by Colin Thomas | Sep 14, 2018 | Review
> David Johnston This show is spectacular, by the strictest definition: a spectacle, and not much else. There’s nothing in the way of plot. This story fragments in this 20-minute-long acrobatics recital range from simplistic (a man watches anime…and...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2018 | Review
> Colin Thomas When Rabbit Hole starts, it’s been eight months since Becca and Howie’s four-year-old son Danny was hit by a car and killed. The driver was a teenager named Jason Willette. In its diligent examination of the emotional impact of Danny’s death on his...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2018 | Review
> Colin Thomas There are a whole lot of performers on the fringe festival circuit who lean too heavily on the eccentricity of their delivery. But it doesn’t matter how quickly you can talk, how much you flap around, how much you sweat, or how cunningly you can...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 13, 2018 | Review
> Sarvin Esmaeili * The speed of Jon Bennett’s storytelling left me open-mouthed. He starts by casually chatting with the audience. Then he subtly shifts into the heart of his show with the question, “How many of you have missed your plane before?…...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 12, 2018 | Review
> Sarvin Ismaeili * Small Town Boys helped me to understand men’s vulnerability. Performer/writer Sean Casey Leclaire introduces us to a group of boys who start hanging out together in suburban Montreal in 1970. Then the narrator follows his pals Bruno and Triple D...
