(So this post was sitting unpublished in my drafts! I am still getting used to WordPress – contemplating making this space more official as a domain and curate it a little more. I need the practice!)

What a fantastic play. Two young actors, 85 minutes, on a set that consists of a desk and two chairs portraying a cubicle. Developing a deep platonic male friendship through their experiences as young fathers. I laughed, and cried, and was so moved.

We saw Noah Reid, the actor from Schitt’s Creek, on Breakfast Television a few weeks ago, talking about this show that he would be performing in. He was so wonderful as Patrick, David’s spouse. I’ve been following his career a little since his work on that hilarious series. He’s also a very talented singer. My husband happened to walk by during the interview as the plot was being described.

“Let’s go see it” he said to me. I was gobsmacked. My husband does not do theatre. He absolutely hates musicals so granted this was not one. Well, he did go to American Idiot (Green Day) and Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morissette) with me, so those were exceptions. The focus on fatherhood in this play intrigued him.

But back to this – we saw this at the Coal Mine Theatre, an intimate venue that has been in existence for 10 years but not long in its current location. The max capacity is 120 seats – it looked like about 75-80 seats last night. It was sold out. Such a unique experience. We were so impressed and are looking forward to other such shows in the future. It was worth the trek through bad traffic into the city on a Friday night.

The play was written by Samuel Hunter, who also wrote “The Whale” – yes, that story that was huge as a movie at the Oscars a couple of years ago. A great writer. And Noah Reid as Ryan and Mazin Elsadig as Keith – what fantastic Canadian talent!

An amazing Friday date night roundup to end my NaBloPoMo 2024 run. For those new readers who have visited, thanks for stopping by. I hope you had a wonderful November, I’ve enjoyed reading new blogs! I plan to keep blogging now, and not wait another couple of years for the next post.