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delilah. is a tragicomedy that presents the
entwined conflicted relationships of twelve year-old Dee-J, her
brother and legal guardian, Mick, his former foster sister, Jade
and her best friend, Delilah. Strewn with subjects like cancer,
passive euthanasia, and adoption, the driving central theme of
this play is abandonment. Take a journey with these four characters
as they are confronted with Life and Death; Love and Hate; Discovery
and Abandonment.
The 10-minute script premiered as a public
reading by Rising Sun Performance Company in New York City on
March 29, 2011 and premiered as a production at the London One
Act Festival April 26, 2011. The 60-minute production premiered
May 30, 2012, at The Grand's McManus Theatre, 471 Richmond, London,
ON. The 2-Act production premiered April 3, 2013 in London,
ON.
APRIL
2013 PRODUCTION - LONDON, ON REVIEW
delilah
- heartwarming and humourous
Written by Jamie-Lee Wilson, April 4, 2013
For The Beat Magazine, London, ON
delilah,
now playing at the YFC London Youth Centre Theatre, is the full-length
version of the London Fringe Festival play which received a nomination
for Best Original Script from both the DISH Awards and The Brickendens.
And a really great script it is! Issues of child abuse and neglect,
the meaning of ‘family’, coming of age and the difficulties
often associated, the right to live as one chooses, and the right
to die ... [more]
3*/ 4
2012
LONDON FRINGE FESTIVAL REVIEWS
A
Powerful, Relatable Story
Submitted by Kirsten Rosenkrantz on Fri, June 8, 2012
Some
plays exist to shock us, some for the purpose of creative expression,
while others are simply meant for entertainment. delilah exists
to remind us of all the things we so easily forget. The characters
in this play are ... [more]
delilah
delights
FRINGE REVIEW
By JOE BELANGER, The London Free Press
June 8, 2012 11:31pm
Life
is seldom fair, but somehow it mostly balances out in the end.
The
fun, the joy, love lost and found, the hurt and pain is the stuff
that feeds that desperate need within us all to belong to a family,
to friends, to something -- anything -- that helps us cope with
the uncertainty of life and certainty of death.
And
that's about all one really should say about the story that is
called delilah, written and directed by London's Len Cuthbert
and performed Friday at the Grand Theatre's McManus Studio on
the second day of the London Fringe Festival.
This
is an outstanding 60-minute play, extended from the highly-acclaimed
10-minute version that debuted at last year's London One Act Festival.
The
four-member cast ... [more]
Rating:
**** (out of five)
Delilah
is Growing Up
Trish West for Beat Magazine
First
off I’d like to say that this year’s Fringe production
of Delilah is not what you may have seen during the London One
Act Festival in 2011. Yes…the heart of the play is still
there and you may recognize a moment taken from that original
20 min performance…but it has grown – adding depth and
layers to this now ... [more]
3.5 / 4 |
