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Rebecca Gibian and Natasha Mumba
Rebecca and Natasha are the co-creators of Black Ink Collective. Although they attended the National Theatre School at the same time, their friendship truly began at the Shaw Festival over a shared love of ribs and theatre-related rants. Natasha is a Zambian actress and theatre-maker based in Ontario, and Rebecca is a bilingual Montrealer now living in Toronto who says she "works in theatre" to avoid listing her many aspirations.
LEARN MOREIn the wake of her Governor General’s win, playwright Caleigh Crow is ready to take flight
“I still don’t know how to talk about it,” says Crow. “I read through some of the other recipients in my cohort, and also all the [winners and nominees] before me… It’s affirming to feel like I can stand with some very talented and impactful people.”
REVIEW: Tarragon’s The Wolf in the Voice abounds in care, howling, and Throat Coat
The Wolf in the Voice is an energetic yet intimate peek into the lives of singers and the instrument that exists within us all.

Khan starred in Canadian Stage’s recent High Park Hamlet. Now, Fernandes is leading Fat Ham, a contemporary adaptation set at a cookout.
In Rosanna Deerchild’s The Secret to Good Tea, laughter is a crucial part of the brew
“If you get two or three Indigenous people in the same room, somebody is going to start making jokes,” says Deerchild. “We have a lot of trauma, but we also have a lot of laughter and joy. In the Indigenous worldview, that balance is really important. When you become imbalanced, then that's when the wounds start.”
Q&A: Casey and Diana director Andrew Kushnir on bringing the acclaimed drama to Theatre Aquarius
“There’s lots to grieve right now in the world,” says Kushnir. “But there are so few communal places to be with that grief. And I do think grieving in public normalizes a universal human condition: that we’ve all loved and lost something (time, a dream, a way of life) — or, more commonly, a dear someone.”
Meet the participants of What Writing Can Do: The 2025 Musical Theatre Critics Lab
Theatre Aquarius’ National Centre for New Musicals, the Grand Theatre, and Intermission Magazine are excited to announce the cohort of What Writing Can Do: The 2025 Musical Theatre Critics Lab.
When Blind Casting Isn’t Enough
"From the moment I decided I wanted to act in the fifth grade until my graduation from theatre school twelve years later, I never had the opportunity to play a character that was written for someone who looks like me."
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