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Of Human Bondage
By Vern Thiessen. 2016
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 possessions and security Yet Philip in a powerful haze of passion and pride obsessively pursues Mildred despite the anguish and emotional carnage that repels and binds them at all costs Of Human Bondage is a grand story of lust unrequited love and the pursuit of beautyTrue Love Lies
By Brad Fraser. 2009
Sparking a series of further revelations the sudden reappearance of David exposes suppressed emotions and desires in everyone and…
the family must renegotiate their relationships with each other and ultimately redefine their family In sharp non-stop dialogue Brad Fraser brings each of his characters to life with a depth humour and emotion that tears open the nuclear family and finds the heart that is often lost and forgottenFlesh and Other Fragments of Love
By Linda Gaboriau, Evelyne de la Chenelière. 2014
When Pierre and Simone planned a vacation to the Irish coast they were hoping to revive their failing marriage…
What they weren t expecting was to stumble upon the body of Mary a drowned woman during a walk along the beach It s not long before curiosity and obsession take over and the couple begin to piece together Mary s history using both facts and their imaginations As her story comes alive Mary s presence integrates itself into Pierre and Simone s lives resurrecting their memories and regrets fears and obsessions Now they must struggle more than ever to revisit the past in order to write their own storyPontypool
By Tony Burgess. 2015
The Wanderers
By Kawa Ada. 2016
As the Soviet army invades Afghanistan Aman and Mariam flee to Canada in hopes of putting an ocean between…
themselves and the daily horrors of war A championship chess player in Kabul Aman finds himself working in a pizzeria just to get by Their fresh start continues to prove difficult as they navigate the trauma and displacement that follows them at every turn and when their son Roshan is born their curse of displacement is passed on to the next generation The family s only hope for a peaceful future might be Mariam s past as her family mythology becomes a source of power Is her love strong enough to keep Aman and Roshan from destroying themselves or each otherThe Fish Eyes Trilogy
By Anita Majumdar, Maria Nguyen. 2016
Fish Eyes is the story of Meena, a classically trained Indian dancer who, despite being obsessed with Bollywood movies and…
her dance career, just wants to be like the rest of her high-school friends. When she develops a massive crush on Buddy, the popular boy at school, Meena contemplates turning down an incredible opportunity to pursue him, even if he barely notices her.Boys With Cars follows Naz, also a classically trained Indian dancer, who dreams of getting out of small town Port Moody to attend the University of British Columbia. But when Buddy causes a stir over Naz at school, Naz’s university plans begin to crumble quickly.Let Me Borrow That Top centres on Candice, a girl who appropriates Meena’s Indian dance skills and bullies Naz after a nasty rumour spreads through the halls of their high school. But like her two enemies, Candice shares a passion for Indian dancing, and has just been accepted to the Conventry School of Bhangra. Will she leave behind the comforts of home to pursue her dreams?A Nanking Winter
By Marjorie Chan. 2009
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 struggle to survive binds them in a promise that will span the ages of time while Irene struggles to reveal the truth despite her publisher s conservative worries a nanking winter brings the horror and endurance of a nation s history into stark focus with breathtaking clarity and brutal honestyLiving Curiosities or What You Will
By Mary Vingoe. 2009
Anna soon realizes that she is out of her element in the city and longs to return home …
Determined to make the best of her situation Anna goes against the wishes of Barnum and befriends the other living curiosities developing a strong friendship with Alphonsia di Lugar Together they attempt to create a stronger sense of community by staging an unusual version of Twelfth Night with the rest of inhabitants of the museum Old alliances and bitter feelings threaten to tear the company apart yet they must all work together to escape the past and find their own identitiesLate Company
By Jordan Tannahill. 2015
One year after the suicide of their teenage son Joel Debora and Michael Shaun-Hastings sit down to dinner with…
their son s bully and his parents Closure is on the menu but accusations are the main course as everyone takes a turn in the hot seat for their real or imagined part in the tragedy Blame shifts over the course of the evening from one person to the next and questions are raised that no one is prepared to answerThe Patron Saint of Stanley Park
By Hiro Kanagawa. 2014
Siblings Josh and Jennifer are coping with the loss of their father who disappeared in a floatplane accident last…
Christmas Eve Their mother wants to pretend everything is normal while Jennifer is angry and isolated and Josh scours the Internet for proof that their father is still alive So on Christmas Eve when the children are supposed to catch a bus to their uncle s place they go to Stanley Park instead and make their way to Prospect Point to honour their father s memory When a catastrophic windstorm thwarts their plans Skookum Pete a strange vagabond who roams the park takes them to a fantastical bunker beneath the park where they experience wondrous visions that help them understand the truth about their fatherThe Thrill
By Judith Thompson. 2015
Elora Dixon is a vibrant middle-aged lawyer and disability-rights activist who has never walked a step in her life…
A neuromuscular disease left her with a curved spine and a reliance on around-the-clock care Nonetheless she is an inexorable force when chance pits her against the notorious Julian Summer who is in town promoting his internationally bestselling book Julian is a fervent supporter of euthanasia and Elora is the counter-argument a living rebuke to parents who want the option of euthanizing a disabled newborn So it comes as a shock especially to Elora when the two find themselves acutely attracted to one another Will she learn to negotiate her feelings and her convictions or will Julian s beliefs begin to colour her ownLion In The Streets
By Judith Thompson. 1996
Seventeen years ago, Isobel was murdered at the tender age of nine. Now she finds herself back in her previous…
life as a ghost searching for the person responsible for her untimely death. But this time she’s powerful, having the ability to watch over the living, observe them, and sometimes interact with them. Isobel has been paying attention to her former neighbours, and it’s not long before she begins to suffer along with them during their dark and horrific private experiences. Will she finally get the peace she’s been yearning for? One of Judith Thompson’s most enduring plays, Lion in the Streets looks at the inner emotional turmoil in ordinary people and the ways in which they cope.The Last Wife
By Kate Hennig. 2015
Kate Parr is smart, confident, and passionate: a rising star in a world of intense competition. But her obligatory marriage…
to Henry is rife with the threat of violence and the lure of deceit; her secret liaisons with Thom, her husband’s former brother-in-law, could send her to an early grave; and her devotion to the education and equal rights of Henry’s daughters is putting an even bigger strain on her marriage. Does Kate risk her life to gain authority in both her relationship and her political career? Which love will she be led to if she follows her heart? And what kind of future is there for her children if she makes a crucial mistake?Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy
By Ronnie Burkett. 2009
Standing at the edge of the ship, contemplating a watery demise, Billy is called back to reality when his dead…
mentor Sid Diamond appears as a handpuppet. Sid forces Billy to re-enact his life as a puppet show, rekindling the passion Billy once had for puppets, people, and the dream of a life that sparkles. For anyone stuck in the middle—mid-career, mid-love, mid-life—this requiem for a golden boy shines a little light on the wonder of youth meeting the wisdom of age.Tough Case
By David S. Craig. 2015
Sixteen-year-old Dane and his mom have relocated to Nova Scotia hoping to flee an abusive relationship with Dane …
s father In the midst of this Dane has been getting into trouble with the law He s been caught breaking into and vandalizing an elderly woman s home and is about to be charged with a host of serious offences unless he participates in a court-ordered restorative-justice program With dreams of joining the military Dane decides to co-operate so a criminal record won t follow him There he meets Nessa a social worker who grew up in a tough north Halifax housing project and the only person able to connect with Dane A contemporary story about one teen s journey through the restorative justice system a mother fighting for her son the scared and angry victims of a senseless crime and the mediator who helps them all come togetherSomeone Else
By Kristen Thomson. 2014
Lately Cathy a middle-aged comedian has found very little to laugh about Everything seems either tragic or…
frustrating especially her eighteen-year marriage to Peter a doctor at a local community clinic Their list of complaints about one another grows day by day and their teenage daughter is rarely anything but a handful Despite a once solid and happy marriage the couple has hit a snag that even counselling can t repair While Cathy falls further into a creative slump Peter starts to fall for April a troubled young patient who helps him open up The two are unrecognizable to each other and themselves and as they navigate middle age they push each other further apart Can they negotiate their changing relationship and learn to be comfortable with who they ve becomeUnder Wraps
By Robert Chafe. 2014
The moment Mark meets David his world is thrown off balance Who could have predicted finding love in a…
furniture store or finding it with an unemployed lifeguard But despite their immediate connection Mark isn t sure if David is gay Mark isn t even sure if Mark is gay As he falls deeper in love Mark works desperately to make David nothing more than a friend and to make that enough Filled with hopeful exhilaration and devastating missed opportunities Under Wraps nimbly tracks one man s tumultuous quest to finally love himself and let it all outScratch
By Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman. 2010
When fifteen-year-old Anna is told that her mother is dying of cancer she responds in the only way she…
knows how by ignoring the issue Friends and family are unable to understand her reaction and Anna is increasingly frustrated by their attempts to help her escalated of course by her persistent itching Told by Anna with assistance from her best friend father aunt and her dying mother Scratch is a fresh funny and realistic play about the urgency of life and the need to live it to the fullest extentMy Fellow Creatures
By Michael Rubenfeld. 2009
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 acceptanceTwo-Spirit Acts: Queer Indigenous Performances
By Kent Monkman, Muriel Miguel, Waawaate Fobister, Jean O Hara. 2013
With a refreshing spin, the plays touch on topics of desire, identity, and community as they humorously tackle the colonial…
misunderstandings of Indigenous people. From a female trickster story centred on erotic lesbian tales to the farcical story about a new nation of Indigenous people called the Nation of Mischief, this collection creates a space to explore what it means to be queer and Indigenous.