Countries Shaped Like Stars. Review in the Georgia Straight

We've been telling everyone we know about how Countries Shaped Like Stars will rock your world. Sure, we're a bit biased, but apparently the Georgia Straight agrees with us.

This national show continues to win accolades for its imaginative take, romantic storyline and charming style. Here's an excerpt from the review:

If you wear socks to this show, be prepared to have them charmed off. Countries Shaped Like Stars, from Ottawa’s Mi Casa Theatre, gently unhinges language and logic, so that we can play in the spaces between words and bathe in the emotions that underlie reason. Another way of saying this is that Countries Shaped Like Stars makes you feel as openhearted and happy as a kid.

The story is simplicity itself and, in many ways, this production feels like high-quality children’s theatre. A young woman named Gwendolyn Magnificent goes to the market to sell her dragon fruit. There, she meets Bartholomew Spectacular, who is singing about fish popsicles, and they fall in love.

Things don’t go smoothly, of course, but, more than the story, it’s the style that makes this production so enjoyable...

And on a warm summer night, what could be more refreshing than a bittersweet concoction like Countries Shaped Like Stars?

Where can you see the show? Details below:

DATES & TIMES (View Full Schedule)

* July 28 - July 30 @ 8:45pm

* July 31 - Aug 1st @ 7:15pm & 9:00pm