What do You do When Grandma’s Dead? Reviewed by Mary Alderson Liars at a Funeral is a popular new Canadian play making the rounds of summer theatres.  The story about a dysfunctional family seems to strike a chord with artistic directors when they are lining up their summer fare. The team at Entertain This Thought has reviewed it at the Blyth Festival, Port Stanely Festival Theatre, and Huron Country Playhouse in Grand Bend. So, this marks the fourth review of this show on this website. Liars at a Funeral opened June 13 at Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre. It’s about a dysfunctional family where some members haven’t been speaking to each other for quite awhile. So, Grandma pretends to die and finagles the funeral home assistant to give her a fake funeral.  She plans to jump out of the casket at the mourners to get everyone’s attention, hoping they will patch things up when they come together in the same room. But of course, nothing goes as planned. This production of the play has a distinct twist, making it a little different than other theatres’ versions.  Director Aaron Jan, himself of Chinese descent, found this play sounded very much like a Chinese family, when he read the script.  “I see our silly fights, our estrangements, our family curses, our unspoken grudges, but also our endless love for each other,” he says.  So, he created a dysfunctional Chinese family. But the thing is – every family has fights, estrangements, grudges, jealousies, and unsolved anger issues.  I’m quite sure those things do not belong to any particular heritage. Interestingly, with his East Asian influence, the audience gets to learn a few things along the way. Did you know that Chinese woman dress in white, or at least, light cream colours for a funeral? ...