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| Brenda Bazinet and Jerry Franken in the Lighthouse Festival Theatre production of Old Love. 2008. Photo by Norm Foster |
| "If anyone is a real, and I mean real, romantic, then this is the play to see." -- The Sachem & Gazette |
| "Very, very funny!" -- The Albany Times-Union |
| "Old Love is a perfectly lovable and enticing evening at the theatre." -- The Long Beach Press-Telegram |
| "Brilliant comedic moments." -- Simcoe Reformer |
| "Charmingly written. Has the audience smiling, chuckling and laughing throughout." -- The Hub |
| "One of Foster's more engaging and witty scripts. You'll laugh and maybe cry a little." -- Kingston Whig-Standard |
| "Warm, funny, witty, insightful and delightful." -- The st. Thomas Times-Journal |
| "Funny and sometimes outright hilarious." -- The Gananoque Reporter |
| "It is as funny as it is touching." -- The Long Beach Press-Telegram |
| "It is the unspoken drama underneath this play that makes the laughs rich." -- The Albany Times-Union |
| "The journey is ingenious and hilarious." -- The Wellington Advertiser |
| "I loved it so much, I'm going to see it again!" -- The Sachem & Gazette |
| "The witty dry, humour will make you laugh so hard at times it will bring tears to your eyes." -- The Gananoque Reporter |
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"I have seen about a dozen of Foster's plays and this is one of my favourites." -- Kingston Whig-Standard |
| "Even the intermission is funny in this play." -- Paula Stewart, Greenroom.com |
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"Love, lust and
laughs. Skin Flick has it all." -- The Coast Magazine
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"Charming and innocent. The laughs are big!" -- The Coast Magazine |
| "A thought-provoking script bringing loads of laughs to the forefront." -- Orangeville Banner | "Foster has endless capacity for comic invention." -- Hamilton Spectator | |
| "Norm Foster is that rare playwright who can pen a sweet comedy about a couple making a porn movie." -- Halifax Chronicle Herald | "A tender, affectionate comedy (with) some great passages of classic comic writing." -- Halifax Chronicle Herald | |
| "A potentially raunchy story told with good taste and wit." -- Orangeville Citizen | "A brilliant, funny Norm Foster play. Never predictable." -- Orangeville Citizen | |
| "Sharp and hilarious. Skin Flick delivers!" -- Halifax News Net | "Delivers side-splitting laughs. Will resonate with audience members of both sexes." -- Wellington Advertiser | |
| "Another comedic gem from Norm Foster." -- Wellington Advertiser | "A roller coaster of laughs." -- Orangeville Banner | |
| "It is becoming increasingly difficult to find new adjectives to describe the talents of Canada's favourite modern playwright." -- Port Dover Maple Leaf | "This play is a classic Norm Foster exposé of human strengths and weaknesses with lots of great lines, laughs and sexy gags that surprise us even when we see it coming." -- Simcoe Reformer | |
| "The audience laughed often and they laughed hard. Uproariously one might say." -- Sudbury Star | "You’ll laugh hard and loud, and then worry about what your laughter is telling your seatmates about you." -- Northern Life | |
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Mohr & David Nairn. 2009. Photo by Norm Foster
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"A sensational black-hearted farce!" - Hamilton Spectator "A high octane tour de force." - Halifax Daily News "Hilarious from beginning to end." - Kitchener Waterloo Record "The laughs were practically non-stop ." - The View Magazine "A roller coaster ride of fast-paced witty asides and bawdy humour." - St. Albert Gazette "Foster is at the top of his game. He's never been funnier." - Hamilton Spectator "Effective and very funny. The play rocks." - Halifax Daily News "This Foster farce is in full tilt!" - Kitchener Waterloo Record
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| Clockwise from left: Catherine Fitch, Don Sparks, Norm Foster, Neil Foster, Jo-Anne Kirwan-Clark, and Patricia Yeatman in the Stage West production of Self Help. 2002 |
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| Heather Hodgson and Patricia Vanstone in the Theatre Orangeville production of The Long Weekend. 2007 |
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"Funny in a bright and brittle way. A good satire on contemporary society's pretensions and duplicity." - Halifax Chronicle Herald "It sets us laughing and we don't recover until the final curtain." - Hamilton Spectator "The script is one of Foster's best." - St. Thomas Times-Journal "Fall down funny." - Orangeville Banner "It revels in language. Hilarious!" - The Royal Gazette, Bermuda "A blast! Canada's most prolific playwright is sending audiences home from The Long Weekend grinning." - Hamilton Spectator "Belly laughs galore!" - Kelowna Capital News "Long on laughs. Witty, by times biting, and always hilarious." - Morrisburg Leader "Completely charming from beginning to end." - Fredericton Daily Gleaner "Strong characters, steady laughs." - Orangeville Banner "Keeps you laughing." - Kelowna Daily Courier "The Long Weekend is so funny, you'll be doubled over until the curtain falls." - Hamilton Spectator "Foster has a gift for writing the way real people talk. He is holding up a mirror to relationships and the results are outrageous, unexpected and very very funny." - Morrisburg Leader "A riotous collection of non-stop gags. Brimming with cutting quips and asides." - Bermuda Sun "A fantastic evening of theatre." - St. Thomas Times-Journal "Reveals human truths with warmth, humour, and a great deal of incisiveness." - Kitchener-Waterloo Record "If you're looking for an evening of laughs mixed with a bit of class, you can't go wrong." -- PulseNiagara |
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"Funny, touching and ripe with comic surprises." - Hamilton Spectator "Norm Foster is a gift to Canadians who love theatre." - Simcoe Reformer "A delicious premise." - Brantford Expositor "One of Foster's best plays in years!" - Hamilton Spectator "Spirited comedy!" - Brantford Expositor
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| Mary Ashton and Patricia Vanstone in the Lighthouse Festival production of Jenny's House Of Joy. 2006. |
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