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"Crammed with howlers that have
married folks in the audience chortling with elbow-nudging recognition."
- Hamilton Spectator "Keeps audiences in fits of laughter." - Montreal Gazette "Fall down funny, heart-tuggingly sad and wildly romantic." - Mississauga News "Fresh and hilarious. The one-liners fly by at top-gun speed." - London Free Press "Laugh-out-loud funny. Foster takes aim at lawyers, country music, poets, Leonard Cohen, bankers, theatre culture, male sexual insecurity, and plenty more." - Sarnia Observer "You will laugh. The humor is infectious, and in the role of John, playwright Foster proves to be engaging, and with some great comic timing, delivers the humor in button-down Bob Newhart style." - Brantford Expositor "Sparkling dialogue. Brilliant humour. The audience laughed from beginning to end." Kitchener Waterloo Record "Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for a lively trip through the world of male-female relationships. The laughs are nearly non-stop." Simcoe Reformer |
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Norm Foster and
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"Warmly empathetic, incisively observed, and wickedly funny. Norm Foster is unquestionably one of Canada's national treasures." - Montreal Suburban "An insightful comedy that rips the lid off male-female relationships." -Hamilton Spectator "A two-hour laugh fest! A must see for anyone who enjoys a good long laugh." - Port Dover Maple Leaf "Soars with lots of wit." -Halifax Herald "Foster pulls out all the stops with a wonderful array of stinging one-liners." -Welland Tribune "The roar of laughter was enough to drown out a jumbo jet." -Saskatoon Star Phoenix "Some extraordinary insights into relationships between men and women." -- The Winchester Press "A play to make spirits soar." -Hamilton Spectator "Hilarious, warm, charming and insightful." - St. Thomas Times-Journal "It's stream of witty one-liners is tempered with some decidedly bitter-sweet moments." - Mid-Ocean News, Bermuda "Foster has delivered an entertaining evening of theatre simply by reviving the lost art of conversation." - Mississauga News "Witty, silly, tender, moving and uplifting." - Haldimand News "Contains some of the funniest throwaway lines Foster has ever written, and the dialogue is scintillating. A first class trip!" - Fredericton Daily Gleaner "A wonderful snapshot of the battle of the sexes." - Mississauga News "Told and acted with warmth, laughter, and a lot of understanding." - Kitchener Waterloo Record "The dialogue is wonderful, witty and just plain funny." - St. Thomas Times-Journal "A well crafted exploration of modern-day relationships." - Halifax Herald "Janet Monid is more than up to the task of playing three different women. If you didn't read the program, you'd swear you had just seen three actresses, all of them superb." - Mississauga News "Hilarious comedy. Monid offers a brilliant performance." -- The Standard-Freeholder "Janet Monid provides a tour de force performance and Norm Foster is a gifted actor who delivers his script with laid-back, deceptively nonchalant ease." - Mid-Ocean News, Bermuda "Foster and Monid are extraordinary in their effortless and charming portrayals. Two giant talents blended together in a seamless performance." - St. Thomas Times-Journal |
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"Foster's
script is a marvel of comedy. The laughter was prolonged and hearty from
beginning to end." - Kitchener Waterloo Record
"The dialogue sparkles and pops along like the scherzo of a classical string quartet." - Halifax Chronicle-Herald "A memorable evening of magic. The bridges between humor and bittersweet are subtle and effective throughout."- Wellington Advertiser "An ace of a comedy. The laughter was immediate, uncontrollable, constant and helpless." - Guelph Mercury "For any women who really want a glimpse of how men act and talk when they are together, The Foursome offers an insider's look that is as entertaining as it is accurate." - Kitchener Waterloo Record "Hilarious entertainment!"- View Magazine "Very realistic and very funny"- Collingwood Connection |
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"A warm and incredibly wise play. Passionately real and human." - Hamilton Spectator "Hilarious comedy. Keeps the audience laughing harder and harder throughout the show."- Prince George This Week "Fast-paced and funny, The Foursome shows Foster's sheer mastery of pacing." - Halifax Daily News "Foster is a superb writer of one-liners, and The Foursome brims with quips that leave you holding your sides." -Kitchener Waterloo Record "The Foursome delivers a hole-in-one!"- Fredericton Daily Gleaner "Intelligent and funny. Had the audience on it's feet."- Prince George Citizen "It enticed a real laughter---an uncontrollable laughter." - Fergus-Elora News Express "A major guffaw a minute."- 701.com |
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"A gem that shouldn't be missed." - Kitchener Waterloo Record "This is quite possibly Foster's best play to date. The laughter never stops." - The Guelph Mercury "Hilarious. A winner!" - The Ashville Citizen-Times "Norm Foster is at the top of his form. This is his best yet!" - The Wellington Advertiser "Exceptionally entertaining. A feel-good play." - The Fergus-Elora News Express "Sweet, snappy and seamless." - Kitchener Waterloo Record "An exceptional piece of writing. Had audience members falling out of their seats in laughter." - The Wellington Advertiser "This is classic comedy tuned to perfection. A must-see for anybody who enjoys life and laughter." - The Guelph Mercury "Full of surprises and hilarious moments." - The Fergus-Elora News Express |
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"Quite simply a masterpiece." -- The Independant "A play that not only entertains, but keeps the audience enthralled from start to finish." - Kincardine News "Storm Warning is a primary example of entertainment at its best!" -- The Medium News "A powerfully poignant, yet humorous love story." -- The Welland Tribune "Causes an audience to experience joy and heartache in one sitting." -- Simcoe Times-Reformer "An irresistible evening of theatre." -- The Live Music Report "Beautifully written. Elegantly simple." -- Halifax Daily News "A straightforward play that has the power to capture your attention, make you laugh, and pull at your heartstrings all at the same time." -- The Medium News "Funny and moving all in the same heartbeat. A great play." -- The Welland Tribune "Storm Warning lights up the theatre!" -- Brantford Expositor "Tugs at even the toughest heartstrings. Theatres across the country will be clamouring to produce this gem. " - Kincardine News "Norm Foster's dialogue is crisp, captivating and hilarious. His understanding of the rhythmic nature of the interchange of ideas between actors is profound." -- The Live Music Report |
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"A winning, witty script that audiences will find difficult to resist. " - London Free Press "A big, bona fide hit!" - Hamilton Spectator "One of (Foster's) best and most enduring and endearing plays." - St. Thomas Times -Journal "Foster at his witty best." - Sarnia Observer "Touchingly funny." - Port Stanley News "One of the brightest plays from Canada's most popular playwright." - St. Thomas Times -Journal "Looking appears destined to win a spot on Foster's fast-growing hit list" - London Free Press "Crackles with one-liners. Consistently funny." - Sarnia Observer |
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