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by Tiffany Markwart and Matt Josdal

Hunin and Munin Theatre, Toronto Fringe Festival, Glen Morris Studio Theatre, Toronto

July 5-14, 2006

In this peculiar show from Saskatoon, we meet an up-tight businessman (Matt Josdal) trying to do some work on a flight, while being constantly harassed to have sex by Anna, his obnoxious seat-mate (Tiffany Markwart).  Any potential comedy is dampened by heavy allegory.  You see Anna is a goddess, if not God herself, so saddened by the death of her Son that she wants to end it all in a plane crash.  The play strives to say something profound about the relation between humanity and divinity, love and sex, but makes little sense on either a realistic or symbolic level.

©Christopher Hoile

Note: A version of this review appeared in Eye Weekly 2006-07-13.

Photo: Matt Josdal and Tiffany Markwart. ©2006 Janet Shum.