Sara Masciotra-Milstein’s Me and You and the Highland Coo presented by Happy as a Clam Productions presented in the TD Finance Studio at Soulpepper as part of the fringe sounds light hearted enough.  Jackie and Charlie, a couple of Canadians who have just got their Masters at Aberdeen plan a road trip in search of a highland cow plushie while waiting for their visa applications to clear.  But there is trouble at home.  Jackie’s father is in the last throes of cancer and Charlie’s brother hasd serious mental health problems.  They decide to ignore text messages because if something important happens “they” will call (no they won’t says my personal experience).

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