Reviews 2009
Reviews 2009
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by Sebastian Kroon, directed by Christina Kozak
Cabbage Under Heavy Fire,
Toronto Fringe Festival, Factory Studio Theatre, Toronto
July 3-11, 2009
If you liked Daniel MacIvor’s famous one-man shows, you are sure to like Circus by Vancouver-based actor and playwright Sebastian Kroon. What seems at first a simple tale of an innocent boy’s desire to visit the circus morphs into a truly chilling metaphysical mystery. Why do the boy’s blind mother and the circus barker warn him not to go? Why do the circus acts horrify instead of delight? What happens during the boy’s frequent memory lapses? Kroon is a highly expressive, very physical performer who can transform himself utterly. He frighteningly demonstrates that even the meekest must wrestle with demons.
©Christopher Hoile
Note: A version of this review appeared in Eye Weekly 2009-07-04.
Photo: Sebastian Kroon.
2009-07-04
Circus