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REVIEW: Beyond a Joke

May 9, 2012 by Allan Mackey

REVIEW: Beyond a Joke

A young man overhears his future parents-in-law having a conversation about mysterious deaths and is left with the impression that they might be killing people. That’s the comedic engine in Derek Benfield’s Beyond a Joke, being presented by the Ottawa Little Theatre. Read the full review.

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