The show will make its premier on Thursday, with shows on until March 8.
THUNDER BAY — The New Canadian Curling Club by Mark Crawford will make its premier at Magnus Theatre on Thursday.
“He winds up with a Syrian immigrant, a person from India, a Jamaican immigrant and a Chinese immigrant, all of whom have never curled before. There are language barriers, there are cultural barriers, there are his own systemic prejudices that he has, and their prejudices against each other, because everyone has a preconceived notion of what other people are,” said Thom Currie, artistic director at Magnus Theatre.
“The story really transcends curling or a new Canadian experience. There is something in the show that everyone will recognize having seen or been a part of, either at a curling rink or at a Tim Hortons or in any town in Canada.”“It's something that people can recognize, it's a more nuanced story than just simply any sort of black and white statement on the way things are in Canada or the way things are for people who come here,” he said.
“I had been looking at this play for a couple of years . . . and I was thinking about this play back because I think it has a great message, not just for Thunder Bay, but for all of Canada. As we welcome newcomers, we're always a welcoming society, and what it must be like to be new to the country and experience something as odd as curling,” Currie said.“It's a beautiful set. The challenges, of course, are making real rocks actually slide on the ice.
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