Colours in the Storm is about the life - and mysterious death - of one of Canada’s best-loved painters, Tom Thomson, whose landscapes of Algonquin Park are among the most famous paintings ever done in Canada. A beautifully written work with memorable music, it is more a gallery of scenes and songs than a traditional musical.

Iris Trimble is struggling to cope with the recent news that her mother, Bernice, a lively 55-year-old, has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. To compound the shock of the news, her siblings are on opposite sides of the fence...