A Winter Tale

Shots ring out one winter night, and a bullet meant for a local street dealer kills a nine-year-old boy. A Winter Tale is set against a backdrop of unrealized hopes, in a multi-racial, working-class, Toronto community. As the story unfolds, six Black men come together tentatively to form a support group that meets in a local Caribbean restaurant in the hope that they will find pathways leading to their own salvation and to the redemption of their community. At times bitter and tragic, at other times hopeful and humourous, the play is firmly rooted in the life of the street, with the city of Toronto itself as a central character.

The final performance at Alchemy is February 5. The show then moves to Masaryk Cowan Community Centre, 220 Cowan Ave, Toronto, for additional performances February 11 and 12, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.