Reviews for East End Plays: Part 1

The average rating for East End Plays: Part 1 based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-21 00:00:00 Rafael Cabral Cabral Walker is one of my favorite living playwrights. Despite the crude violence and language that is sprinkled throughout, his work elevates humor to its darkest and most insightful level. "The East End Plays: Pts. 1 & 2" together represent some of his most potent writing. Watching petty criminals orbit each other in cheap hotel rooms lays bare the futility of human endeavor in the most hilarious way. You'll spend half your time trying to diagnose the mental proclivities of the characters, and the other half laughing at the ridiculous tactics they try to get out of the messes they create. His words jump off the page, alive in your mind as if the show were being staged somewhere in your frontal cortex. Honestly, these plays are downright funny - not because they mock the mental health of their characters, but because they represent mental issues accurately as leading to real-world dilemmas that we can all relate to. The fact they effectively carry deeper messages about habit, routine and mental health demonstrates Walker's strengths as a storyteller.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-08-04 00:00:00 Cokkk Sffdffdd I am an avid George F. Walker fan. The three plays in this trilogy following the lives of a lower class family (and Junior!) living in the east end of Toronto (presumably). Criminals in Love is by far the best of the three, closely followed by Better Living. Escape From Happiness is the weakest of the bunch, but it still has that wonderful Walker bite to it. Highly recommend to people who like fast-paced, intelligent, and funny writing/theatre.