Crucified Woman

Cup of Hemlock Theatre Podcast reviewed Crucified Woman in PART 3 of our 3-part post-festival Review Roundup.

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TL;DL: It's written and directed by a cool priest with a surprising amount of previous theatre credits under their belt, but sadly winds up feeling like it was written by somebody trying their hand at playwriting for the first time. It's an agreeable parable about the evils of censorship, but without a reasonable voice of opposition to lend the arguments more friction, it just ends up preaching to the choir.

I’ll go see a second time, the rich content—and a personal connection, I went to school downriver of Laurence’s home; and I was in her house as it stood after her death, saw details of her kitchen. Great to see Margaret on stage at her kitchen table. Accomplished writing, bringing Timothy Findley into the narrative. Beautiful dance sequence. Demands a bigger production, perhaps in Peterborough? Though I’d like less United Church, and more of the Otonabee, where Margaret had her cabin: “The river flowed both ways.”

I thoroughly enjoyed the play. The actors were very versatile and the pace was excellent. It deepened my knowledge and experience of two works of art with which I am familiar.

it was a tad confusing as there were so many scenes of similar poeple with different aspects. charcters were strong. set was great! art was awesomeness! well done. felt like some loose ends but worht seeing

There should be a choice of "I carried it away with me" in the Reaction list. I'm now planning to see the sculpture and dive into "The Diviners". Congratulations to Jeffrey Dale and the cast, particularly Carling, Khadija and Gino.