Love/Sick - Another One for My Pleasant Surprise List

Last night I went to see a performance of Love/Sick at Pacific Theatre.  This was strictly on spec' based on the briefest mention in a "what's on" list in the media and knowing nothing about it beyond the title and its venue.

This turned out to be a happy choice -- a talented ensemble (calling themselves "Stone's Throw Productions") performing an excellent script.  The format is a series of (not entirely unrelated) vignettes around the theme of what might be called "anti-love" -- rejection, falling out of love and the inability to fall in love.

Unhappily this was on the final night of a very short (four day) run and it certainly deserves wider exposure.  And I have a feeling it will get it, based on the history of John Cariani's (the author's) better-known play "Almost Maine" which is now one of the most widely-produced shows in North America.  It first hit my radar screen as a student production at Douglas College in New Westminster and has since cropped up a couple of times in the Vancouver area by other companies. 

When Love/Sick does turn up again it is well worth attending.