Baggage

Paul Invented Everything—RRC Roblin Centre

This production’s promo material, featuring a couple, makes it look like a two-person show but it is not. Also, the “baggage” of the title is not what you would expect either.

In this show, Trevor Campbell of Calgary gives a monologue focusing on the birth defects that caused him to spend much time in hospital as a child, and continue to affect his adult life, particularly his love life.

He courageously talks about the insecurities he faced as a man needing to use a colostomy bag, and trying to overcome them. In the end, he bares more than his soul in his show. He can definitely be applauded for his candour. Regrettably, the show lags a little in the middle with his long digressions on pop culture.

Konrad Antony