The play’s production and delivery is the foundation of its impact. With a creative team of primarily Indigenous individuals, the show is executed simply, with haunting and beautiful visuals alongside the captivating performances of its leads. - Queen's Journal
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It’s 1895 and a young Cree couple have fallen in love and wish to marry – but the cow the groom has procured for the feast is stolen and the penalty for killing a cow without a licence is death. Written by acclaimed First Nations playwright Daniel David Moses, Almighty Voice and His Wife reimagines this true story within two wildly different acts, moving from a tragic love story to a hilarious post-modern vaudeville act.
25 years ago Theatre Kingston was established and Daniel David Moses’s seminal play premiered – it was a very good year! We are thrilled that Lib Spry, the director of that original production, has returned to revisit the play and she has invited some of the most foremost indigenous theatre artists working in Canada today to join her in the re-telling of this unforgettable story. |
CAST
White Girl | Brefny Caribou Almighty Voice | Brendan Chandler CREATIVE Playwright | Daniel David Moses Director | Lib Spry Assistant Director | Heather Majaury Composer/Musical Director | David DeLeary Set and Lighting Designer | Michel Charbonneau Head of Wardrobe | Sage Paul Stage Manager | Matthew Lagacé |
Its greatest impact was on our own social awareness. Both my wife and I can recall the social environment of 1991; at that time Daniel David Moses' work would well have struck audiences as a bolt of lightning - could these things really be so?! Today, we find its effect has changed and the change is positive. We Canadians "from away" are fully aware of the injustices against our native peoples. Anne and I found that the play was a useful reminder...Thank you for triggering these emotions; we have a long road ahead but we are grateful for your helping renew our commitment to a better Canada" - Audience Member at Almighty Voice & his Wife
FINAL DATES
Tuesday October 3, 2017 – 7:30
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 – 7:30
Thursday, October 5, 2017 -7:30
Friday, October 6, 2017 – 7:30
Saturday, October 7, 2017 – 2:00
Saturday, October 7, 2017 – 7:30 – CLOSES
Tuesday October 3, 2017 – 7:30
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 – 7:30
Thursday, October 5, 2017 -7:30
Friday, October 6, 2017 – 7:30
Saturday, October 7, 2017 – 2:00
Saturday, October 7, 2017 – 7:30 – CLOSES
"There are probably some jokes in it that verge on politically incorrect, but I mean I do it very consciously," Daniel David Moses observed. "That's part of the intention because that political incorrectness talks about the cruelty of Canada's history with Native people. It's a way of being like truthful rather than current, I guess." - Kingston Whig Standard
Almighty Voice & His Wife ... "One of the few plays firmly considered as part of the canon of great Canadian drama"
