"Rice Boy is fuelled more by the desire to tell a good yarn than to undertake a deep analysis of colliding cultures. The talented cast, led by Majumdar and Mengesha, is strong, while director Guillermo Verdecchia handles proceedings calmly and unemphatically."
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Rice Boy
5 Reviews http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/plays/riceboy.cfmReturn to India a voyage of discovery
Robert Crew The Toronto Star 26/08/09 http://www.thestar.com/article/686434Indian buffet feels overstuffed
J. Kelly Nestruck The Globe and Mail 26/08/09 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/indian-buffet-feels-overstuffed/article1264139/Fine ensemble work & rich humour
Robert Reid The Record 25/08/09 http://news.therecord.com/arts/article/588693Araya Mengesha almost perfect
John Coulbourne The London Free Press 25/08/09 http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/2009/08/25/10595301-sun.htmlPraise for the actors, Araya Mengesha is singled out, but despite the performances in this "major re-write, they [playwright Sunil Kuruvilla and director Guillermo Verdecchia] seem to have drastically cut the Canadian portion of the story, essentially turning CanCon into bookends and concentrating instead on the part of the story set ...
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