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Clare Coulter in 'Queen Maeve.' iPhoto caption: Clare Coulter in 'Queen Maeve.' Photo by Jae Yang.

REVIEW: Tarragon’s Queen Maeve packs one hell of an emotional wallop

The astonishing Clare Coulter manages to appear one moment as if she’d blow away in a faint breeze, another as though she’d easily cleave you in twain with a broadsword.

By Ilana Lucas / Mar 16, 2026
iPhoto caption: Photo Tarragon Theatre by Teagan McCanny.

Tarragon Theatre reveals premiere-packed 55th anniversary season, including return of Yaga and MONKS

Tarragon Theatre’s 2026-27 season features world premieres by Anahita Dehbonehie, Katherine Gauthier, Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho), and Luke Reece, plus four other Canadian works.

By Liam Donovan / Mar 16, 2026
iPhoto caption: Photos of Eric Woolfe (by Dahlia Katz), Catherine Savoie, Evan Klassen (by Jerry Grajewski), and Heather Redfern.

With federal funding in question, four theatre leaders reflect on the joys and trials of performing arts venues

"Arts centres are going to have to apply to a new housing and infrastructure ministry program, which hasn’t been created yet, in order to access funds," says Heather Redfern, executive director of the Cultch in Vancouver. "So I’m very concerned that federal [funding] for cultural infrastructure in this country has completely disappeared."

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Mar 13, 2026