Success can be a curse. Monologuist Barry Smith has wowed audiences at previous Vancouver Fringe Festivals with his shows Jesus in Montana, American Squatter, and Baby Book. Here, he’s mining the same basic material as in those outings: his own playful eccentricity and the impressive archives—including school records, photographs, and video—that he has to document it. This time around, the story is less urgent and self-revealing, however: Smith traces a wandering career path that leads him—as we know it will—to his performance in front of us. Smith remains a charming raconteur and his PowerPoint presentation is both humble and slick. But the stakes are low and there’s less insight than he’s taught us to expect from him.

At the Waterfront Theatre on September 13 (7:40 p.m.), 15 (8:30 p.m.), 16 (5 p.m.), and 19 (9:35 p.m.)