intellectual

Vancouver’s Kevin Kraussler and Ming Hudson wrote and perform the show. It alternates between two separate stories and time periods: the first recorded case of schizophrenia, James Matthews, hospitalized in London’s ‘Bedlam’ asylum in the late 18th century and a current story of a delusional woman and her daughter that was drawn from the real-life exposure of the cast.

The play opens with a male physician speaking to our audience as if we were a professional jury. He presents a patient suffering from delusions who has been hospitalized for many years. They are reviewing his mental status in order to...

An amalgam of stick puppetry, spoken word poetry, beat boxing, monologue and slightly absurdist dialogue, this entire show felt like a non sequitur.

I’m not sure I would call this a play. It feels more like a performance piece. There isn’t a plot. There are no clear characters. There’s a male stick puppet and a female stick puppet, but who they are or what they want is not obvious. Near the end of the show we’re all given chocolate chip cookies (which I was confused by...

I’m sitting next to the Maritime Market on Granville Island wondering how on earth I’m going to review the show I just saw. As I sit on the warm wooden bench getting bitten by tiny mosquitoes, a parade of people drift by - there’s the perfect looking couple with matching blonde hair and stylish athletic wear, the upper middle class quartet discussing their latest trip to Tuscany, the group of red-faced and more than slightly tipsy revellers wearing backpacks and flip flops, and the indie hipster fringe volunteers drinking illicit beers. The difference between all of these nonchalant and self-assured...