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<b>by Kat Sandler, directed by Jonathan Heppner
Knockabout Theatre Co., Toronto Fringe Festival,
Factory Studio Theatre, Toronto
July 2-11, 2009</b><b>
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If you fancy a dose of meaningless silliness, try <i>Dirty Girls</i>, a fractured fairy-tale based on a “moral interlude” by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Adam Barrett, like an effeminate Charles Laughton, plays an immune-deficient King, who must marry a clean virgin before his 30th birthday. The King’s secretary Tidy (a very funny Sasha Kovacs) would like to propose herself but is countered by the filthy, aptly-named Slut (the energetic Kat Sandler), who plans to win despite all odds. It is all settled by a bout of mud-slinging and pie-throwing. (Watch out in the front row!)
©Christopher Hoile
Note: A version of this review appeared in <i>Eye Weekly</i> 2009-07-03.
Photo: Kat Dandler and Sasha Kovacs.
<b>2009-07-03</b>
<b>Dirty Girls</b>