The Hockey Sweater: A Musical. An enjoyable and heart-felt celebration of Canada’s sport
Few sports are as definitively associated with Canada as hockey is, and fittingly, no other one comes close to the significance of the former in the lives of both big and small-town Canadians. While the Montreal-based Segal Centre’s production of The Hockey Sweater: A Musical, in turn adapted from the well-known short story by Roch Carrier, takes place in the small community of Sainte-Justine, Quebec, the passion for hockey displayed in this setting is, I suspect, eminently relatable for many viewers. It is particularly interesting that this production is the first in the NAC’s line-up of English theatre for the 2018-19 season. The announcement by artistic director Jillian Keiley noting how rare it is to have fully-produced homegrown musicals before the play began did much to situate the importance of the Segal Centre’s work in the Canadian theatre landscape. …