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Theatre Reviews

This is a rol­lick­ing good time for any­one who fol­lows CFL foot­ball, and espe­cial­ly the Bombers. I would say that it would even appeal to non-foot­ball fans, although some of the scenes would not have the same pow­er to amuse or pro­voke nos­tal­gia that true blue fans would expe­ri­ence. Beyond the obvi­ous foot­ball angle, it is a com­ing of age sto­ry about four men who grow up while long­ing for the Bombers to win one more Grey Cup: just one, please God.

Direc­tor Lei­th Clark gets the most out of his non-pro­fes­sion­al cast, and although a cou­ple of them tripped over their lines a few times when I saw them, they all deliv­er believ­able, sym­pa­thet­ic per­for­mances. A high­light was using the score­board as a run­ning gag. The thing that res­cued the play from pure silli­ness in my book was the trag­ic fig­ure of the unseen char­ac­ter Char­lie, whose loy­al­ty to his team screws up his own life while often sab­o­tag­ing the Bombers as well.

True Blue
Venue 4 — Onstage at Pan­tages
Play-Dram­e­dy
60 Min­utes
Parental guid­ance
Warn­ings: Mild language