Mother Tongue is a unique and innovative play that weaves together Cantonese, English, and sign language. It is about family loyalties, youthful dreams, and generational and cultural differences.
Canadian drama
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Author:Quan, BettySummary: - Author:Hennig, KateSummary:
In this stunning third part to Kate Hennig's powerful Queenmaker series, England's first queen regnant finds herself fighting xenophobia, religious nationalism, and strained familial bonds in the power struggle that dubs her...
- Author:Sadava, Norah, Nostbakken, AmySummary:
Winner of the 2017 Toronto Theatre Critics Award for Best New Canadian Play. Winner of three Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Stage Award for Best Performance, 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Mouthpiece follows one woman, for one day, as she...
- Author:Sandler, KatSummary:
Mustard shouldn't still be here, but he is. Imaginary friends don't normally stay with their Person until that Person is a troubled teenager, exhibiting strangely violent behaviour. Imaginary friends don't suddenly become...
- Author:Bushkowsky, AaronSummary:
While there, he meets his long-lost cousin, a beautiful, young Russian woman, who sets her sights on her wealthy relative as a ticket out of the radiation-blasted country. My Chernobyl is a quirky romance set in the existential old...
- Author:Close, Ellen, Griffiths, BradenSummary:
Nine-year-old Phineas interprets the world through his encyclopedic knowledge of animals, but some human behaviour is just too puzzling. Take for example his mom, who insists he learn to fall asleep on his own, even though all young...
- Author:Rubenfeld, MichaelSummary:
Venturing into dark and explosive territory, My Fellow Creatures is a raw, honest, and thoughtful portrayal of these men and their virtues, confronting the reader with difficult questions about love, consent, vengeance, and acceptance...
- Author:Foster, Norm, Arden, LeslieSummary:
In the town of Big Oak lies the Crossroads Cafe, where five locals come together to plan the annual Tomato Parade. With everything in place, the town hopes the parade can sweeten the hearts of potential investors who are considering Big...
- Author:MacIovr, DanielSummary:
A funny, satirical story, Never Swim Alone is about Frank and Bill, two egotisitical men locked in a ruthless competition of one-upmanship for seemingly no reason. A hilarious metaplay, This Is A Play follows three actors who, while...
- Author:MacIvor, DanielSummary:
Described by Carol Bolt as "a world full of poetry and ceremony and mystery, where questions can be asked if not answered," Never Swim Alone and This Is A Play are two of Daniel MacIvor's most enduring plays.
- Author:Sinha, Pamela MalaSummary:
It's 1970s Winnipeg - a time of revolution and radical possibilities - and an apartment building of Indian immigrant friends is about to be transformed by their latest arrival. A young Bengali Muslim woman, Nuzha, has just married Qasim...
- Author:Foon, Dennis, Youssef, MarcusSummary:
Two of the most produced, popular, and important Canadian plays for young audiences are back in an updated edition. In New Canadian Kid, Nick has just moved to Canada from a country called Homeland, where he is forced to grapple with...
- Author:MacIvor, DanielSummary:
I wish only that both the audiences who have followed MacIvor and those who have never heard of him to see this play and marvel at a voice maturing into a new form of greatness.
- Author:Peeteetuce, CurtisSummary:
This Christmas season, things have gone awry for the kohkoms of Kiwetinohk. Clare Bear is engaged to be married, Zula Merasty is moving off-reserve and Sihkos Sinclare is in jail. It all comes to fruition at Clare's stagette....
- Author:Young, DavidSummary:
The long history of the Clan MacDonald begins in 1779 as Calum Ruadh leaves Scotland to begin a new life on Cape Breton Island. Haunted by the stories and songs of the ancestry, two brothers seek to reconcile their past with their...
- Author:Huculak, Maggie, Javanfar, Raha, Nostbakken, Amy, Sadava, Norah, Scott, Cheyenne, Cox, Lisa KarenSummary:
"They are the invisible, the vanishing, and the disappeared. In an insurrectionary outburst of original music, words, and movement, the six characters in Now You See Her explore some of the diverse ways women fade from sight in our...
- Author:Thiessen, VernSummary:
When Philip meets Mildred, a disarming tea-shop waitress, he finds his yearning for art and experience consumed by his intense attraction to her. Mildred, for all her teasing, isn’t all that interested in Philip, but rather in flattery...
- Author:French, DavidSummary:
A son returns after an absence of two years to find both his mother and family friend Wiff trying to sustain his father, Jacob. A heart attack has forced Jacob out of work, and he can't reconcile himself to his frightening situation....
- Author:Foster, NormSummary:
It's a Friday afternoon in the big city and, in six different offices, six different stories are unfolding at the same time. However, they are all connected somehow, from the figure skater on the ledge, to the novelist in the closet. A...
- Author:Foster, NormSummary:
David, a successful novelist with writer's block, has received some devastating news he's kept to himself. Lucy, his housekeeper of twenty-eight years, has her own secret that she's afraid to admit. As Lucy is getting ready to end her...
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