Village Ax
Al Rae | CBC News | Posted: July 16, 2015 5:51 PM | Last Updated: July 19, 2015
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Company: Sydney Hayduk
Genre: Storytelling
Venue: 13 — The Purple Room
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What a strange but likable show this is.
Sydney Hayduk attempts - and mostly succeeds - in bringing her (with co-writer Elsa Reesor Taylor) vulnerable insides to the outside. Village Ax creates a safe place where those inside voices and hurts can breathe, vent, dance and be free.
But nothing gold (or silver) can stay and all safe places can be encroached upon by misunderstanding authority figures and interlopers who mean harm or don't understand your private language.
This show strikes a poetic metaphor anyone with a panic disorder will understand.
There is wonderful dance, light comedy and direct communication with the audience that is raw and visceral. Hayduk is a joy to behold with a perplexing ability to be utterly vulnerable and fiercely strong at the same time.
No offense to pop culture parody and riffs on the Zeitgeist which abound at the Fringe, but this show offers an original, authentic event.
Maybe not for all, but it moved me. Let's call it Dr. Seuss meets Samuel Beckett for those who love a pull quote.
What a strange but likable show this is.
Sydney Hayduk attempts - and mostly succeeds - in bringing her (with co-writer Elsa Reesor Taylor) vulnerable insides to the outside. Village Ax creates a safe place where those inside voices and hurts can breathe, vent, dance and be free.
But nothing gold (or silver) can stay and all safe places can be encroached upon by misunderstanding authority figures and interlopers who mean harm or don't understand your private language.
This show strikes a poetic metaphor anyone with a panic disorder will understand.
There is wonderful dance, light comedy and direct communication with the audience that is raw and visceral. Hayduk is a joy to behold with a perplexing ability to be utterly vulnerable and fiercely strong at the same time.
No offense to pop culture parody and riffs on the Zeitgeist which abound at the Fringe, but this show offers an original, authentic event.
Maybe not for all, but it moved me. Let's call it Dr. Seuss meets Samuel Beckett for those who love a pull quote.