Fringe Fest 2014: Greenland takes you out to sea

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      Nicolas Billon’s award-winning script consists of monologues by three closely connected characters; here they’re performed simultaneously in three parts of the wooden-hulled tugboat that serves as this show’s venue.  I started with Billy Marchenski’s Jonathan, a world-renowned glaciologist who has discovered a new island—formed by the melting ice shield—off the coast of Greenland. We meet him in the boat’s cramped galley, drinking and remembering his father. Later, we meet his wife, Judith (Lindsay Drummond), and their niece, Tanya (Kirsten Slenning), at the stern and bow; all are grieving the recent death of Tanya’s twin brother, Thomas. Billon’s script is a lyrical meditation on disappointment, isolation and loss, but director Kathleen Duborg’s choice of venue is a mixed blessing, as the frequent distractions of passing cruise ships and helicopters remind us that we are anything but alone.

      On board The Master daily from September 8 to 14 at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

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