Testing the limits of law and order
“On the main stage of the Shaw Festival, director Neil Munro leads us through the action with a master’s hand, drawing the eye from one corner to another, bringing one scene forward while another drops back, leading us surely from laughter to horror. Assisted by Alan Brodie’s fine lighting design which initially throws the whole room into mottled shadow and the hazily delineated lines of set designer Cameron Porteous’s grey backdrop, Munro directs Detective Story with all the fluidity of film, the very medium that has obliterated such stage plays.” Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail