Shawn Macdonald

"...marvellously moody, and made all the more invigorating by director Johnna Wright's use of the venue's wall of windows to display the enormous arch of the Granville Bridge as a backdrop for Uncle Exile's wanderings by a young man adrift."
- Peter Birnie, Vancouver Sun

"[Shawn] Macdonald began working on Uncle Exile when he moved to Vancouver. Directed by Johnna Wright, this play is so raw and revealing that you wish you had been there to cheer him up. ...honesty and intimacy saturate the work."
- Jo Ledingham, The Courier

"Two transcends. Poetic, sincere and with the perfect amount of levity, Uncle Exile and The Promised Land ... celebrate the resilience of all those who leave home."
- Jo Ledingham, The Courier

"Two fine. Separate one-man shows with a common theme of a search for meaningful life among strangers, Two by Two is a tidy package of writing, staging and performance."
- Peter Birnie, Vancouver Sun