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My overall impression
Overall chilling and deeply uncomfortable, “And What of the Children…” will most likely be unlike anything else you will see at Fringe this year.
While the motifs challenge the deepest parts of our erotophobia, we are left with examining the humanistic choices of this family unit, made up of two brothers and a sister who have been establishing new lives while under supervision in a government witness protection program. Although sometimes the choices are surprising and bizarre, there is plenty of heart in these characters.
The world that we are transported into the play resembles our own, but is distant enough for us to have a comfortable disassociation from the material while staying close enough to examine our own reality.
Unrestricted and unapologetic, this piece takes some big swings thematically. And to me, that’s what theatre is all about.
