Kids vs. City

Seventh Sense—Planetarium

I had the misfortune of checking out Seventh Sense’s production, Kids vs. City. Two best friends who, while searching for a fringe venue stumble across a “mysterious board game called The City.” In an ode to the classic film Jumanji, Craig and Josh spend the next 60 minutes “trying to defeat the magical board game.” Unfortunately for the audience, this is possibly one of the worst performances currently at the Fringe.

The dialogue is infantile, the characters juvenile, the music off-key, and the humour joyless. Five minutes into the act, I was ready to leave and demand my money back but decided to stay in the hope that things would get better. They didn’t, as evidenced by the “rap battle” between a policeman and a fireman.

Kids vs. City is a crime against theatre! Please warn everyone out there!

Alex Gachanja