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David Buchbinder/DB Works have announced their cast for The Ward Cabaret!
Nappoholic Toques, the “DTs,” and Corny Tony
Subtext, for anyone who doesn’t know acting, means exactly what it is: anything that is underneath the text. Stated otherwise, it is all of the things that actors say without words. And the ability to communicate it is one of the things that separates great actors from good ones.
Casting Announcement: Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.
Discord and Din Theatre have announced their cast for Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again!
Announcement: Winner of the Nathan Cohen Award for Excellence in Critical Writing Outstanding Emerging Critic Award
This year’s recipient for the Nathan Cohen Award for Excellence in Critical Writing: Outstanding Emerging Critic is Robyn Grant-Moran!
In Conversation: Victoria Urquhart, Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare Collective
Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare Collective artistic director Victoria Urquhart discusses the company’s work, the particulars of performing in hospitals, and how the show is changing lives.
Lip Service, Old Robert De Niro, and Other Tony
Saw Soldier On at Canadian Stage with my cousin Tom and nephew Tommy on Friday. After the play was over, my cousin asked why the actors weren’t coming back on to be announced.
Casting Announcement: Living With Olivia Cadence Donovan
RedWit Theatre has announced its cast for Living with Olivia…
Painting A Picture About Feminist Theatre
What is feminist theatre? Who is it for? Is it for everybody? And what does feminist theatre look like today, in Canada? I needed to wrap my head around all of these questions. To do so, I decided to go straight to the source and sit down with some female theatre artists.
All the Little Worlds: Reflections on Acting with Martha Henry, Diana Leblanc, and Marti Maraden – Part 1
Though feminism had of course been around for years, it had become a pressing topic for their generation at that time. And as women working in the theatre. “We were trying to establish ourselves as people in an industry that usually looked upon us as less than,” says Martha, “and as adjuncts, and as supporters, and subordinates.”
Dead Tony, James Dean, and Dicking Around on Set
Watch out Craig’s Cookies! There’s a new kid in town!!!
In Conversation: With the Women Creators of Canadian Stage’s 2019-2020 Season
The women creators of Canadian Stage’s 2019 – 2020 discuss the new season, and what unique story each production tells in terms of Indigenous communities, the #metoo movement, and gender dynamics.
Parenting, You People, and Chewbuttah
I know for a fact that “You people” is an insult because that’s what my mom calls my dad, my sister, and me.
Audition Accents, MacGyver, and The Facebook Gods
The success of Crow’s Theatre’s excellent production of The Flick, clocking in at around three hours, provoked this next thought – I have never heard anyone ever say, about any show, in my entire life, NOT EVER – “I don’t think it was long enough.”
Raising Tough Questions with Every Day She Rose
Co-directors of Every Day She Rose, Sedina Fiati and Andrea Donaldson talk intersectionality, Pride, and making space in friendships.
In Conversation: Cast & Crew of HILOT MEANS HEALER
The cast and crew of HILOT MEANS HEALER discuss the show, and the creative community bonds between Filipinx and Turtle Island Indigenous communities.
Dance Collections & New Collaborations: Contemporary Dance with TO Live & Canadian Stage
TO Live President Clyde Wagner discusses their upcoming Dance Collection with Canadian Stage, featuring acclaimed local and international artists.
Second Jobs, Straight Guys, and Some Stranger’s Urine
Sometimes when I’m reading the dumbest fucking things that are being passed off as arguments that there is no climate crisis, I think “How can people actually choose to believe this over science, just become somebody wrote it down and said it was true?”