What happens when three clumsy, colonizing, red-nosed pirates names Ratt, Spatt and Knat haul in a catch called Ku? Bad enough Ku has a different culture, different language and different perspective. To make matters worse, Ku has a blue nose. Bluenose is a play for young audiences that Emil wrote for Montreal's Black Theatre Workshop and Geordie Productions. A lively romp featuring physical humour and music, Bluenose toured Montreal-area schools in February 2003 and was staged over two weekends at the D.B. Clarke theatre as part of Geordie's family subscription series. A swashbuckling, comedic tale about culture clashes and cultural assumptions, Bluenose provides a glimpse at small-scale imperialism as it unfolds on the Shark de Triomphe, a cluttered, foul-smelling ship.
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"The play Bluenose is a lighthearted romp on the high seas with a powerful undercurrent. It is about intolerance and ignorance and profound moments of epiphany. It is also a play that had an opening-night crowd of 5-to-12 year olds laughing themselves silly. How about that...
...Playwright Emil Sher deftly weaves insolence with insight, coaxing laughs while encouraging thought. Don't be alarmed by the gravity of the message. This is a play for the whole family. There's plenty of broad physical humour and a generous sprinkling of one-liners to enjoy as you ponder the fall out from unchecked bigotry..."
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Kathryn Greenaway, The Gazette (Montreal)
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Songs from Bluenose
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Ballad of the Shark de Triomphe
You've never met a pirate 'til you've met the likes of us,
We aren't very likeable: we smell, we cheat, we cuss.
Our motto is so simple and plain for all to see.
"What's yours is ours, what's ours is ours,
"Til the end of eternity.
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New Directions
I thought I knew all there was to know,
Now I know that's just not so.
There's a stain half-way 'cross my heart,
And that stain has got to go.
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