Canary: Solid story, straight forward, go see it

Canary is a show about two things.  It is a story about a woman's journey down a yellow brick road of confusion and desperation and how the people around her try to help even when they don't know what it is they should be doing to help her. The second thing this play is about is the dangers of electromagnetic energy and how it can affect people in ways we don't fully understand. I admit that this is something I have always been interested in and I lucked out when this play was randomly chosen for me to review.

The story is mostly a true story (except for the ghost as the performer noted after the performance) who begins to experience an illness that was not easily described.  She becomes sensitive to light, experiences tremendous headaches, fatigue, and exhibits several other symptoms that don't seem to add up to a specific diagnosis. When no one is able to help her feel better (after much trying) she begins her own investigation and attempts to get to the bottom of her health mystery. She is helped by her mother, a helpful neighbour and the ghost of Marie Curie, the famous pioneer of radioactivity. She discovers that her illness is related to the radio waves and radiation we encounter every day of our modern lives but, with the increase in cellular technology and other wireless devices, it has begun to make her ill. She talks about how she feels, how wireless technology is disturbing nature, and how people are becoming addicted to this relatively new technology but scientists don't know how it will interact with people long term.

The play is quite simple with its dialogue and the scenes tend to sharp and to the point.  I think this is what the play is supposed to be, more a piece about the realities of our ever-incresing wireless world, and less about the production. Yet, this does not take away from the play at all. The message is clear and the script is sound.  On a personal note, in my day job, I am a hardcore nerd and I have been very concerned about wireless saturation.  It is a topic I have done much research on myself and I am quite aware of the dangers and I also recognize the lack of real information about increased use of wireless technology.

I don't think there is much else to say about this play because it is a very straight forward story and I think anyone interested in seeing it should just go as soon as they can before it is gone. Solid performances and production through and through.

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