Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout
By TOMSON HIGHWAY
Directed by KEVIN LORING
A TIMELESS AND CHEEKY LOCAL FABLE
It’s been more than 25 years since Western Canada Theatre and the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society commissioned this work by Tomson Highway, and more than 20 since it premiered right here on the Sagebrush stage. The play collapses a century of history between the peoples of the Shuswap and the rapidly expanding settler communities into a single day in August, 1910, and follows four women as they prepare a feast for the arrival of Wilfred Laurier, the Big Kahuna of Canada. The story is appropriately massive in scope, ranging from riotous comedy to epic tragedy; its form deeply influenced by the trickster spirit of Coyote. We are honoured to have director Kevin Loring returning to Kamloops to bring this seminal piece of local history and Canadian stagecraft back to life in the place where it was first conceived.
“Highway’s is a voice unlike any other playwrights in the world”
—VANCOUVER PLAYS
Sagebrush Theatre
Located at 1300 9th Avenue, Sagebrush Theatre is a 706 seat Proscenium Theatre, jointly owned by the City of Kamloops and the Kamloops/Thompson School District. Western Canada Theatre acts as the management company for the Sagebrush Theatre, and is responsible for its day to day operation.
Sagebrush Theatre is the home to Western Canada Theatre and the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, as well as many local and international user groups.