By Crystal Wood

Fenulla Jiwani brings popular play back to Toronto until June 12th

Before I write this review for Fenstar Productions’ 30 Dates, being remounted at the Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs, let me allow for a little disclosure.

I am a 30-something single woman.  My partner for the show, Joanne, is also a 30-something single woman.  The main character of 30 Dates is, yup, a 30-something single woman.

We figured the show could go two ways.  Either we would find the play to be entertaining, funny and relatable, or we would leave feeling like a sad societal joke ready to just give up and head for the convent.

Thankfully we found it to be the former, so the convent can wait!

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On the rainiest day in June (so far) I stood with a crowd on the NW corner of College and Grace Streets, waiting for Howie the Rookie. None of us knew what to expect. Our umbrellas twirled under the pelting rain until we were greeted by a Red One Theatre Collective representative who presented a damp attendance list. Suddenly, two men, shouting in Irish accents flew by, and the play began.

Our umbrella-ed entourage was led towards our “secret location” and I noticed how poetic the urban environment seemed from this heightened, theatrical perspective. A young couple walking their chihuahua with an Elizabethan collar in the distance became characters in our show. Graffiti appeared as decoration, rather than vandalism, and litter seemed perfectly placed, rather than, well, littered.

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by Lucy Allen

Play about MS showcases intense and moving performances for the Toronto stage.