What an interesting musical! It's about 911, when all the planes were diverted and told to ground immediately, how a town named Gander in Newfoundland, Canada doubled their population from 7000 to 1400 in a few hours because of the "plane" people. These were people from 96 countries, only allowed to take their carryon off the plane. People from Gander gathered together to welcome them to their homes, to take showers, to help cook, clean...it was a massive effort for 5 days before they were allowed to leave.
They had transformed one of the schools to a shelter, and a hockey rink to a refrigerator for all the food. And the Red Cross helped supply a lot of the food, making more than 200,000 meals!
The cast did a wonderful job of telling the story of these 1400 people, with focus on one plane (the author, Kevin, was on it). By putting on jackets or hats, they were able to transform into a different person mid-song. It was initially difficult to follow with the unusual Newfoundland accent and the fast pace of all the songs and talking, but even still, this show filled me with a mix of emotions: sadness, anger, compassion, generosity...
It was a truly inspirational musical. I'm so glad they had this opportunity to tell the story, and apparently now translated into many different languages and performed all around the world including Australia, Germany, etc.
At the end we even got to hear a Q&A from some of the real people who witnessed it including the Author Kevin, one of the Captains Beverly, one of the couples Dianne and Nick, and even the Mayor of Gander himself! And they got the accent spot on!
Really thankful for my friend KP for telling us about it and AB for the Christmas present!
They had transformed one of the schools to a shelter, and a hockey rink to a refrigerator for all the food. And the Red Cross helped supply a lot of the food, making more than 200,000 meals!
The cast did a wonderful job of telling the story of these 1400 people, with focus on one plane (the author, Kevin, was on it). By putting on jackets or hats, they were able to transform into a different person mid-song. It was initially difficult to follow with the unusual Newfoundland accent and the fast pace of all the songs and talking, but even still, this show filled me with a mix of emotions: sadness, anger, compassion, generosity...
It was a truly inspirational musical. I'm so glad they had this opportunity to tell the story, and apparently now translated into many different languages and performed all around the world including Australia, Germany, etc.
At the end we even got to hear a Q&A from some of the real people who witnessed it including the Author Kevin, one of the Captains Beverly, one of the couples Dianne and Nick, and even the Mayor of Gander himself! And they got the accent spot on!
Really thankful for my friend KP for telling us about it and AB for the Christmas present!
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