Oct 11, 2017
Azrieli Studio 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada
Drew Hayden Taylor © Matt Barnes
Darrell Dennis, Herbie Barnes © Andrew Alexander
Herbie Barnes, Katie Ryerson, Darrell Dennis © Andrew Alexander
Katie Ryerson, Darrell Dennis © Andrew Alexander
Katie Ryerson, Herbie Barnes © Andrew Alexander
Martin Julien © Andrew Alexander
Theatre Comedy New works
  • English
Performance options Start time Language Availability
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 12:00 pm English Seats available

““Drew Hayden Taylor has a deft touch for mixing comedy and commentary in an entertaining and all-Canadian form of social satire.”

Vancouver Sun

$10 + HST | Two acts with intermission
An NAC English Theatre Production

Provocative comedy
Curriculum connections in Indigenous Studies, Canadian History, Drama, Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, Humanities

Bobby Rabbit has unfinished business with Canada’s first Prime Minister. His grandfather’s medicine bundle lies languishing in a British museum, another casualty of the residential school system. So Bobby enlists the help of his rock star wannabe friend Hugh, and Anya, a Queen’s University dropout, to secure a bargaining chip... and to execute a heist so epic in scale they might never see the light of day again. Filled with humour and sorrow, this bittersweet sesquicentennial story is about finding life’s purpose, knowing when to hang on, and when to change direction.

  • By Drew Hayden Taylor
  • Directed by Jim Millan
  • featuring Herbie Barnes, Darrell Dennis, Martin Julien, Katie Ryerson
  • Set and Costume Designer Anna Treusch
  • Lighting Designer Martin Conboy
  • Video Designer Nick Bottomley
  • Composer Moe Berg
  • Stage Manager Erin Finn
  • Apprentice Stage Manager Hilary Nichol

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Learning and engagement at Canada’s National Arts Centre is made possible through the support of many generous individuals and organizations from across the country. Arts Alive is generously supported by the Azrieli Foundation, the Government of Nunavut, Canadian North, Calm Air, The River Philip Foundation, The Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation, and The Thomas Sill Foundation. Thank you also to Grant and Alice Burton, Canada Life, A Donor-Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Ottawa, Friends of the NAC Orchestra, Donors to the NAC Foundation's Future Fund, The Janice and Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence, and the donors and sponsors of the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust, the primary resource for youth and education funding at the National Arts Centre.