Executing Justice

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Company: The Placeholder Show

Genre: Spoken Word

Venue: 5 Son of Warehouse

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(Reviewed at the 2014 Winnipeg Fringe Festival)

The year is 2030 and Canada has adopted capital punishment. Inmate Daryl Kane is the first to visit the chair.

Kane, played by Bill Pats, speaks directly to the audience. He tells his story, pausing sometimes to say, "It's fun to kill somebody, isn't it?" Uncomfortable silence. People shift in their seats. And he moves on with the story.

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Pats plays different characters with conviction. You'll forget the story is fictional.Executing Justiceprovides a poignantly human look at one man's life in all its grit. You may not like Kane, but by the end of the play you will surely understand him.

The only thing keeping this from being a five star performance is because of some dropped threads. Who is the father in the Walmart parking lot? How does he fit in? Why don't the prosecutors mention a baby was killed?

Be sure to book tickets in advance. The opening show was nearly full.