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by Ray Jarvis Ruby, directed by Erin Kehoe

Blue Dagger Theatre, Toronto Fringe Festival, George Ignatieff Theatre, Toronto

July 3-12, 2014

In this solo show Jarret Wright sinks so deeply into each of a series of six radically distinct characters that by the end it’s hard to believe one person could have played them all.  Wright will follow the portrait of a tragic figure, with a comic buffoon, a military hero with a Tarantinoesque nutcase. 

What unites the six is each character’s extraordinary obsession with something quite trivial.  While I wish the sequence had deeper thematic connections, it does provide Wright with the perfect showcase for his extraordinary intensity and versatility as an actor. 

              

©Christopher Hoile

Note: A version of this review appeared in NOW Magazine 2014-07-10.

Photo: Jarret Wright as the six characters in Prisoners & Criminals.

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