“Oh! I Miss The War is perfect post-Pride Fringe fare. David John Phillips delivers not one but two compelling monologues about older queer lives, set 50-plus years apart in different cities. The twist? He interweaves their telling, so the narratives reflect and comment on each other. In 1967 London, Jack, a former soldier and rent boy, works as a tailor in a West End shop and looks back, not unfondly, at a period when homosexuality was criminalized. Meanwhile, in 2022 Toronto, Matt, an academic, recalls his own life, including his later-in-life discovery and exploration of BDSM. Under Anthony Misiano’s direction, Phillips shifts effortlessly — and clearly — between tales, creating two distinct characters and eras. The result throbs with vitality. It feels like a treasure trove of queer history, which, during this political moment, feels more essential than ever.”