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Brain
Brendan McLeod—PTE – Colin Jackson Studio
He’s handsome, model material, as he relates. Well-spoken, with a smooth, flawless delivery. The problem is, it’s not interesting enough to be a Fringe play. Unless you are OCD and want to listen to someone relate the journey that brought him to this diagnosis, you will be bored. Winnipeg audiences are so polite, and will applaud almost anything. The audience clapped enthusiastically and I heard nice comments from them afterwards. It just didn’t do it for me.
This is the kind of conversation that might take place over coffee with a good friend; or in a psychiatrist’s office. To charge one to listen to this is not fair. After many plays this year, this is the first to let me down. With the caliber of acts out there, this needs to be funnier, more poignant or both.
Lisa Campbell