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Casting Announcement: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play |
My feelings about oatmeal are pretty simple. If I am not camping or in prison, I’m not fucking eating it.
Casting Announcement: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Obsidian Theatre and Nightwood Theatre have announced the cast for School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.
Dancing between Worlds
Our stories aren’t confined to one stage, one month, or one nation—whether that of our current home, or the lands our roots reach back to.
Tony Clement, My Demo Reel, and Waffle Sandwiches
I have never understood the concept behind making a chicken sandwich, or any fucking sandwich—I’m talking to you, Tim Hortons—with waffles instead of bread.
Centaur Theatre Celebrates Fifty Years, and Beyond
As its newest production—The Children, starring three Canadian acting legends—hits the stage, artistic director Eda Holmes looks to a future of showcasing Montreal artists at Centaur Theatre Company.
Investigative Parenting, Ari Mahler, and Uncool Tony Asks
Is asking someone what’s your “addy?” instead of “address” a thing?
10 Reasons Why Fame is Different after Sixty
Studio execs aren’t worried about your chemistry with your co-star which is usually a therapy dog named Bootsie anyway.
Yoga, My Lucky Moustache, and a Garbage Truck Fantasy
I have a recurring fantasy that when there’s a garbage truck behind me, I just put the car in neutral, put my hazard lights on, and force them to either wait or figure out a way around me. I’m one of the few people whose actual life is more exciting than their fantasy life.
Coke Zero, Ella’s Doughnuts, and Barbara from Nova Scotia
How confident in aerospace technology do you have to be to order a Coke Zero on a ten hour transcontinental flight? This could be your last drink ever, motherfucker! Take the calories!!!
History Reimagined Onstage in The Royale
Historical fiction allows playwrights and audiences alike the freedom to imagine the struggles, sorrows, and victories of the people who came before us and to move beyond the constraint of fact.
The Disciple, the Son, and the Story: A Conversation with Leighton Alexander Williams
“We’re living in a time where we were seeing ourselves being killed on social media,” Leighton says frankly, “this is not just a hot topic, it has to mean something.”
Escape to Manitoba: Addiction, Mental Health, and Healing
At the height of my mental health and addiction morass, I was lauded. I produced one of the most successful seasons at Buddies which was nominated for multiple Dora Awards.
Joey Pants, Weyni Mengesha, and Intermittent Fasting
You know, all that weight I lost intermittent fasting, I totally fuckin’ found it. It would seem that it’s been hiding in Italy the whole time.
Show Announcement: 1979 by Michael Healey
The Toronto premiere of Michael Healey’s political comedy 1979 has been announced.
Emerging Across Canada: The West
Applying for grants, moving forward, all the while writing through consistent doubts: is what I have good enough? Have I made the right choices?
Italy, Thanksgiving, and Prince’s Acting Class
My cousin Tomasso said to me, while I was visiting his beautiful home in Italy, “mi casa et su casa,” so I sold it.
The Poet, the DJ, and the Stage
Oraltorio has become for Motion and L’Oqenz, the full circle moment in a friendship rooted in respect for the holy trinity of beats, rhymes, and life.