Sylvain Cossette

It is the early 20th century. A stranger arrives in the small, rural community and disrupts the lives of its inhabitants. The man, who refuses to give his name, is dubbed The Outlander. A traveller who disdains conventional behaviour and parochialism, The Outlander disturbs the villagers' complacency and scandalizes the community; he also elicits admiration and gains a woman's love. He ultimately leaves in the same manner he had arrived, but not before he has helped the villagers open their eyes to the larger world beyond their village.

Loosely based on Bram Stoker’s novel, the musical traces the journey of a warrior-prince from the Middle Ages to the mid-21st century. Out of love for a woman suspected of harbouring what is said to be the ‘scourge of the devil’, the prince accepts eternal damnation. However, the murder of his beloved plunges him into despair. Condemned to wander for eternity, he searches tirelessly for the soul of the woman for whom he sacrificed everything… and without whom he can find no rest.