OLD STOCK: A REFUGEE LOVE STORY

Playwright: Hannah Moscovitch
Director: Christian Barry
Songs by: Ben Caplan, Christian Barry and Geoff Berner

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story is a humourously dark folktale woven together with a high-energy concert. This Klezmer-folk music-theatre hybrid starring genre-bending sensation Ben Caplan is inspired by the true stories of two Jewish Romanian refugees coming to Canada in 1908.

It's about how to love after being broken by the horrors of war. It's about refugees who get out before it's too late, and those who get out after it's too late. And it's about looking into the eyes of God.

★★★★★ “a thing of raw and unmissable beauty” - Herald Scotland
★★★★★  - Musical Theatre Review
“Irresistible” - The Scotsman

ACCOLADES

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story Wins 2018 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award

Won Seven 2018 Robert Merritt Awards (Theatre Nova Scotia) including: Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (female), Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Musical Direction, Outstanding New Play by a Nova Scotian, Outstanding Original Score or Composition, Outstanding Scenic Design, and Outstanding Production

Nominated for Nine 2018 Robert Merritt Awards (Theatre Nova Scotia)

Nominated for Six Drama Desk Awards in 2018, including: Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Set Design for a Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Music, Outstanding Book of a Musical, and Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

A New York Times Critic’s Pick - March 19, 2018

2017 Edinburgh Fringe - The Herald Angel Awards Winner and The Scotsman Fringe First Award Winner