Tender Napalm
The reviews are in: 'NNNN' - NOW Magazine; 'Fresh, daring and insightful - Tender Napalm is one SummerWorks production you simply must check out' - Mooney On Theatre; 'A delightfully fluid and vibrant experience' - ArtsVox.ca Catch the wave!
Starring Amelia Sargisson and Kyle Purcell.
Molotov Cocktail of Pain and Intimacy:
For the couple squaring off in Tender Napalm, love is some cross between a battlefield, a playground, a desert island, and a fever dream. Actors Kyle Purcell and Amelia Sargisson throw down fierce and engrossing performances as a man and woman facing both their worst fears and the worst parts of each other. British playwright Philip Ridley’s poetic script glides in and out of fantasy to relay a story of love in the aftermath of loss, with its occasionally overwrought lyricism balanced by the actors’ no-holding-back physicality—some of the slaps sound like they hurt. The small venue serves the material well, bringing you right inside the blast radius of this Molotov cocktail of pain and intimacy. (Torontoist).
Fresh, daring and insightful – Tender Napalm is one SummerWorks production you simply must check out this season.
“Purcell embodied machismo incarnate, while Sargisson was utterly enchanting: a mesmerizing combination of fragile femininity and unbridled passion. The chemistry they created together on stage could only be described as magical.”(Glenn Verano in Mooney On Theatre.)
Now Magazine:
Outstanding Direction Outstanding Ensemble
Outstanding Design
Summerworks 2013