A production of the 1000 Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, ON

Boom X, a show written, directed and performed solely by well-known theatre artist Rick Miller, is certainly a tour de force production-wise. Large projection screens, a central podium and duly bright illumination, not to mention the energetic acting of Miller himself, each contribute to a non-stop spectacle which easily commands one’s attention. All of the technical intricacies involved are also reflective of the fact that this is a multi-company effort, presented by Miller’s own companies Kidoons and WYRD in association with Theatre Calgary and the 20K Collective. While the show impresses on both a technical and performance level, its emotional impact is less pronounced. Meant to provide a broad survey of the period (1969-1995) in which the roughly defined “Generation X” came of age, Boom X succeeds more in music and cultural documentation than it does in digging deep into the impact that the events of the era had on those growing up within it. …

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