Unity (1918) May 24, 2007

The year is 1918. World War I is about to end, and in Unity, a tiny farm town lost in the Saskatchewan wheat fields, the girls are waiting for the boys to return from the trenches of Europe. But what blows in on the trains and the wind from the east is Spanish influenza, and the population of the village is violently decimated.

This self-contained little world is inhabited by characters as appealing as they are bizarre: a 15-year-old Icelandic girl who runs the local funeral parlour, a visionary soldier with burnt-out eyes, a farmer as gloomy as he is incompetent, a sexually precocious teenager obsessed with the end of the world and Beatrice, a young woman fearful of life and all its turmoil, whose sensitive gaze reveals the luminous grace and scope of this remarkable historical drama.

Presented by the Arts Umbrella Senior Theatre Troupe, a year-long, pre-professional program designed for dedicated high school actors interested in pursuing a career in theatre.

UNITY (1918)
A part of the Arts Umbrella Expressions Festival
Thursday, May 24th & Friday, May 25th
Waterfront Theatre
1412 Cartwright St. Granville Island
9pm Showtime Tickets: $12 adults, $10 students/seniors
Call 604.684.2787 or www.ticketstonight.ca

*An abridged version of the original play performed with permission from the playwright*

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