Truth and Roses: what just happened?

I was excited to see this show, Truth and Roses, and to delve into the realm of psychosis. The characters looked interesting and the subject matter stimulating. All was lost, though, in the writing of the play.

The three actors who tell the tale are good at what they do, but it is what they do in this piece that is unclear, slow, and relatively confusing. The storyline comes together finally nearing the end of the play, but the one character in leather with a high blood-alcohol level is still a big, huge question mark to me. Is she a fallen angel trying to help other women with their asshole fathers? If so, why is she wearing a leather coat, knee high leather boots, and a short skirt with a zipper half undone, while the other two characters are sporting 1920’s garb to the tee? I didn’t follow, and the slow story development  didn’t help the lack of clarity. I left the theatre thinking simply.....”so what...just happened?”

Truth and Roses is as part of this year's Vancouver Fringe Festival. Go here to see what might be happening.