Teacher in the House

Watson Arts—Alloway Hall (MMMN)

Susan Jeremy is a marvel in Teacher in the House. The New York actress and teacher shares lessons in life learned through her experiences teaching special needs children confined to their homes by illness or disability.

Jeremy populates the stage with more than dozen multi-cultural characters age six to eighty. With her well-tuned ear and gift for accents, Jeremy presents each and every member of her cast as an individual personality so there’s never any confusion as to who is who.

A diagnosis of breast cancer transforms Jeremy’s familiar daily routine of battling Manhattan traffic to be with her students into a life and death struggle to beat the disease. Jeremy shares her story with sensitivity and humour; drawing courage, strength and inspiration from her young charges in her transition from teacher to patient and cancer survivor.

Teacher in the House is a must see for anyone whose life has been touched by the disease, either personally or through someone close. A brave, enduring work presented by a masterful, multi-character Fringe theatre performer.

Reg Clayton