PHOTO CREDIT: Keandre Johnson
JUNE 6 + 7 + 8
MAIN STAGE THEATRE | MOVEMENT
UNICORN
BUS STOP THEATRE
WRITERS CIRCLE
UNICORN follows Sea and Sky, two Black women growing up on the beautiful East Coast. They are familiar with each other for decades: sharing high school hallways, cafe space, and even sports’ courts, and are finally brought together through music and movement when one night of dancing changes their lives forever. Sharing a passion for art, activism and family point to signs of universal success but with kids to raise, community expectations and tumultuous paths ahead and behind them, will outside pressures wear them down?
Weaving projection design by Kay and Matt Downey, original composition by Jackson Fairfax-Perry, and movement by I'thandi Munro, UNICORN navigates the winding, complex roads of life for two Queer African Nova Scotians in a poetic and empowering love story, featuring intimate and charming performances by Kiana Josette and Trina James.
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Thursday, June 6 @ 7:00pm
Friday, June 7 @ 7:00pm
Saturday, June 8 @ 7:00pm
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LOCATION: Alderney Landing Theatre
RUNTIME: 40 minutes
AUDIENCE NOTE: Moving Projections, Mature Content
BUS STOP THEATRE WRITERS CIRCLE
Nova Scotia / Mi'kma'ki
The Bus Stop Theatre Writers’ Circle has a mandate to foster and produce new work by underrepresented and emerging writers, with a focus on live performance arts. We host regular skill-building workshops and feedback sessions that provide support and feedback for emerging writers of all disciplines, building a community of artists at many levels of experience and across various creative practices. This program creates an affirming and nurturing space for the vulnerable practice of sharing new writing. Esteemed author Andre Fenton leads our monthly feedback sessions and teaches multiple writing workshops through the Bus Stop for both professional, emerging, and youth participants. Producer Meg Hubley offers grant writing services and facilitates professional development and creative workshop periods for emerging artists. They also provide production support for public premieres of scripts developed through the Writers Circle community.
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CREDITS
Written & Directed by Kay MacDonald
Featuring Kiana Josette and Trina James
Movement by I'thandi Munro
Projections by Matt Downey
Original Score by Jackson Fairfax-Perry
Lighting by Keandre Johnson
Stage Management Stephanie Clarke
Produced by Bus Stop Theatre Writers Circle
ARTISTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Arts Nova Scotia, Canada Council for the Arts, HRM Project Assistance, Maritime Conservatory