A Love Unbecoming
The essence of a good farce is pacing and good comedy that is full of real belly laughs. Although the actors in A Love Unbecoming are decidedly talented, the script leaves a great deal to be desired. A farce set in war time Britain with a silly love triangle undone by class, (a butler and a countess) becomes more of a cliché than a plot. When we are informed that this might be the very last performance on radio, of course one is almost tempted to applaud. Mike Hughes and Matt Enos did their best to breathe life into this faltering play, but Holly Gauthier-Frankel one of our best performers and Montreal has many, was wasted in her false British accent and lovely costume. This farce was a farce.
A Love Unbecoming is at the MainLine Theatre on June 11, 12, and 14. Tickets HERE.
Jem Rolls : Adventures in Canadian Parking Lots
Jem Rolls is an English performance poet. He has been at the Fringe ever since I can remember and his hyper style poetic delivery leaves the audience breathless for more. He moves from storytelling poetry to rhyme to slam style with ease. I almost never miss his show in the Montreal Fringe.
This year he relates how he moves from Fringe to Fringe right across our beautiful land, or as he puts it, moving from concrete atoll to concrete atoll then across the green sea that connects them. This performance is terrific for just its amazing stylistic variety, and it is so fast paced one might have to see it twice.
Jem Rolls is at Tessri Dunya Theatre June 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. Tickets HERE.
The Montreal Fringe continues until June 15. Tickets for all shows HERE. To see our previous reviews, check out Meat Factory : Mommy, Homecumming, The Routine, Colonial Circus, Jem Rolls Adventures in Canadian Parking Lots, Harlem of the North, and To Pieces.
