Spotlight: Peggy Baker
“Making work no longer using my own body in action as the source,” Baker says, “I’ve needed to develop new tools.”
Spotlight: Mike Ross
“It’s got to be words first, ’what’s being said here?’ Setting other people’s words to music is what I’ve always done, and this is the apex of that”
Spotlight: Weyni Mengesha
When you speak, Weyni follows your words like a map, as though she expects you to be profound, as though she believes that the next word you say might hold the key to an elusive treasure.
Spotlight: Jon Kaplan
“I can write about theatre, I can write about dance, I can do classical music, I can do book reviews,” Jon told the editors of NOW. “I especially love theatre.” He was hired.
In the Round: On Criticism with Carly Maga, Steve Fisher, and Lynn Slotkin
Three Toronto theatre reviewers joined us for a round table conversation about the state of criticism in the city.
Spotlight: Richard Rose
“You learn from failure, not from success.”
Spotlight: Eda Holmes
Eda Holmes takes a unique approach to storytelling that incorporates her interest in rarely told points of view as well as her background as a dancer.
Spotlight: Ravi Jain
“If you don’t embrace fear and risk getting it wrong, you’ll never find something new, something inventive, something beautiful.”