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I believe in a huge distinction between pressure and stress. One is exciting and passionate and one is toxic.
Emerging Across Canada: Ontario and Quebec
Whether that was in Montreal or from mentors in Edmonton, I had this image in my mind of this terrible place where people were always mean and dreams went to die.
National Siblings Day, Cocaine Island, and Dating in Your Fifties
For National Siblings Day, my sister and I did what we do every year- nothing. You just can’t beat tradition.
Obsidian Artistic Director Philip Akin to Step Down
“What I would hope for is when the next artistic director is coming on, for every award I got, they get three.”
Where to Eat and Drink… Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Heading to a show at Buddies in Bad Times? Here’s where you should go before or after for a bite or a drink.
Botox, Oasis, and Getting “Pinned”
I can’t stand hearing Oasis songs anymore. As catchy as they were, they all mean absolutely nothing but desperately sound like they want to. Oasis is the Duran Duran of the 90s.
What I Wish I’d Known: Blood Pact Theatre
Be excellent to each other.
An Unexplained Injustice
We all have demons inside of us. We all have those monstrous thoughts, but what is it about our circumstances that allows us to act on them?
Quitters, April Fool’s, and Theatre Passe Muraille’s History
It was World Theatre Day last Thursday, in case you missed it. In equally relevant world news, it was recycling day on my street last Tuesday, in case you missed it.
Decolonizing One Stage at a Time
“If we can laugh together, then we can cry together and maybe even fix some things.”
Dinner-Sized Salads, Murdoch Mysteries, and a Big Favour
I was gonna pitch a TV show about all the jobs I have booked this year, except there already is a show called One Day at a Time.
Where to Eat and Drink… Factory Theatre
Heading to a show at Factory Theatre? Here’s where you should go before or after for a bite or a drink.
Finding Home in Art
“It may be over a hundred years ago when The Cherry Orchard was written and first performed, but there is nothing about it that is passé.”
Art Performed: Canadian Stage’s 19.20 Season
Canadian Stage announced their 19.20 season.
Hot Showers, Ryan Hollyman, and an Encounter on Christie Street
I was on hold for a Sleep Country Canada radio commercial but they didn’t hire me for the job so now I have roughly 637 and a half reasons to buy a mattress anywhere else.
The Letter Makes It Real
…a standard white envelope with my name written in a hand I don’t recognize and an ominous return address: Washington State Prison.
What I Wish I’d Known: Johnnie Walker
You’re going in the right direction, even if the journey winds up taking longer than you planned for.