Some clippings from our previous shows…
Vincent River…
“Vincent River is 85 minutes of utterly engrossing narrative. This is a political and profoundly personal piece that can’t be ignored.”-Theatromania
“The chemistry between the two actors kicks into high gear – and stays there for the rest of the show…Another plus is Lindsay Anne Black’s design for Anita’s simple, bare apartment. Underneath the floorboards, though, we see bits of the past: baby shoes, gay magazines, photos. They’re the detritus of a family’s life, metaphorically swept under the carpet but never far from the surface.”
-NOW Magazine
“It is so often from the small independent theatres in this city where audiences are treated to arresting new work electrically performed and directed and that is certainly the case with Cart/Horse Theatre’s production of Philip Ridley’s Vincent River… All of theatre’s most effective power dynamics are at play here…an evening where one dares not breathe too loudly lest she misses something.”
-TWISI
Rum And Vodka…
“This odyssey is the emotional equivalent of a perfectly matched heavyweight boxing fight.”
-Mooney on Theatre
“The minimum requirements for any piece of theatre are an actor, an audience and a story. In Rum and Vodka, a remount of Cart/Horse Theatre’s successful 2008 Toronto Fringe piece, you only get these, though they feel anything but minimal…a show that must be seen — if for no other reason than to prove that good theatre is not a function of how much money is thrown at it.”
-EYE Weekly
“In the wrong hands, this character would be simply a self-centred, despicable drunk, but Gorman imbues him with charm and vulnerability that makes his behavior almost understandable, although certainly not excusable…a brilliant actor in a brilliant play.”
-The Coast, Halifax
