Review: 37 POSTCARDS at Ottawa Little Theatre

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Ottawa Little Theatre’s latest play, a presentation of Michael McKeever’s 37 Postcards, opened last night. With the show’s entire run coinciding with the Ottawa Fringe Festival, OLT needed to pick a show that can compete with the mass of theatre offerings around the city over the next two weeks. 37 Postcards is up for that challenge; the show is charming, witty, well paced, and features a superb cast with impeccable comedic timing.

All photos by Maria Vartanova.

In 37 Postcards, Avery Sutton (Dawson Fleming) returns to his hometown of Darien, Connecticut, after eight years travelling around Europe with fiancée, Gillian (Lindsey Keene), in tow. Upon arrival, he finds that the house – and its inhabitants – are a little kookier than he remembered. Aunt Esther (Andrée Benson) has taken on a questionable work-from-home gig, his mother, Evelyn (Dianna Renee Yorke) seems even more absent-minded than usual, his dad, Stanford (Lawrence Evenchick) is obsessed with night-time golfing, and Nana (Sarah Hearn) has miraculously risen from the dead. On top of that, whether by accident or by design, none of them can get Gillian’s name straight.

Read the full review here.

Check out the trailer below.