Where Have All The Buffalo Gone
March 1, 2026 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PST
Trail & District Arts Council and Rossland Council for Arts and Culture present
The TECK Family Series
Where Have All the Buffalo Gone? by Axis Theatre
Sunday, March 1, 2026, at 3 PM
The Bailey Theatre
The Trail & District Arts Council and Rossland Arts Council present Where Have All the Buffalo Gone? by Axis Theatre, a captivating show for kids in Grade 4 to 12, their families and the young at heart to enjoy together. The show is on Sunday, March 1 at 3:00 pm in The Bailey Theatre and is part of the TECK Family Series.
Where Have All The Buffalo Gone? is a love-story that transcends time as it follows two souls through seven different periods of Métis history. Filled with stories about the Sun Traveller and the Callihoo family, the performance is a theatre piece that incorporates fiddle music, jigging, and a life-like buffalo puppet.
Inspired by historical events of the Métis people of Canada, this original play for young audiences explores the loves, the losses and the fight of Treaty 6’s Métis people – and their love and kinship to the buffalo.
The play takes the audience through the emergence of the Métis Nation across the plains, then leads into the robust colonization that arises from the fur trade, the disappearance of the buffalo, as well as the political uprising of the Métis Association of Alberta in the 1930s. The story starts in creation among the stars and ends in 2024.
Watch the trailer https://vimeo.com/940939867?p=1s
“I loved the play. The play was so so so fun to watch. Thank you for the amazing play.” – Grade 4 student
Everyone should see this piece, for all ages. It’s educational in a fun way, and keeps you engaged the whole time.” – Laura Ayotte (Audience Member)
The play is broken into seven scenes covering the main historical events as detailed in “Among the Stars”, Reference to Métis creation story.
1830 – The Fur Trade
1885 – The Riel Rebellion (Red River Rebellion)
1915 – World War I
1925 – Residential Schools
1935 – The Great Depression and The Indian Act
2024 – Contemporary Métis
CREATIVE TEAM – Playwright: Tai Amy Grauman; Director: Amanda Testini; Co-Director & Sound Design: Chris McGregor; Set, Props & Buffalo Design: Dusty Hagerüd; Costume Design: Alaia Hamer
ABOUT AXIS THEATRE
In the age of “looking down,” Axis draws young eyes up to engage them in interactive experiences that educate, inspire, and transform. Audiences experience smart, entertaining interpretations of traditional and cutting-edge physical theatre. Axis incorporates combinations of puppetry, movement, live music, red-nose clown, and improvisation to expand the meaning and impact of the stories presented. It is deceptively simple, completely fresh, and memorable.
Axis Theatre is grateful to live, work, and play on the unceded, traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples – sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) nations.
A special thank-you to our sponsors: The Downie-Wenjack and Chris Spencer Foundations
Show 55 minutes with a 15 min Q&A after the show.
Single tickets are $18 or get tickets to all 4 Family Series shows for just $60. General admission seating so come early for the best seats.
All individual tickets and passes are available online at tickets.trail-arts.com, by phone at 250-368-9669, and in person at the Bailey Box Office at 1501 Cedar Ave., Trail.
This show is made possible thanks to funding from Teck Trail Operations, the BC Arts Council, BC Touring Council, the Government of Canada, and Tourism South Kootenay. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.
Also in the series:
PRESTO! – Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 3 pm at The Bailey Theatre in Trail The Great Lambrusco turns scarves into eggs! Coins appear from thin air, and a cupcake gets baked in a shoe! In this comedic unfolding, the audience finds out that illusions are not reality, and that to find true magic, we must slow down, observe, and listen.
Square Dance – Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3pm at The Miners Hall in Rossland Learn the difference between a Do Si Do and a Weave the Ring , a Promenade and a Swing as you Roll Away To A Half Sashay. Our caller, musician Paul Silveria, will call the moves to high-energy live music for a fun, welcoming, and beginner friendly afternoon!
Circus Incognitus – Friday, April 24, 2026 at 6 pm at The Bailey Theatre in Trail An unforgettable moving but hilarious one-man circus comedy from Jamie Adkins, a performer in the vaudeville tradition of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. With no hi-tech distractions, he heroically battles with the everyday objects, always on the verge of disaster.