The Shark is Broken Reviews

Susan from Toronto, Ontario

THE PLAY IS BROKEN

I enjoyed the premise, a few of the old timer jokes, and the lighting and animation was fantastic. I had hoped that the boat would move somehow across the stage as I was stuck looking at one side of it for the hour and a half long play. I thought the performances were uneven. It felt like the Dreyfuss and Quint characters spent the whole hour and a half screaming and swearing at each other- kind of a One Note performance from those actors, with very little nuance or depth. And the Roy character only exists it seems to play the straight man who acts as the sane foil to the other 2 overwrought characters. I was also quite bored and heard several other people around me were sighing and yawning so I was not alone.

Bored at the Theatre from Toronto, Ontario

ABSOLUTE WASTE OF 90 MINUTES.

What a waste of time. 90 minutes of watching 3 men bicker, argue, and fall apart - but with no real conflict or internal drive. This is less a behind-the-scenes view and more an extended diary. Deep fans of Jaws may find it entertaining but casual viewers will be left adrift by the repeated references and first-name drops throughout this scattered performance. It felt as though we were watching a rehearsal with multiple moments of awkward tension/pauses that felt as though the actors were trying to find their place on the page. As we joked while leaving, there's no intermission because they know you wouldn't come back.

P Wand from Toronto, Ontario

NOT WORTH YOUR TIME

I was bored and really did not enjoy listening to people bicker.

Jocelyn from Toronto, Ontario

NOT GOOD

I found the show boring, the entire show had one set, a boat, with 3 men bickering.

Et from Toronto, Ontario

THE SHARK IS BROKEN

almost fell asleep. no action. three men are just sitting and talking. no jaws:) or anything else. not funny or interesting acting. lots of f* and sh* words. we were four people, ages 30 to 60, none of us liked it.

Doug from Toronto, Ontario

MY WORST EXPERIENCE EVER AT A MIRVISH PRODUCTION. SO DISAPPOINTED.

A boring show. Little to enjoy as 3 men argued with each other for 90 minutes. Shaw was impossible to hear. A few good lines that produced a chuckle but waited in anticipation for the end

Ellen from Toronto, Ontario

TEDIOUS

I was hoping for so much more from a Mirvish production. The idea sounded good but it was 3 guys mostly yelling and swearing at each other over very little. Why so much anger? I waited for something interesting to happen, and nothing did. A waste of money and time.

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