1 Hour Photo is the story of Mas Yamamoto, a man whose life was swept up by the major currents of the 20th century. From growing up in a fishing village on the banks of the Fraser River, to being confined at a Japanese Canadian...
Canadian drama
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Author:Shigematsu, TetsuroSummary: - Author:Healey, MichaelSummary:
It’s December 1979 and Clark’s minority Progressive Conservative government is under threat of dissolution before it has a chance to accomplish anything — even pass a budget. But Clark is young and idealistic, resolute on making his...
- Author:Dykstra, Ted, Greenblatt, RichardSummary:
Amidst pushy parents, eccentric teachers, hours of repetitive practice, stage fright, the agony of competitions and exams, and the dream of greatness, Ted and Richard grow up as "piano nerds." As they mature, they become more aware of...
- Author:Uppal, PriscilaSummary:
6 Essential Questions tells the story of Renata as she travels to Brazil to reunite with the mother who abandoned her when she was just five years old. In Rio, Renata discovers more than she bargained for in her quest to uncover the...
- Author:Lepage, RobertSummary:
D'un acteur qui peine à apprendre par cœur le célèbre poème Speak White de Michèle Lalonde, Robert Lepage tire le prétexte à une remontée dans la mémoire : la sienne, du temps de son enfance passée au 887 de l'avenue...
- Author:Lepage, RobertSummary:
As the 40th anniversary of La Nuit de la poésie in Montreal approaches, playwright Robert Lepage is invited to recite Michèle Lalonde's seminal poem "Speak White" from memory on the special night. After agonizing hours spent attempting...
- Author:Jain, Asha, Jain, RaviSummary:
In 2007 Ravi Jain completed school and was itching to get his feet wet in the theatre scene. With plans to begin his own company, Ravi put off marriage for a few years, much to the disappointment of his mother, Asha, who was getting...
- Author:Dixon, SeanSummary:
It's 1606 and Europe is at war over God. At the behest of the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, Venice's four strongest men are charged with transporting a holy painting - Albrecht DUrer's The Brotherhood of the Rosary -...
- Author:Macdonald, DanielSummary:
Two boats float aimlessly on an ocean that conceals the remains of civilization and history. One boat carries a father and daughter, the last survivors of an unspeakable catastrophe; the other carries the only hope for a new beginning....
- Author:Wilson, Sheri-DSummary:
A Love Letter to Emily C, by Sheri-D Wilson, explores the life, times and milestones of Canadian icon and artist Emily Carr. Humorous and moving, this play is a dialogue between Carr and her monkey Woo, as Carr unravels her life.
- Author:St. Bernard, Donna-MichelleSummary:
Prosper is a fisherman trying to get by in the face of everyday problems: there's the spectre of the baby his wife desires, the ghost of his dead mistress, his wife's secret admirer, and the overwhelming lure of the village...
- Author:Chan, MarjorieSummary:
Marjorie Chan's gripping narrative intertwines the past and the present, transporting the reader between Irene and a small group of unlikely heroes caught in the invasion. Scrambling to create a refuge from the horror, the band's...
- Author:Tremblay, MichelSummary:
Les quatre personnages de cette cantate du désespoir sont les instruments d'une partition musicale parlée. Seuls leurs mots entremêlés, tricotés les uns aux autres, nous parviennent du fond de leur abîme, écorchés comme leurs vies et...
- Author:Le Collectif AalaapiSummary:
Depuis leur village du Nunavik, dans la cuisine de leur petite maison, Hannah et Niap écoutent la radio. Source ininterrompue de musique, d'information et de lien social entre les membres de la communauté, la voix des ondes est le...
- Author:Yee, DavidSummary:
Plagued by the success of his first book and haunted by his past, Sin Hwang arrives in Hong Kong with some unusual cargo and a lot of emotional baggage. Featuring a surreal cast of characters, from a foul-mouthed Paddington Bear to a...
- Author:Chafe, RobertSummary:
Seeing beyond Winston's disfiguring scars and foreseeing a future with him, Lise falls in love and the couple soon marry. Years later, having inherited Lise's gift, two of their children, Theresa and Jerome, must struggle to...
- Author:Griffiths, LindaSummary:
It's a time of passion and confusion. Virtue is barely holding down its petticoats. People are bursting their corsets with unbridled desire. It's 1885, and the typewriter and the suffrage movement are sending things topsy-turvy. In the...
- Author:Tannahill, JordanSummary:
This collection presents three young people backed up against walls, metaphorically and literally, who risk everything for a chance to love and to be loved. And all three, to some extent, are queer.
- Author:Tannahill, JordanSummary:
Based on a true story, Get Yourself Home Skyler James follows the harrowing journey of a young lesbian who defects from the army when she is outed by fellow soldiers. Peter Fechter: 52 Minutes chronicles the last hour of Peter Fechter's...
- Author:Moses, Daniel DavidSummary:
A young couple woo and wed, but they're Cree and it's 1895, the first generation after the Riel Rebellion, and it's suddenly hard for the people who followed the buffalo to live happily ever after. What are they going to...
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