Reviews

“Despite the elaborate set – the faux skating rink takes up the entire stage – the play feels intimate.” “The play doesn’t shy away from Fleury’s life, instead faces it head on and handling it with a moving combination of raw vulnerability and humour.” “As you watch him sweat and spit and cry his way …

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“As directed by Ron Jenkins, it crackles with kinetic energy. Every minute of the story is either funny, shocking, sad or fascinating. The highs are precipitous and the lows profoundly dark”. “The play doesn’t pretend we don’t know about the abuse. It goes there quickly and without equivocation but doesn’t dwell on it, either.” “The …

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“Playing With Fire comfortably straddles the no-man’s-land between theatre and sport. “I have sports-loving friends who wouldn’t go to the theatre to save their lives … but they’d love this show if they could only be convinced to give it a go” “Hey all you jocks. You’d swear you’d been let inside an athlete’s mind …

Playing With Fire, The Theo Fleury Story at the Citadel Theatre: Jocks and their artsy girlfriends will both love this show – Review by GRAHAM HICKSRead More

“I can’t remember an opening night like the one we had. The ecstasy, the screaming,” says Vanessa Porteous, the artistic director of Alberta Theatre Projects. “It’s a hit” “Playing with Fire: The Theo Fleury Story is being described as a landmark achievement by local reviewers;” Source: Theo Fleury play marks Calgary’s cultural coming of age …

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On the same night that Centaur opened its 2017/2018 season with Playing with Fire: The Theo Fleury Story, the Montreal Canadiens opened their season with a game against the Buffalo “Smyth’s performance cannot be praised enough. He is instantly believable as both a macho jock and a vulnerable victim.” “Playing with Fire is a riveting …

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Source: Playing with Fire: The Theo Fleury Story – Review | Applause! Meter For the guys – Seriously, you need to ask? You’ll love every minute of it. And if you are worried that the abuse parts are too much to handle – let me assure you it is discussed with class and intelligence. SEE …

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Source: Colin MacLean: Playing With Fire: The Theo Fleury Story is outstanding | Edmonton Sun “You want to stand and cheer. And at the end of this electrifying evening of theatre that plays with your emotions as Fleury used to play with the puck – you will probably do just that” “The play gives us, …

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Theo Fleury story scores big win on Citadel stage “The production isn’t about showing, it’s about embodying, in full physical invention. The stage is a rink, with boards (and product placement banners) and hockey lighting and the Zamboni at intermission, rockin’ classics full-volume. Ah yes, and video that shows an eerie resemblance between Fleury and …

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“Shaun Smyth in the one-man virtuous performance of a lifetime, the multi-award-winning Playing With Fire” “Audiences don’t need to know a thing about hockey to love the exhilarating, heart-breaking, and triumphant true story of courageous Canadian hockey legend,” Source: PLAYING WITH FIRE, THE THEO FLEURY STORY Opens Centaur’s 49 Season

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Playing with Fire – Based on Fleury’s best selling memoir of the same name, a recall his life and career from his beginnings “I never thought seeing a one-man play about the turbulent life and career of a former professional hockey player could be just as fast-paced and thrill-a-minute exciting as watching an actual NHL …

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Playing With Fire shoots and scores “I never thought seeing a one-man play about the turbulent life and career of a former professional hockey player could be just as fast-paced and thrill-a-minute exciting as watching an actual NHL game. But that is what I experienced” “Shaun Smyth perfectly echoes Fleury’s life and emotions in an …

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