True Love Lies by Touchstone Theatre

There’s always something good at The Cultch; for the last weeks of September, the historical theatre is showing True Love Lies, a dark comedy by Edmonton playwright Brad Fraser.

Credit: Emily Cooper

Brad Fraser’s Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love was a huge hit for Touchstone in the early nineties, and True Love Lies meets up with two of its characters – Kane and David – twenty years later.  Kane is now straight, married and living in mortgaged suburbia with two kids.  David’s reappearance outs dad to his kids and forces the question, does true love ever die?  With the crackle of lightning fast one-liners, acidic exchanges and wickedly witty characters, this hilarious new play shatters our illusions about the “perfect” Canadian family.

I’d be curious to see (or at least read) the other plays just to get the back story, but the play can be understood on its own without any trouble.

Hummingbird604 will be at the premiere and will review the play for you on September 22nd, so stay tuned!

What: True Love Lies by Brad Fraser and Touchstone Theatre
When: September 22nd to October 1st; post-show talkbacks on September 24, 25, 27 and October 1st
Where: The Cultch, 1895 Venables Street, Vancouver, BC V5L 2H6
More info: The Cultch website