This play gutted me...over and over. Each scene is so perfectly crafted from a story perspective so that the final beat lands with impact -- and like a stone rolling down a mountain, each scene just keeps accumulating in momentum and stakes as it hurls towards an inevitable but striking ending. The language alone is so effective that it's an exciting prospect to see how the design/puppetry/mask components would enhance it.

Such an evocative play - layered with complex humanity, humor, and poignancy. There is so much covered here in 90 minutes - and yet the play never feels like it slights its characters. On the contrary - I was amazed at the brilliantly developed characters. It jumps off the page into the imagination - and wallops you with a gut punch ending. Brilliant, brilliant work

Majule maintains a balance of black comedy and bleak reality through her tale of family trauma exacerbated by religious mania. This memory play is a vivid portrait of an African girl coming-of-age at the turn of the century, and the family relationships depicted are nuanced and compassionate. Majule's voice is specific and authentic, and her use of puppetry is at once a bold theatrical statement and an homage to traditional African storytelling techniques.