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“Wacky and exhilarating”

— Liz Nicholls, 12th Night

BONE WARS IS AN EXCITING MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, FAMILY-FRIENDLY, WILD-WEST COMEDY FROM MATTHEW MACKENZIE. BONE WARS WON A STERLING AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES IN 2017.

WHEN ELEVEN YEAR OLDS TICKAILIA, DAWN, CHELSEA, RUDEGER AND THEIR BABYSITTER / PALAEONTOLOGY PHD CANDIDATE LEQUIAN ARE FORCED TO ABANDON THEIR CANOE TRIP DOWN THE RED DEER RIVER AND TAKE REFUGE IN AN ABANDONED MINE IN THE BADLANDS TO WAIT OUT A TORNADO, THEY BECOME EMBROILED IN A HISTORICAL QUARREL; WHO WAS THE GREATEST PALAEONTOLOGIST OF THEM ALL?

DIGGING UP PAST DISAGREEMENTS AND GRIEVANCES IN THE SAME WAY THEY DUG UP BONES FROM THE CRETACEOUS AND LATE JURASSIC PERIODS, OTHNIEL MARSH AND EDWARD COPE—THE WORLD’S MOST LEGENDARY DINOSAUR BONE HUNTERS, VIE FOR PALAEONTOLOGY SUPREMACY. WHO DISCOVERED THE MOST DINOSAURS? WHO MADE THE MOST LAUGHABLE ERRORS? WHO CHEATED AND LIED THE MOST? WHO MADE THE MOST ALLIES/ENEMIES? TICKAILIA AND COMPANY PLAY UNWITTING JUDGE AND JURY, WITH A HOST OF WILD WEST CHARACTERS CALLED UPON TO BE THE PATHOLOGICAL PALAEONTOLOGIST’S WITNESSES.