A stressed-out fisher hangs himself from his mast. He wants attention for his problems, but no-one knows what to do. The composer for The Heart of Things takes the musicality of fisher's voices into a full virtual musical score to speak about a suicide in the community vernacular.
Human Trafficking - a young lawyer uncovers her own 'at home' trafficking while representing two survivors. Inspired by actual survivor art, in the beginning their own graphic drawings, Human Trafficking builds the stakes and losses of Nova Scotia’s human trafficking trade - our numbers are the highest in the country. With visual artist, Curtis Botham
Desert trauma follows a Nova Scotian soldier home in the shape of three vicious crows. Veteran’s Emergency Transition Services president Jim Lowther wrote, “...it explains better than they could speak about what is going on with them.” Dr. John Whelan, a veteran himself and Lead Psychologist, Whelan Psychological Services Inc. advised on triggering protocols and was in attendance for every performance. Heat was invited to present the play at Thrive! a tri-level government initiative to promote healthier options for military members. Heat was invited to present from the production in person and in photogrpahic ehibition in Vienna 2019 to inaugurate UNESCO"s World PTSD Day and was featured on the cover of the International Theatre Institute's September 2019 newsletter.
Kill Zone a Love Story is the rarest of phenomena: the right force at the right time, educating and healing exactly when needed most.
- Eva Moore, Artistic Producer, New Act, Bala
Heat Theatre is saying something important, and it is wonderful to hear.
- Rosemary Gilbert, Portmanteau Productions, Montreal