Dan's Inferno
By Sam Fergus & Dylan Collette		H.A.N.D. Productions - Winnipeg, MB
V.4 - CCFM - Salle Pauline-Boutal 
When his "girlfriend" came out as nonbinary, Dan didn't take it very well. Now he must venture into the very depths of Gender Hell to rescue the love of his life from the circle of violence. Guided by the ghost of his childhood friend, Virgil, Dan must overcome hordes of zombies, fight Batman, and come to terms with his own sexual identity.

ABANDON ALL HOPE, YE WHO ENTER QUEER'

Cast:
Nic Hill, Lysander Brandt, Jen Gieg, Madden Delaat, Andreas Detillieus, Sam Fergus, Nikki Hauta, Julianna Soares, Jyoti Jhass, Mateo Cardona

Director:
Andreas Detillieus

Show Info:
60 Mins minutes
Genre:
Play-Comedy

Audience:
Parental Guidance

Coarse Language, Violent Content, Sexual Content, Gunshots

Thu July 16 10:15 PM
Fri July 17 7:45 PM
Sat July 18 2:45 PM
Sun July 19 8:15 PM
Tue July 21 2:15 PM
Wed July 22 6:15 PM
Fri July 24 11:00 AM

Dan’s Inferno

H.A.N.D. Productions—CCFM – Salle Pauline-Boutal

Dan the man is working through some shit right now, but whom amongst us can say we’re doing any better. Thrust into a quest through all 9 circles of Gender (and sexuality, but we leave that off for marketing reasons) hell, Dan, guided by the spirit of a deceased friend, works to come to terms with what his partners non binary gender means for Dan’s sexuality.

The writing ranges from earnest to heavy camp, with a consistent subplot of batman being cuckolded by Catwoman working itself in and out of the story. The message gets a bit confused, alongside the presentation of asexuality wrapped up in the question of how Dan could reconcile his identity with a partner who doesn’t identity as a woman, but the jokes are a lot of fun and the wacky cast of characters get some good laughs. Original comedies are hard, but the team at H.A.N.D. Productions did a great job despite the challenges.

Josh Fidelak