Review: Suicide(s) in Vegas

Reviewed by Janis Kirshner

This is a very watchable Canadian play produced by an American company made up of people who met in Seoul, Korea. And like its origins, the sum of its parts makes for a very good whole. Lydia (performed by South African Elinza Pretorius) and Jane (American Amber Green) work beautifully together and apart, playing their own roles to a tee as well as various minor characters. There’s a nice structure to the play and I cared where the story was going and how it would all end. That’s more than half the battle right there when going to the theatre.

Theatre For Thought, June 7, Fringe Edition

What to See at the Fringe, Part III

Suicide(s) in Vegas is a Good Bet

joel fishbane

There’s an above-average assortment of text-based work at this year’s Fringe. Some are by emerging playwrights such as Andre Simmoneau, Joanne Sarazen and David Sklar; others are coming from established writers such as John Patrick Shanley, Oscar Wilde and John Cameron Mitchell. Then there’s Evan Placey, whose play Suicide(s) in Vegas will have its official premiere here at the Montreal Fringe. A Canadian / U.K. based writer who once won the RBC-Tarragon Emerging Playwright’s competition, Mr. Placey is now in that grey area between young virgin and old hat. In just a few years, he’s started working with London’s Hampstead Theatre and the Royal National Theatre. Meanwhile, a Hebrew translation of his play Mother of Him will soon premiere in Tel Aviv.