 While
Granny lovingly cooks meals of fried cabbage and
clings to the "old" ways of doing things,
granddaughter Mallorey ducks tradition completely
for a trip to the mall. This leaves Basha to negotiate
between old and new.
Basha is half way between finishing her education
and shedding her immigrant skin in favour of a
new Canadian version of herself called Barbra.
She wants to be like everyone else. Only to her,
that means rejecting all things Grannyish. Basha
struggles, caught in a battleground of love of
those things old, familiar and comfortable verses
family resentment over her growing independence.
Husband Samuel is trying as best he can to do
the right thing by the three women in his life.
Laugh out loud as you watch Sam trying politely,
if not inattentively, to listen to Granny's acerbic
stories. Get involved in his frustration as he
supports Basha, his wife, only to be confronted
by the fall out of her new found self-awareness.
And smile as he unsuccessfully attempts to advise
daughter Mallorey how to "get around"
her meddling grandmother.
Written by our own Artistic Director, Familiar
Circles has sent audiences from theatres laughing,
crying and sometimes in hot debate. |
"Keidan does a masterful job of establishing
character and context in her warm and inviting
new drama... The characters respective concerns
and attitudes are revealed in a handful of meticulously
drawn scenes filled with humour and life..."
- Toronto Star
"Every time I read it I see something else..."
- Misque Theatre, Capetown, South Africa
"An absolute must see, beautiful,
lyrical and elegant..."
- Hamekomon News
"...situational humour and character make
its point..."
- Theatre Scene, Now Magazine
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