Afterlife

This one woman show by Candy Simmons examines the dilemmas facing American women throughout that nation’s history. The show is divided up into three segments, each featuring a different character from a different time period.

The first segment, in which Simmons plays an Appalachian midwife determined to bear her own child regardless of the means or cost, is head and shoulders above the latter two. Her subtle, calculated turn as the kind and monstrously pragmatic midwife invites a favourable comparison between her and the memorable character of Nurse Annie Wilkes. The play as a whole is well crafted and worthwhile, but the first twenty minutes are magnetic.

_Afterlife continues until July 10th as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival. For more information and showtimes why not visit "here":http://www.fringetoronto.com/fringe09/indoorBYOV_listings.html#A or if you're feeling brave you could always go "here":http://www.sunsetgunproductions.com/sunsetgunproductions/Home_Sweet_Home... or if you want to get all trippy you could see how Afterlife was received last year in_ "Vancouver":http://www.plankmagazine.com/review/theatre/afterlife-aria-you-don’t-want-miss