Controlled Damage
By Andrea Scott
Directed by Cherissa Richards
February 13-22, 2025
Tickets from $31
On November 8, 1946 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Viola Desmond unknowingly took a seat in the whites-only section of the Roseland Theatre and ended up in jail, charged with tax evasion. Award-winning playwright Andrea Scott examines the life of this trailblazing Canadian civil rights figure and how her act of bravery in a small town cinema set off a powerful wave of change. This rich portrait of a formidable icon offers a poignant reminder of the continuing struggle for social justice in Canada.
After the play originally premiered at Neptune Theatre in Halifax in 2020 it was "harder to get a ticket than Hamilton!" (J. Kelly Nestruck, The Globe and Mail).
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