The Carpenter, by Vittorio Rossi, directed by Gordon McCall

Marvelous. The play was really delightful to watch. Looking at the actors’ talent, the dialogues, the costume designs, the stages effects were indeed well mastered so that each scene seemed very realistic, not even mentioning all of the equipment they possessed to create an inner home or a room at a welcoming center for the elderly out of the stage. During the play, it was interesting to be frequently sent to Silvio’s and Carmela’s past to view their story instead of simply hearing it. That whole idea of taking us back to the heroes past made us sink-in deeper in their story, their personal life, to make us feel that we lived it with them. That is why most of the audience, included me were touched by the ending of the play. It is a story about an Italian veteran who has moved to Montreal to build a new and better life for his family of three kids, Liliana, Luciano, Maria and his wife, Carmela. Throughout the story, Silvio who is 82 years old,
is fighting a non-curable disease, the Alzheimer that has reached a critical stage and getting worse. He does not have a lot of time left to say goodbye before his brain shuts down. The only thing that the family can do is to make his last days as comfortable as possible. In this play we witness love, determination, devotion and loyalty. A combination well worth to see and live.