“Can a play be too entertaining? … Butcher is not too entertaining, but it is dangerously so.”

“Consistently captivating.” — CBC News

‘No sarcasm here: I can’t wait for the movie … [u]nderneath the mystery of the plot are questions about the difference between revenge and justice, and whether either is attainable when the criminal is the one in power. There are questions about inherited trauma and the cycle of persecution and hate … On top of everything … there are questions about privilege, and who has the historical, geographic, and economic distance to overcome violence.’

— Toronto Star

“It’s a major treat that is filled with tricks … a scary, unsettling thrill ride that might just haunt your intellect as much as it surely will your nightmares.”

‘One of the most artfully constructed plays we’ve seen in a long time … [t]here are so many jolting twists in Butcher’s 85 minutes that you may wind up needing a neck brace.’

— Torontoist

‘[Butcher] is no ordinary nail-biter … [it] is also a dead serious philosophical drama that deals with international war crimes and the desire for revenge … The play asks whether, in crimes of such enormity, closure can even be found without perpetuating the bloody cycle of revenge.’

— CBC Books

“Revenge, justice mixed and served cold onstage.”

— The Winnipeg Free Press

‘[D]elivered with a streak of dark comedy and muscular, thriller-like plotting that makes for a furiously entertaining play.’

—Montreal Gazette