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by Dave Deveau, Sarah Dineen, Maya Rabinovitch, Shannon Roszell and Jason Sharman

Theatre in Limbo, Toronto Fringe Festival, Factory Theatre Mainspace, Toronto

July 2-13, 2008

Combine "SARSiscal" without the wit and music and "Evil Dead: The Musical" without the blood and demons and  you've got a show that hasn’t decided if it’s a musical or what it’s satirizing.  A new disease caused by cellphone and computer radiation is causing SALDS (Severe Advanced Limb Deterioration Syndrome).  A group goes to a new-age healer (the funny Maya Rabinovitch) for help but in the end begins harvesting limbs from living people for its own future use.  At odd times they lamely sing old songs a capella or karaoke style.  Swinging wildly in all directions the show never hits one of its ever-changing targets. 

©Christopher Hoile

Note: A version of this review appeared in Eye Weekly 2008-07-10.

Photo: Maya Rabinovitch, Jason Sharman, Shannon Roszell Dave Deveau and Sarah Dineen.