The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to produce and present The Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light from Saturday, April 18 to Sunday, May 3, 2026.
Award-winning Ojibway playwright, author, journalist, and filmmaker Drew Hayden Taylor returns to his Firehall home this spring with a provocative new play that dives into the high-stakes world of counterfeit Indigenous art.
In a world of fakes, who can you trust?
“Red Cadmium Light” paint was created in 1982. So when a painting attributed to legendary Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau is dated earlier than that – and contains the pigment – it can only mean one thing: it’s a fake.
Tickets: From $20 at firehallartscentre.ca | 604.689.0926
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About Drew Hayden Taylor:
Drew Hayden Taylor is an award winning playwright, journalist, novelist, and filmmaker. Born and raised on the Curve Lake First Nation in Ontario, he has done everything from performing stand-up comedy at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. to serving as Artistic Director of Canada’s premiere Indigenous theatre company, Native Earth Performing Art. Over the years he has won many writing awards including the Dora Mavor Moore Award, the Floyd S. Chalmers Award, has twice been nominated for the Governor General’s Award – once for Drama and once for fiction – and has been honoured with three honorary Doctorates. Currently, his new novel, SUCKER FALLS, will be released this fall, his 38th book.
About Firehall Arts Centre:
With over forty years’ history of weaving diverse storytelling into the fabric of Greater Vancouver, Firehall Arts Centre is where stories come alive. Through theatre, dance, music, inter-disciplinary work and the visual arts, The Firehall has embraced its mission to enrich lives and expand minds through the arts. One of the most unique cultural institutions in British Columbia, The Firehall – in more predictable times – hosts over two hundred performances per year. Located in the city-owned heritage fire station built in 1906, The Firehall’s intimate black box studio theatre along with its outdoor courtyard performance area and its rehearsal studio has served to support innovative, eclectic, and often politically charged theatre productions as well as exquisite, cutting-edge dance and music performances. The Firehall is proud to support emerging and established performing artists and companies, and strives to program work that is inclusive, culturally rich, and reflective of the many voices and perspectives in Canada.