R E V I E W S
ONE WOMAN PLAY A TREAT – Funny and sad, powerful and whimsical, with mercurial mood changes and punchy humor delivered with faultless timing. A jewel of a play.” – The Sooke Standard, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
HILARIOUS. . . often tearful . . very entertaining – The Daily Press, North Wisconsin’s Morning Newspaper
SOLID, ENTERTAINING, AN ABUNDANCE OF TALENT! SIX PALM TREES, a splendid slice of work. –The County Telegram Tribune, San Luis Obispo, California
HILARIOUS, MOVING FAMILY TALE . . . tightly paced. . . snappy one liners . . funny script . . delicious absurdities – The Globe & Mail, Canada’s National Newspaper
FULL OF ENERGY AND TALENT . . . funny,poignant and convincing – The Cambrian, Central Coast, California
ZANY. . . GUTSY . . high powered, moving and totally convincing – Coast News, The Sunshine Coast, British Columbia
CHARMING AND WITTY . . . warm, funny and undeniably honest – The Edmonton Sun, Alberta
WHEN HICKS GETS DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY – about life at mealtime and the hand-me-down clothing cycle, and especially how Annie had to vie with her 13 siblings for parental affection, and what that did to her psyche as an adult – the show zings with painful, touching insights. – The San Francisco Chronicle
ONE OF THE PERFORMANCES TO ATTRACT LARGE CROWDS WAS ‘SIX PALM TREES’ – This irreverent look back at childhood walked an intriguing thin line between stand-up comedy and soul-searching, confessional drama, as Hicks drew a touching contrast between the comedy of sibling rivalry and the struggle for individual recognition in a large family. – CHQM – Vancouver, at The Women in View Festival
ONE WOMAN SHOW A TOUCHING SUCCESS . . .hilarious. . .inventive. . . This is a winsome show, and I don’t doubt you’ll laugh. The Edmonton Journal, Alberta
MARVELOUS . . . as entertaining and moving as any similar production I’ve seen over the years in New York. I was enchanted. – The Sooke Mirror, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
IT WAS EVERY BIT AS GOOD as Patsy Evans said it would be! – The Whistler Question, Whistler, British Columbia
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The journey of an enormous, Catholic family through the emotional landscape of their shared past, Six Palm Trees takes place around the bathroom door, where everything significant happens. At a family reunion, Annie Shea plays the stand-up family clown, choosing 14 adults in the audience as a brother or sister, and everyone else becomes the extended family.
Six Palm Trees has been performed hundreds of times, touring to Toronto, San Francisco, Vancouver, Edmonton, Chicago, Cornucopia, Wisconsin, Central California and the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. It was held over at the American Zephyr Theatre in San Francisco and toured the Province of British Columbia. The play opened the season at the Nexus Theatre in Edmonton in 1991. Hicks performed the one person tour-de-force at the Vancouver Women in View festival, The Saltspring Festival of the Arts and the Edmonton and Vancouver Fringe Festivals.
