The Wilberforce Hotel
It's the 1830s. Two travelling minstrels are passing North from London, Ontario, with their song and dance show on the local circuit. Having fallen afoul of the law and desperate for a night's lodging, they stumble into the Wilberforce hotel, owned and operated by Austin Steward, the president of this stalwart black settlement. Through turns highly comic, and deeply moving the two musicians who have spent their showbiz careers painting their faces come to learn something life-changing about the actual black experience of early settlers in Middlesex County at a time of exodus vs. jubilee. Based on the autobiography of Austin Steward; The Wilberforce Hotel is the story of a brave man's dreams, his love of family, and a threatened community's perseverance.
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Sean Dixon
**Sean Dixon** est un dramaturge, romancier et musicien canadien, reconnu pour ses œuvres mêlant histoire, aventure et réflexion philosophique. Diplômé du National Theatre School of Canada, il a cofondé la compagnie théâtrale PRIMUS et vu plusieurs de ses pièces produites au Canada et à l’international. *A God in Need of Help*, nommé pour le **Prix du Gouverneur général** en 2014, confirme son talent pour explorer les grands thèmes de la foi, de l’art et de la condition humaine. Son écriture, à la fois accessible et profonde, séduit un large public.
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