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The Slotkin Letter Theatre Reviews for the Serious Theatre- Goer Reviews, comments and even a rant or two about theatre everywhere. Tartuffe. At the Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ont. Written by Moli. Miller. Mercedes Morris. Monice Peter. Tom Rooney. Anusree Roy. E. B. Smith. Johnathan Sousa.

Emilio Vieira. Tartuffe is about a religious charlatan who has bamboozled a gullible man with almost disastrous results, given a riotous production by Chris Abraham and his gifted cast of comedic pros. The Story. It’s a scathing satire by Moli. Orgon is a rich man. He becomes bamboozled by Tartuffe, who appears to be a poor pious religious man. Orgon invites Tartuffe to stay at his house and slowly Tartuffe begins to control Orgon. Orgon gives Tartuffe money and even promises his daughter in marriage to him. Tartuffe begins to put the moves on Orgon’s wife Elmire.

Elmire and most of the household know Tartuffe is a fraud but Orgon will not be convinced until drastic measures are taken. The Production. In the time of Moli. It’s so obvious that it’s applicable to modern times, certainly in director Chris Abraham’s vibrant production. It’s set in modern dress.

Designer Julie Fox’s ultra- modern two- level set is furnished with the most stylish furnishings and the most gleaming of appliances. There is an espresso machine, a bullet blender and probably Veuve Clicquot in the fridge. The clothes are chic. Orgon’s mother, Mme Pernelle, looks like she’s on Coco Chanel’s preferred customers list. The others are hip- stylish. The translation is by Ranjit Bolt, a rock star of a translator.

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The text is very funny. They also sprinkled only the best and most damning Trumpisms into the text (with Bolt’s permission), mainly in Act II so we get a clear idea of how Chris Abraham views this most modern of classic satires. No one listens to her or gives her respect. She thinks Tartuffe is great but she can’t stand to be there another minute.

The household is living it up while Orgon is away. The music is loud; they are all dancing and drinking, even Dorine the maid.

The acting is fine if a bit shouty initially. Mme Pernelle is played by Rosemary Dunsmore who is very stylish and sophisticated but I thought she was pushing her voice initially. I was impressed with Anusree Roy as smarmy Dorine.

Roy is a diminutive, fearless powerhouse. She has a sense of the humour and the pushiness of that maid.

He is a stylish man in his own right but always seems to be tripped up with his own efforts to be with it. Whether he’s whizzing up a healthy drink or over- stretching his leg muscles, he just looks like the easy mark for a wily guy like Tartuffe. Orgon’s wife, Elmire is played with strong conviction, smarts and elegance by Maev Beaty. She knows that Tartuffe is a fraud but he’s smart. She’s smarter and sets a trap for him that almost goes awry when Orgon keeps missing his cues to save her.

And his entrance is without fanfare. Tartuffe does not have to shout to get our attention. He is impressive when we see him: tall, slim, dressed in a black robe with a huge crucifix round his neck, long dark hair, almost straight faced. When matters get heated as he is trying to make the moves on Elmire, Tom Rooney whips out a box of mints and flips the lid of the box.

Rooney’s sense of humour, his attention to such physical detail, results in the most hilarious performance. And this production is a laugh riot with bite, that clearly skewers our modern world. I thought that perhaps the Trump references went on too long, but that’s a quibble. Produced by the Stratford Festival. Began: Aug. 1, 2. Closes: Oct. 1. 3, 2.

Cast: 1. 3; 8 men, 5 women. Running time: 2 hours, 3. Given a respectful production but the best acting and most human characters are the polar bear puppets, which are astounding.

And some of the writing is muddy instead of clarifying. Story. The Breathing Hole by Coleen Murphy was commissioned by the Stratford Festival to mark Canada’s 1. It starts in the north with the Inuit and their reverence to nature, in particular polar bears. An old woman, played by Jani Lauzon, considers the bears mystical in their existence. Her family is not that reverential. Food is scarce. Everyone is hungry, including the animals. Two or three polar bears have a strong presence from scene to scene, both as mythic representatives and as the noble beast of the north.

They prosper as the humans do and they suffer when there is starvation. The play begins at the time of the Franklin expedition to the North and there is trouble, no food, harsh weather and the British are not prepared.

The Inuit try to help but there is a lack of common language. Franklin seems respectful to the Inuit while his crew is stereotypically condescending. Then the play fast forwards to modern times and the environment is in trouble, climate change is in full swing. There are oil spills in the arctic waters that of course affect the vegetation and the animals. Some people try to preserve the environment and it’s not necessarily the Inuit.

There are clashes of cultures. Matson Day is a well- meaning conservationist of sorts who has long planned luxury cruises for people can take through the Northwest Passage to see for themselves what is happening. The first voyage takes place on New Year’s Eve for a group of bored, rich folks with no interest in the environment or the animals. They just want a good time The Production. One could be a polar bear roaring up; another is a man against nature.

The future (the children) create shadows of things that are important in their lives. The children project these shadows at the beginning of both Acts. Huumittuq is an elder woman (Jani Lauzon) with markings on her face, as do the others in her tribe. She is mystical and reverential to the polar bears in the area. Because she is an elder in the case she is not treated with much respect. She is at the edges of interest by her family and the people in her community. Director Reneltta Arluk has her lag behind.

The dialogue for the native people is stiff, stilted and has its own formality. The actors playing these Inuit tend to be stiff in their delivery as well. Sir John Franklin (Randy Hughson) is gruff and formal with his men but considerate and kindly towards the Inuit.

His crew on the other hand treat the Inuit with clich. The way that Colleen Murphy has written them, the Inuit have more smarts and brains than the English. Reneltta Arluk is an Inuit and that informs her direction. She creates that world of myth, tradition, understanding of the land and its animals. The shadow show that opens each Act is a window into that world. The most astonishing aspect of the production is the life- sized polar bear puppets. They are exquisite and delicate.

The breathing hole is a hole in the ice through which the Inuit can fish and the polar bear can stick its head down and grab a fish in it’s jaws. When the bears do this several times in the production, it’s magical every time. They seem to be made of white strips of material that are connected so when the puppets move the strips undulate giving the sense of the fur moving. The person wears tights that have a design that blend in with the colours of the bear puppets.

At times the movement and nuance of the head of the puppet is so subtle they convey emotion and communicated better than the actors. When the Inuit are hungry and starving, so are the bears, who are thin, their fu is limp and a sickly grey. Later when the waters of the Northwest Passage are polluted with oil we see a paw of a polar bear symbolically flip over the side of a boat, looking for relief from the oil; it is covered in black smears of oil. Again, the polar bear is symbolic of the damage done to the environment. There is no specific credit for the puppets so I assume they are created by Joanna Yu. Buy Hunter`S Prayer (2017) Movie.

Comment. While there’s much to celebrate while we mark our country’s 1.