Boro Milošević, Heather Thomas, Jonah Paroyan, Nick Cikoja (front); Auguste Kociuba, Owen Carter, Seung Eun Cha 차승은 & Kalon Young (rear) | Photo by Audrey Persaud

Presented by Sheep’s Clothing Theatre with Outside the March

You know that I love immersive experiences in unconventional venues. Blood Brothers is an exceptionally well-executed example of the form. I haven’t seen Sleep No More, the much-acclaimed phenomenon that serves as a sort of gold standard for this sort of thing, so I can’t compare and contrast the effectiveness of this production, but it certainly won me over.   

The basic premise here is the tragedy of Julius Caesar playing out as a Toronto frat party gone wrong. As a narrative, Blood Brothers is disjointed and elliptical, but that is, by design, an essential aspect of the experience. The limited, masked audience is allowed to roam freely as the scenario unfolds in various rooms throughout a campus house. Continue Reading