June
8, 2008
Soulpepper's
'Night, Mother
I
owe Megan Follows and Dawn Greenhalgh an apology. I
know it's not possible to offer a standing ovation after
you've left the theatre but so emotionally ragged was
I after watching Soulpepper's
current production of 'Night, Mother from my seat
in the front row yesterday afternoon that all theatre
etiquette was momentarily forgotten.
The real-life mother/daughter acting team
is so emotionally honest in this production of the Pulitzer
Prize winning 'Night, Mother that many members
of the audience (myself included) were in tears before
the end. Once again Soulpepper have outdone themselves.
If you think you can handle the raw tension
that Jessie's (Follows) planned suicide and her mother's
(Greenhalgh) desperate counter-arguments delivers you
shouldn't miss 'Night, Mother. Follows, Greenhalgh
and director Alisa Palmer all deserve a standing ovation
for this one - even if the audience are too shell-shocked
to realize it until they find themselves shuffling out
of the theatre.
'Night, Mother runs at the Young
Centre until June 28th.
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