Sisterhood Takes the Spotlight in the Trailer for Irish-Canadian Series ‘SisterS’

Anyone with a sister (or a friend who feels like one) knows the power of a sister story. And the best remedy for a sister-less existence is to live vicariously through the silver screen. The trailer for the new comedy-drama series SisterS promises all the laughter, tears, frustration, and love that sisterhood brings.

SisterS, an Irish-Canadian co-production, is written by Sarah Goldberg (Barry) and Susan Stanley (Hotel Amenities), who also star as the titular half-sister duo. The series is a dark comedy-drama about two long-lost half-sisters, one Irish and one Canadian, who unite for the first time on a road trip to find their father. Goldberg, like her character, is Canadian, and Stanley and her character are Irish. The series follows in the footsteps of other popular recent sister-driven comedies like Fleabag, Hullraisers, and This Way Up.

Goldberg and Stanley are longtime friends who met in theater school 19 years ago. They have been writing and acting together ever since, but this particular show has been in the works for seven years. Speaking to VIP Magazine on their process and inspiration, Goldberg said, “We had been passing notes and trying to come up with an idea we really wanted to talk about – epigenetics of trauma, chosen family, all types of issues of being a woman in your thirties. We wanted to do it with humour.”