Legoland EYE WEEKLY, Toronto Review |
Framed as an act of public service punishment, Legoland tracks the misadventures of hippie commune home-schooled Lamb siblings — Penny, a well-intentioned delinquent, and Ezra, a cryptic, bed-headed Germanophile — as their Wal-Mart obsession lands them in public school. Dressed in puritan garb, and incorporating all manner of props, puppets and slide projections, the pair, played by Celine Stubel and Amitai Marmorstein, toss hand grenades of intricate dialogue packed with ingenious one-liners back and forth for 60 breathless minutes.
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Combining absurdist anti-establishment humour with a demented plot involving boy bands, a Greyhound journey across the USA and lots of prescription drug-dealing, this is a play where choreographed tangents become central storylines and the US terror alert level colours are represented by Sesame Street characters. Hilariously well-written, earning an extra star for the skilfully shotgunned beers. |