Review: (Toronto) The Penelopiad

Megan Follows (photo credit: John Lauener)

Beyond Homer
by Beat Rice

I first want to state that I never saw the original Nightwood Theatre production of Margaret Atwood's  The Penelopaid or knew anything of what it was about. Last night at Buddies I watched without any preconceived notion other than, “well this better be good if people feel like it needs to be remounted”. Well, I was correct in that presumption. Margaret Atwood’s adaptation of her novella passed into the hands of a team of 26 women, make for an unforgettable piece of theatre.