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Stratford review: The Rez Sisters
Director Jessica Carmichael s outdoor production of Tomson Highway s classic is haunting theatre By Glenn Sumi
Photo by David Hou.
THE REZ SISTERS by Tomson Highway (Stratford Festival). At the Tom Patterson Theatre Canopy. Runs to August 21. $75. stratfordfestival.ca. Rating:
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What’s on your wish list? To be a famous singer? To get your lover back? To travel and live somewhere else? Or, during the pandemic, do you simply long for good health?
These are some of the hopes and wishes of the seven titular Rez Sisters from Tomson Highway’s acclaimed play. And in a surprising moment in Jessica Carmichael’s lovely outdoor Stratford Festival production, you’ll get to join them in considering what you want, too, and why.
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Tomson Highway believes controversy is good for art
As Stratford remounts his play The Rez Sisters, the writer reflects on residential schools, casting of Indigenous actors and protests By Glenn Sumi and Jon Kaplan
Jul 12, 2021
30 years after his NOW cover, Tomson Highway believes non-Indigenous actors should be able to play Indigenous roles.
Tomson Highway loves a scandal. In fact, he says art needs more of them.
When his play Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing was mounted at the Royal Alexandra Theatre 30 years ago, protesters picketed the show, complaining about what they saw as misogyny and violence against women. Some audience members walked out. One woman fainted. (If you haven’t seen or read the play, I won’t spoil the details about the particularly controversial scenes.)