Susannah Bird and Other Stories

bikecircus—Asper Centre (U of W)

Either I’m really overthinking it, or I was missing out on some serious bird symbolism here, so I would brush up on that if I were you.

The main gimmick is the trapeze, and it serves its purpose well enough—the metaphor rang clear as day,—but it felt like just that- a gimmick.

What also confused me was the choice of having a lead actress, and another actress playing two characters, with a 4th character played by a voice over.

It’s a quaint show, it has smooth transitions between the free-fall and the flashbacks to our leading lady’s younger years, but it made some unusual choices.

Arden Pruden