From Fringe 2024

Finding Richard Close

So I Guess We’re Doing This? Theatre Company—The Asper Centre for Theatre & Film (U of W)

Heartbreaking.

If that’s the kind of drama you like, this is must see.

P.S. That concludes my review but I want to add some personal background. I’m at the age where too many relatives are facing/or faced the end of life. This includes my mother, not that many years ago. She was an abuser, a hater, all around terrible person, and a monster. I connected personally with this wonderful show but again, saw a lot of myself here. Even without that link, this is exactly what you want if you like leaving the theatre with your heart being yanked out of your chest. I was in tears twice before the house lights came on.

Ray Yuen

From Fringe 2024

So I Guess We’re Doing This? Theatre Company

Finding Richard Close—The Asper Centre for Theatre & Film (U of W)

When the esteemed Estella Montcalm suffers a medical emergency leaving her at death’s door, her adult children Maryn and Ethan reunite for the first time in 30 years. Along with Maryn’s husband Teddy, they try to decipher their mother’s cryptic “should I die” instructions. On their journey they meet a delightful cast of characters, make bad puns, and explore their reason for separating so long ago.