In the end, Wilkin’s charm and sincerity carry the evening, which climaxes in a brilliant image that combines platonic love with political defiance. You won’t regret, if you can pardon the word play, shedding a tear.
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Shedding a Skin is a rumination on kindness and healing but above all a celebration of life itself. This night belongs to Wilkin – what an utterly brilliant performance.
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[Shedding a Skin] is a shrewd and zingy comedy, which takes a surprisingly tender turn into a tale of a slowly emerging mother-daughter bond between two black women.
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The plot drives towards a kind of platonic love story between Myah and Mildred, which comes to hold such alchemical power that it leaves us emotionally undone, and euphoric...It is all warm and uplifting stuff without being mawkish. I defy anyone to walk out untouched.
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One of the things I appreciated most of Wilkin’s rich tale is that Myah is still very much a work in progress at the end. She does not “find herself” and she is still on her journey to self discovery, a journey that has no end point onstage or in life.
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Wilkin is an electric performer of her own material. She’s a warm and engaging stage presence, a very physical performer, playing Myah with a mix of goofiness, humour, pathos and fidgety energy.
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...Wilkin is a total sensation. Her facial expressions are the driving force behind the show, while her low and throaty laugh underscores each scene with an infectious delight.
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