Review: (Toronto) The Sacrifice Zone

Michael Spence and Joel Benson (photo by Michael Cooper)

A Company Soars
...the script...?
by Ramya Jegatheesan

The Sacrifice Zone is a story about living in a dying place, where the birds are silent and industry devours and poisons the land. 

It is the story of a tragedy. It is a tale of David versus Goliath. 

You’ve heard this story before, maybe seen it in one too many headlines: Deadly explosion rocks industrial town. Workers killed. 

The Sacrifice Zone begins in the aftermath of this industrial disaster. Two grief-stricken widowers search for answers and justice. The corporation, and many in town, want them to take the money and be quiet. Questions are inconvenient when there is big money to be made. 

Review: (Toronto) Imprints

TOP TO BOTTOM: Cosette Derome, Conor Green, Kat Sander 

(Photo credit: Michael Cooper)

Provocative Ideas, But...

Gargantua offers a new work at Factory

by Beat Rice

Last week Michael Spence’s play, Imprints, had its world premiere at the Factory Studio Theatre. The play explores the idea of one’s ancestry being passed down in more than just a physical way. That one’s person is made up from all of those that came before them. The idea is really interesting and opens up a lot of points of discussion. Unfortunately the play, directed by Jacquie P.A. Thomas, failed to do that.