REVIEWS

"The Drawer Boy is a beautifully written play. It moves from toughness and hilarity to something devastating and tender. By taking off an earlier Passe Muraille drama, The Farm Show, and seeing that theatrical event from a new angle, it is one of the few plays to create an authentic tradition in our culture." —Michael Ondaatje



"It’s such a beautifully written piece, humorous and heart-wrenching but never overwrought..." —Neil Genzlinger, New York Times



“For years the literary community has debated the issue known as appropriation of voice with varying degrees of earnestness and rancour. Along comes Michael Healey with a play called The Drawer Boy, and the same theme is transformed into something poignant and dramatic. There's the power of art.” – Kate Taylor, The Globe and Mail



“Sitting in the audience of The Drawer Boy is like being let in on an incredible secret— it’s so special that you want to keep it to yourself, but you can’t stop yourself from talking about it.” –Brampton Guardian



“This might be an odd, quirky curiosity of a play about 1970s farm life in Canada. Not so. The gentle pace of rural life that opens the scene is deceptive, building up to an at-times gripping crescendo of tragedy, madness, trauma and the question of truth and lies.... Beautifully written – it is funny, tragic, tender and true.” --Londonist




“Healey has a good deal to say about rural hardship and both the ethical dubiety and therapeutic potential of turning other people's lived experience into art.” –Michael Billington, The Guardian




“Amusing, affecting and evocative... Satirical yet tender, this is a small delight.” --Dominic Maxwell, The Times