Where the Blood Mixes

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Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
Sat., November 22nd @ 7:30pm Sun., November 23rd @ 1:00pm

"Where the Blood Mixes goes straight to the heart. But it goes there via the funny bone." Vancouver Courier

"What a joy to witness…a genuinely great piece of theatre..." Vancouver Sun

"...a major accomplishment…" Georgia Straight


Winner of the 2009 Governor General’s Award for Drama

 "At first glance, Kevin Loring’s Where the Blood Mixes may seem like a tough go: an aboriginal-penned play about residential school survivors coming to terms with years of abuse and cultural decimation. But one of the most surprising things about this award-winning work is just how darn funny it is.
True, much of the audience will find themselves in tears by the end of this 90-minute, no-intermission piece—a fact which speaks to the emotional truth at the core of Loring’s remarkable script—but still, it’s funny. Very funny. Laugh out loud funny…" – John Threlfall, Monday Magazine

Irreverently funny and brutally honest, Where the Blood Mixes is an extremely moving story of loss and redemption. Floyd and Mooch, raised in residential schools, must confront their personal demons when Floyd’s daughter Christine returns to Kumsheen after twenty years, to discover her past and her family. Her arrival is the catalyst that unleashes a flood of memories and secrets about a painful chapter in Canadian History. Where the Blood Mixes takes us beyond the headlines to a deeply personal story about humanity and survival.

Sponsored by TheatreOne, The Port Theatre and VIU Faculty Association