The Redemption of Heracles

Chronically Ch(ill) Productions—Planetarium

Every year I see Chronically Ch(ill) productions in the Fringe is a good year.

Hailley Rhoda plays Hera and Megara (with a small bit of pantomime as Heracles with a Ken doll), retelling the labours of Heracles, from slandered and ignored feminine perspective that Hailley is so adept at excavating. The puppets and props that help frame the show are cute, but the core of the show is definitely Hailley’s monologues, powered by a deep rage at the violence women face in the home and the lengths men in the community go to in order to ignore it. Always a highlight, and absolutely worth a watch.

Josh Fidelak