Thunderfoot

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Company: Life & Depth

Genre: Play - Comedy

Venue: 12 Asper Centre for Theatre & Film

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How can a four-year-old cope when his mother vanishes from his life and no one tells him why? Playwright and actor Aaron Malkin dealt with his hurt and confusion by conjuring up fantastical stories to explain his mother's disappearance. His young, tender soul proposed many theories, including "what if a giant is involved?"

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This one-man autobiographical fairy tale takes a peek into Malkin's young mind and explores what the answer to that question might look like. Inhabiting several different characters, Malkin deftly weaves his way through this imaginary world with superb miming, singing and sound effect skills. No props are necessary, thanks to Malkin's extraordinary physicality.

Malkin deftly weaves his way through this imaginary world with superb miming, singing and sound effect skills.- Sarah Broadfoot

The only place where the performance weakens is in the execution of audience participation. It adds nothing particularly significant to the production, and it forces Malkin to breakcharacter, thus interrupting the flow of the story.