Krista Skwarok and Isaac Li in She Sells Sea Shells (Photo cropped from an original by Nancy Caldwell)
Watching She Sells Sea Shells is like watching somebody you like dating the wrong guy: admirable artists have worked very hard and very skilfully on this production, but Helen Eastman’s script isn’t worthy of their talents and attention.
I’m going to chew on the script for a bit before I get into the interpretive successes. [Read more…]
Screen grab of Derek Kwan as Fox.
John Millard’s music for The Cave is glorious. And who couldn’t use some gloriousness these days?
The Cave is a musical cabaret with characters and a narrative. Pursued by fire, the animals of the forest are running for their lives. They take refuge in Bear’s cave, where they tell stories, struggle to breathe, and await their fate.
This both is and isn’t as heavy as it sounds. The Cave is almost ecstatically entertaining. [Read more…]
