EYE WEEKLY Review:

Canary is an interesting and occasionally funny story of a woman’s struggle to get a diagnosis for her mystery illness and warn others about her theory, which is that artificial light, electricity and radiation are causing her light sensitivity and debilitating headaches. Tasha Lawrence is so convincing as the frustrated Lily that one expects her to flinch when the house lights go up. The supporting cast never falters, and the stage management surpasses expectations, but rather than tackle the very problem Lily has — of convincing others to take environmental illnesses seriously — the production concludes with the cliché question, “Are you next?” Groan.

Canary is a comedy about Lily. Struck by a debilitating aversion to artificial light, our hero turns to medicine, but the results are fruitless. Inadvertently, Lily evokes the spirit of Marie Curie, who discovered radium and ironically, died from radiation poisoning. Lily strives to warn humanity about our toxic world and her journey culminates with the question, ‘Are you next?

Director: Liesl Lafferty
Cast: Tasha Lawrence, Kathryn Haggis and Heidi Waters
Audience: General Audience
60 min.

Venue 8: Tarragon Theatre Extra Space
Thu, July 2 10:00 PM
Sat, July 4 8:00 PM
Sun, July 5 Noon
Mon, July 6 6:30 PM
Thu, July 9 11:00 PM
Fri, July 10 2:15 PM
Sat, July 11 5:15 PM