Nisei Blue
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Enbridge playRites FESTIVAL PRESENTATION
Nisei Blue

By Mieko Ouchi

Evening Performances February
3, 8, 11, 16, 18, 23 & 26 March 3
Matinee Performances February 27 & March 5
Evenings at 7:30 / Matinees at 2:00
Presented in the thrust stage configuration.

A retiring detective is haunted by visions from his past: a glittering nightclub in 1939, a beautiful Japanese Canadian jazz singer and a rookie case that never got solved. Forty-five years later, he returns to the scene of the crime to uncover the truth. But can he put the pieces of the puzzle together before they fade away?

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What They’re Saying...

"On Scott Reid’s atmospheric set – a pagoda that doubles as the Lions Gate Bridge – recent Siminovitch Prize nominee Ron Jenkins directs Nisei Blue with a flair for mysterious movement."

— Kelly Nestruck, The Globe & Mail