The entire play is narrated by storytellers Daniel Wishes and Seri Yanai, who simultaneously work a variety of paper puppets, control their lighting, and occasionally accompany dancing puppets with recorder renditions of popular theme songs.
Imagine Star Wars, but if it took place inside human reproductive organs. Now imagine that novel concept, performed in a one-man-show by a combination of Neil Patrick Harris and Eddie Izzard, and you’ll have a pretty good idea of what Sperm Wars, put on by Active Salad Productions as a part of this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival, is.
For years, I’ve heard raves about jem rolls at the Fringe, and so I eagerly selected jem rolls one-man traffic jam as one of my Toronto Fringe Festival picks for this year, and I was clearly not alone in my excitement. The house at Tarragon Extraspace was packed at 3pm on a Friday, everyone enthusiastic about the “Godfather of Scottish poetry.” I wish I felt as enthusiastic afterwards as I did beforehand.
