SwordPlay: A Play of Swords
Kelly Stifora | for CBC News | Posted: July 23, 2017 4:42 PM | Last Updated: July 23, 2017
Swashbuckling production mashes video games, The Princess Bride and everything else
Rating: ★★★★★
Company: Sex T-Rex
Genre: Play - Comedy
Venue: 24 — West End Cultural Centre Ventural Hall
Seek ye glory and yucks? Have ye a thirst for adventure? Then grab your NES controller and swashbuckle your way to the West End Cultural Centre for Sex T. Rex's hilarious mash-up of classic fantasy video games, The Princess Bride and almost everything else.
Swashbuckle your way to the West End Cultural Centre for Sex T. Rex's hilarious mash-up of classic fantasy video games, The Princess Bride and, well, almost everything else. - Kelly Stifora
You'll marvel at the fights and ingenious use of simple props! You'll gasp at the turns in the irreverent plot! You'll swoon at the derring-do of the fearless performers! You'll howl at the sheer, unrelenting comic force of it all!
Okay, I'll stop. Suffice it to say that I had a blast with these energetic Toronto merry-makers and their skewering wit, as did everyone else at Friday's riotous show. Plus, this is a new show to the Winnipeg Fringe and new is good.
I, for one, will be gathering every bone-in ham I can find to help Sex T. Rex fuel future westward quests.