Balls

Venue 8– School of Contemporary Dancers

 

Balls tells the story of two friends, Paul and Bastian. Paul develops testicular cancer in university.

 

Overall, I really liked this show. However, the one problem I had with it was that I didn’t like how Paul’s character reacted to finding out he had cancer. Paul’s character didn’t change – he was still joking around. I would think that being diagnosed with something as serious as cancer would somehow change your character. But, the show takes a really interesting turn when something happens to Bastian. And that final image of trying to return to childhood innocence is a beautiful way to end this story.

 

 

- Justin Olynyk UMFM