The Porch People

(1988)

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The Porch People

A comedy gone astray

Written by Martha Ross

  • Performer Daniel Brooks
  • Performer Leah Cherniak
  • Performer Oliver Dennis
  • Director Julie Bishop

  • Composer and Music PerformerJohn Millard
  • Set DesignerMarilyn Bercovich

Dot and Duff Small, are a cosy young couple whose ordered life suddenly falls into chaos when a street person lands on their door step. The presence of Harris Tweed, as he is known, teases their curiosity at first but succeeds in unleashing some disturbing truths as the play reaches its conclusion.

A man and a woman stand by a door. The man's face is near her neck and he is looking up. She looks at him suspiciously
A man and woman are sitting upright in bed looking in opposite directions, tired. Another pair of feet pop out from the bottom of the blanket
A man and woman sit together on a couch. On the far side of the room, at the base of a psychedelic rug, another man is bundled up

Reviews

“Martha Ross’s understated and delicate new play at the Poor Alex Theatre.”

– Ray Conlogue, The Globe and Mail