←Recommendations of The Form of Steel

Weeks has provided a delightful and peculiar world to get swept into, full of epic swordfights, absurdly dramatic characters, and a self-awareness that somehow keeps it all grounded. It is a play that acknowledges the pretentiousness of asking how one ought best live a life while also offering some genuinely insightful musings on that questions.

Ky Weeks has created a world full of buckle and swash that fans of Dumas would revel in! The Sacred Order of Bloody Steel is a group I'd kill(no pun intended) to belong to. This play has everything: passion, fencing, kickass male and female roles any actor would love! What a fantastic show!

While the Sacred Order of Bloody Steel has elected to separate itself from society, Weeks' play is infused with an elegant, grinning whimsicality. From over-the-top declarations of passion to moving depictions of love (punctuated by the clash of swords), the ensemble cast raises a healthy pile of ethical quandaries, asking not only what things (or people) should we use our limited time above ground to pursue, but how best to do so when those closest to us disagree. Any cast and audience will get sucked into this lovely world.

The language in this play is gorgeous and really sets the tone of this strange sanctuary set apart from normal life, where passion is valued and allowed to run as free as it needs to, whether that will end well or end badly. An interesting look at how beauty and suffering always seem to be entwined, "The Form of Steel" gives you a lot to think about, with sword fighting duels along the way.