Last Chance(s) for Walker

It's a busy day, and I have to try to leave soon to get a jump on things, but I thought I would point out that this is the last weekend to see George F. Walker's Fierce, over at Alumnae Theatre.  Apparently there is not a Sunday matinee, so act fast.  Fierce was good if a little contrived and unbelievable (which is kind of Walker's signature style).

However, Girls Unwanted is in a completely different category.  It is about three young women who are living in a sort of halfway house, more or less abandoned by "the system," though there is a live-in case worker who is dangerously close to burn out herself.  There is some humour in the play, but mostly hurt and rage.  Nothing about the plot was far-fetched at all (which indeed is a bit of a departure for Walker...). 

It was very intense, which was ramped up even further because I was in the front row, so close to the action that one time an actor bumped my foot while coming through the stage door!  You might want to be a row or two back.  It plays in Parkdale, right at King and Dufferin, and true to form there were quite a few people hanging on the stoop and the street asking for change.  Anyway, it runs through this weekend and next (tickets here), and I would recommend it, though not if you are looking for a feel-good night at the theatre.