If you’re looking for an entry point to reading Canadian theatre, you can’t go wrong with Kim’s Convenience, especially if you’re a fan of the hit TV show. It’s an emotional play while being very, very funny. The House of Anansi Press edition I read contains not just the play, but a foreword and an introduction that describe the context in which the play was written, a few photos from the Fringe Festival and Soulpepper Theatre productions (in which Paul Sun-Hyung Lee looks either a lot younger than he does in the show or is just wearing a goatee rather than a full beard, like he does in the show), and a note at the end about how the play was adapted for the screen. I’d never watched the show but have seen plenty of clips and commercials, so I was able to easily imagine Appa and Umma in particular, given that the same actors played those characters in the show and the play. If I find a copy of this out in the wild, I’ll buy it for myself. It’s a great read. ( )