Coal Bowl Queen - World Premiere!

HEIST is extremely proud to announce the world premiere or Coal Bowl Queen by Richie Wilcox. Produced and presented in collaboration with Ship’s Company Theatre and Eastern Front Theatre, this ambitious, funny, and heartwarming production has been in development since 2018. 

 “Coal Bowl Queen is a small town story where the stakes are high, the dreams are big and people love like they’ve never loved before” - Richie Wilcox 

A Basketball Tournament, a pageant queen and a decades-long mystery

Roz is on a mission to find their birth mother and what better place to start than their mother’s hometown of New Waterford, Cape Breton. Roz soon discovers that in order to find her they must learn all about the town’s legendary annual basketball tournament, The Coal Bowl Classic.

Featuring a community of characters sharing their stories of first kisses, dramatic reliving of basketball games and bittersweet memories of lost loves, Coal Bowl Queen celebrates the spirit of a tournament that has captivated a community, players, coaches, fans, and families for over forty years. 

Dates and Tickets:

August 13-24 / Ship’s Company Theatre 18 Lower Main St, Parrsboro

September 11-21 / Eastern Front Theatre 2 Ochterloney St, Dartmouth