Small Town Big Ideas presents Brendan McLeod and the JUNO-nominated group, The Fugitives, performing Ridge, an unforgettable tribute to the more than 10,000 Canadian casualties of Vimy Ridge. Through direct storytelling, theatre and live music, the show examines misconceptions and varying perspectives around the battle, while drawing parallels to other formative events in our nation’s past. Featuring inventive musical interpretations of WWI soldier songs (often referred to as trench songs), Ridge probes difficult, yet necessary questions about how and why we grieve. Ridge is a vivid, kinetic ride through history, as well as an intimate, personal examination of our connection to the past that passionately argues against the exploitation of young lives.
