Street of Blood: Reviews [read full reviews]
 

 


"What is remarkable about this show is the emotional and stylistic range it achieves...profoundly touching...hilarious...chilling...this puppeteer provocateur is one of the most daring theatre artists in Canada."
The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada)

"Street of Blood is, by turns mordantly satirical, gently humourous, deliciously bitchy, sad, dirty, despairing, hopeful, lyrical, tender and moving. Even for the jaded playgoer, Burkett's work is a triumph of theatrical illusion. It's bloody brilliant."
The Calgary Herald (Calgary, Canada)

"Street of Blood is brave, audacious, and vast in its intellectual and emotional, not to mention theatrical, scope. Its characters have a pulse, breath, temperature and complexity that could put "human" casts to shame...you know you're watching an original artist who lives dangerously.'
The Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Canada)

"Ronnie Burkett is a national treasure and Street of Bloood should not be missed...you will be challenged, moved and, in a final redemptive scene, uplifted. If you've never seen one of his shows, be prepared to be astonished."
The Edmonton Sun (Edmonton, Canada)

"Never one to be accused of lacking chutzpah or vision, Burkett reigns over an exotic stage universe awash in rage, lost faith and blood. His artistry is beyond question. It's a tour de force of imagination."
Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Canada)

"This is a touching, funny and sometimes extremely disturbing work that not only reveals Burkett's mastery as a performer but his compassion as a human being."
The Ottawa Sun (Ottawa, Canada)

"Brilliant...complex...I was moved by interplays I felt reflected, surprisingly, a genuine, contemporary prayerfulness."
The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Canada)

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Full Reviews

THE ARGUST, UK, May 16 2002

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS, UK, May 24, 2002

POSITIVE NATION, London, UK, July/August, 2002

THE HERALD, Glasgow, UK, May 30, 2002

THE SCOTSMAN, Glasgow, May 29, 2002

THE GUARDIAN, London, UK, May 17, 2002

THE TIMES, London, UK, May 17, 2002

VARIETY MAGAZINE, New York, NY , January 3, 2000

THE NATIONAL POST, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 24, 1999