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by Guy Doucette, Eric Hopkins, Kristina Schartmann & Gabe Shpilt, directed by Tanya Smith

Toronto Fringe Festival, Back Burner Productions, Tarragon Theatre Extra Space, Toronto

July 6-17, 2005

The questioning of a young man accused of inciting a friend to explode a bomb at a high school assembly frames a meandering series of sketches about bombs and warfare, based not on current events, but solely on scenes from Hollywood movies.  Instead of relevance all we get is a steady flow of poorly acted clichés.  Boxes of Kraft Dinner inexplicably feature in every scene.  Both bombs and KD can be made at home--is that it?  This product of the York University Creative Ensemble program must be exciting for the students, but there’s no reason to charge the public to see it.

©Christopher Hoile

Note: A version of this review appeared in Eye Weekly 2005-07-14.

Photo: Guy Doucette (foreground) and cast of KD and the Bomb.