Leaving the Waterfront Theatre after Gemma Wilcox’s one-woman show, Shadows in Bloom, leaves you with the distinct feeling that good theatre does exist and can be a glory and a privilege to behold- that and the words, “Daaaamn gurl!” on your lips. Wilcox gives this show her all as performer, writer and co-director along with Shana Cordon. There is something close to 20 different characters and Wilcox convincingly plays every single one helped only by lighting cues, a few tracks of music and a piano bench, and may I mention miniscule sweat stains. It’s almost inhuman what she does.

Portraying...