FRINGE MEN SPEAKING TRUTH, PART 2: Game of Crohn’s about coping
Game of Crohn’s
Stage 9 (Telus Phone Museum)
Toronto’s Dan Rosen has crafted a one-hour monologue about living with, as he so aptly puts it, a “poop disease.”
Rosen is a comedic writer who is able to poke fun at his medical condition and its resulting embarrassing, undignified moments, without relying on scatalogical humour alone. Still, there was a lot of graphic detail, but for a purpose – and many audience members were nodding and making sounds of empathy, no doubt from related personal experiences.
A brief interlude halfway through the show broke the momentum slightly, as Rosen encouraged people to stretch and use the washroom if they needed. Given the subject matter of the play, there were likely people in attendance living with a similar situation. But one does not have to have Crohn’s to be able to relate to this show. At its core, it is about living with a chronic illness and finding ways to cope and live, while maintaining one’s sense of humour.
4 out of 5
