ArticlesYvette Nolan
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DramaPlaywrights float through time, illuminate Métis story from Laurence’s work
In The Diviners, adapted from Margaret Laurence’s classic Canadian novel, playwrights Vern Thiessen and Yvette Nolan focus on the adult Morag Gunn – a novelist with writer’s block who is estranged from her daughter, Pique, and who struggles with alcoholism. -
DramaTheatrical rendition of Métis history comes to life through humour and absurdity
“Under the Big Top, all performers assemble. A drum roll. The lights begin to ballyhoo.” And so begins Gabriel Dumont’s Wild West Show, a fantastic, fast-paced theatrical extravaganza that tickles the funny bone while getting to the nitty gritty of Canadian history.
