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Theatre Reviews

This com­e­dy is about a cou­ple mar­ried for so many years that they have hit a roman­tic wall. Feel­ing under­ap­pre­ci­at­ed and unloved, the big D” word (divorce) is uttered. Is there any way Spark and Siz­zle Fan­dan­go can rekin­dle their romance? The per­form­ers do a good job at mak­ing light of what could be a sad sub­ject, per­form­ing in clown cos­tumes and speak­ing in a made-up lan­guage that seems to be a mix of Ital­ian, Span­ish and Russ­ian. The show starts as ten­sions grow and frus­tra­tions mount, moments many can relate to hav­ing expe­ri­enced sim­i­lar times in their own rela­tion­ships. This is part of what makes the show so charm­ing and goofy.

On the verge of divorce, Spark and Siz­zle pray. Their prayers are answered as they are whisked away through some mag­i­cal vor­tex to a seclud­ed bed­room with only the Sama Kutra in sight. Decid­ing to give it a go, they open the book, which leads to mild­ly awk­ward sex­u­al innu­en­dos and dis­cov­ery. How­ev­er, they then ramp it up, mov­ing from a tame striptease to a raunchy sex scene in two min­utes flat. The audi­ence duck and cov­er as var­i­ous arti­cles of cloth­ing and food prod­ucts are tossed around the the­atre. The last five min­utes of the show are an absolute mess, which the major­i­ty of the audi­ence found hilar­i­ous. Although some were clos­ing their eyes with dread, I’m not sure what they were expect­ing in com­ing to a show enti­tled Sama Kutra”. Over­all, this is a light­heart­ed show about love, dis­cov­ery, and romance, with a very cli­mat­ic end­ing that leaves the audi­ence walk­ing away with a smile (or shock) on their faces. This show is well worth seeing.

Venue 2MTC Up the Alley
Audi­ence Clas­si­fi­ca­tion: Mature
Warn­ings: Sex­u­al Con­tent
Length: 60 min­utes
Tick­ets: $10