Theatre Review – Blyth Festival 2019/In the Wake of Wettlaufer by Kelly McIntosh and Gil Garratt
A provocative and disturbing drama about children dealing with their father’s dimentia, and the devastating fallout from the Wettlaufer murders.
A provocative and disturbing drama about children dealing with their father’s dimentia, and the devastating fallout from the Wettlaufer murders.
An engaging play about three generations of a farm family in conflict.
The kindest thing to say about the Blyth Festival’s world premiere of Jumbo is that the play is not ready for prime time. Yet it should have worked, given the talent behind the project such as accomplished writer Sean Dixon and talented director Gil Garratt. I suspect that a lot of time was spent on […]
Apparently, Cakewalk by Colleen Curran, which premiered at the Blyth Festival in 1984, and was remounted in 1986, has been one of the company’s most requested revivals. I actually saw both those shows and remember them fondly, so Curran’s zany comedy redux was welcome news. Happily, I can report that this 2019 production is right […]