We have been thrilled to collaborate with beloved author Ami McKay on The Hours Turn to Nothing. Together, we developed the concept for the show, and Ami wrote all the text in the production, as well as took the lead in developing a series of evocative soundscapes that mimic the sounds of Halifax around the time of the Explosion. Ami took some time to go a little more in depth about her process for us on today's blog! You grew up in the United States. Did you know much about

I hadn’t heard of the Halifax Explosion before I moved to the Maritimes. I had no idea that it was the largest manmade explosion before the atom bomb. I felt a little foolish that such an iconic piece of Canadian history had eluded me until my first year of University. I remember sitting at my desk in residence poring over images of smoking ships, newspaper headlines, and decimated buildings. I remember archive photos of people standing in front of piles of rubble that were o