Jim Forgetting

Stars on Moon Theatre—School of Contemporary Dancers

I got to see this wonderful production during the great storm that engulfed Winnipeg on Wednesday night. It was one of those moments when nature enhances art, with the distant rumbling outside enhancing the sense of foreboding as Jim’s wife struggles against the inevitable fate of his early onset Alzheimer’s.

I loved the simple staging and the episodic nature of the script, and the finely-tuned teamwork of Lyle Morris and Cheryl Soluk. Both roles presented enormous challenges, and the actors fully committed to those challenges. I’m stingy with my standing ovations, but I happily joined the rest of the full house last night.

Kevin Longfield