Village Ax

CBC:

Company: Sydney Hayduk

Genre: Storytelling

Venue:13 The Purple Room

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What a strange but likable show this is.

Sydney Hayduk attempts - and mostly succeeds - in bringing her (with co-writer Elsa Reesor Taylor) vulnerable insides to the outside. Village Ax createsa safe place where those inside voices and hurts can breathe,vent,dance and be free.

But nothing gold (or silver) can stay and all safe places can be encroached uponby misunderstanding authority figures andinterlopers who mean harm or don't understand your private language.

This show strikesa poetic metaphor anyone with a panic disorder will understand.

There is wonderful dance, light comedy and direct communication with the audience that is raw and visceral.Hayduk is a joy to behold with a perplexing ability to be utterly vulnerable and fiercely strong at the same time.

No offense to pop culture parody and riffs on the Zeitgeist which abound at the Fringe, but this show offersan original, authentic event.

Maybe not for all, but it moved me. Let's call itDr. Seuss meets Samuel Beckett for those who love a pull quote.

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