Night
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2013
- Category
- Canadian
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781770910171
- Publish Date
- Apr 2013
- List Price
- $12.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781770910157
- Publish Date
- Apr 2013
- List Price
- $16.95
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Description
Life is different when you live in twenty-four-hour darkness. But for Piuyuq, a teenager in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, the pressing darkness and bone-chilling winter winds are the least of her worries. Daniella, a stranger from Toronto, has arrived in town carrying a silver box and news of Piuyuq's grandfather, a man who had left Nunavut decades before. But how did Daniella find him after all these years? And why did she have to come all the way to Pond Inlet to reveal the truth? Daniella's unexpected arrival and the shocking revelation she brings prompts Piuyuq and her community to deal with demons they thought long buried.
About the author
Christopher Morris is a playwright, director and actor and is the artistic director of the Toronto-based theatre company Human Cargo. Past writing credits include The Runner (Human Cargo/Theatre Passe Muraille - 2019 Dora Awards for Outstanding New Play and Best Production), Our Beautiful Sons, (Blyth Festival 2017 and 2012 Playwright in Residence), The Road to Paradise, co-playwright with Jonathan Garfinkel (Human Cargo/Crow's Theatre/Buddies in Bad Times Theatre), Night (Human Cargo/National Arts Centre, published by the Canadian Theatre Review/Canada Playwrights Press), Return: The Sarajevo Project (co-playwright, Theatrefront, Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination, published by Canada Playwrights Press). Christopher lives in Toronto with his partner Gillian Gallow and their daughter Eileen.
Editorial Reviews
"A Night to remember for audiences of any age." —The Toronto Sun
"Night is an emotionally powerful play." —The Globe and Mail