Canadian fiction has long since come of age on the world stage, but what about Canadian drama? “If its meta-narrative is to be taken at face value, the defining wave of English Canadian theatre in the late 1960s and early seventies has morphed from telling local stories into building a national identity, with international recognition viewed as an added bonus, if it happens.” But now, a series of international partnerships and a wave of productions in Europe suggest that Canadian playwrights are finally being elevated to global status.