy from ET was developed, through improv performances, at venues across Canada in spring/summer 2007.  The Boy from ET has shared stages with Final Fantasy, Laura Barett, Geoff Berner, Carolyn Mark, Jenny Omnichord, and The Awkward Stage.

Advanced Praise for The Boy from ET:

"Who would have thought that the Boy from ET would have turned out to be such an insightful, witty, alternately tender and cruel songwriter? The Boy from ET salvages the crumbling dignity of fading child stardom with stunning pathos and humility. And booze. Which I also like."

                          --- Geoff Berner

"Equally, if not more, satisfying [than Peter Mansbridge]."

                          --- Stacey May Fowles