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The Hope Slide by Joan MacLeod, is an award winning, one woman, ten character play that takes place in the mind of Irene. Irene is a wickedly funny and achingly vulnerable protester who travels back in time to when she was 15 and recounts the haunting memories of Three Doukhobour Martyrs and the lives they affect decades later. Irene considers herself a Spirit Wrestler inspired by the Russian Doukhobour immigrants who are living in the B.C. Kootneys. The Doukhobours are a Russian religious group who immigrated to western Canada and who place their own ideals above the government’s demands. As the ideals clashed, protesting began with the burning of B.C. Schools, the blowing up of government buildings and bridges, and naked protest marches, which of course is thrilling to a young and vibrant fifteen- year-old girl named Irene.The Hope Slide is a fascinating play that brings laughter, heartache, and inspiration.
The Hope Slide's tour destinations were Nelson, Penticton, Orlando, Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Victoria, and Vancouver. The play was selected Critics Choice at the Montreal and Winnipeg Fringe Festivals and won the Peoples' Choice Award for best drama and best actress in a drama at the Victoria Fringe Festival.
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