A drunken Anglican minister who has failed to convert anyone in ten years, an avaricious saloon keeper with a murder in her past, a pregnant child star who has become too old for her roles and a man who claims to be the last of the Mohicans all need a new lease on life. They intercept a contract meant for a San Diego theatre company, form a bedraggled troupe of players and head north, through the wilds of the Cariboo gold rush to perform a Christmas Pageant for the Theatre Royal in Barkerville, BC.
On their way, they rehearse a hilarious pastiche of
Hamlet
,
The Last of the Mohicans
A Christmas Carol
and
The Gospel of Luke
, gradually finding a way to legitimize their only true talents as “professional liars.”
Cariboo Magi
is an unabashed celebration of the power of theatre to renew our lives and banish our cares.