Review: Women of the Fur Trade’s historical satire exposes women behind Riel rebellions

The Canadian history blogger and podcaster Craig Baird has been amusing his followers lately with AI-generated imagery, including every Canadian prime minister in the guise of a heavy metal star. Last week, he tried feeding in key moments of Canadian history and, apart from Laura Secord, came back with many pictures of a bunch of white guys – Vikings arriving in Newfoundland, miners in the Klondike, soldiers at the battle of Queenston Heights.

Joyously anachronistic in her language and references , playwright Frances Koncan portrays the women as giddy girls, swooning over Ken doll versions of Riel and Scott, and pinky-swearing eternal friendship. Their political consciousness seems directly tied to their level of privilege. Eugenia has some, denouncing settlers for taking her people’s land, stealing the best bannock recipes and wearing headdresses at Halloween.

The juxtaposition of the historical figures and the contemporary colloquialisms is repeatedly amusing as is the ironic metaphor of the women’s vacuity as an explanation for their historical insignificance. Under the direction of Yvette Nolan, all the performances are strong but MacLean’s self-absorbed Marie-Angelique and Barker’s Riel, who reaches almost Trump-like levels of delusion in his final scenes, are particularly delightful.

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