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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
iPhoto caption: Maria Paula Carreño-Martínez in 'Kill Your Father.' Photo by Galactticaaa.

Q&A: How Expandido Arts Collective is reimagining the Medea myth

Originally written in Portuguese as Mata Teu Pai, Passô’s play reimagines the myth of Medea through a contemporary feminist lens.

By Krystal Abrigo / Mar 12, 2026
Nora McLellan for Intermission Magazine. iPhoto caption: Nora McLellan for Intermission Magazine. Photo by Dahlia Katz. Styled by Sonia Lewis and Dahlia Katz. Hair by Anne May. Makeup by Katelyn O'Neil.

Spotlight: Nora McLellan

“It’s still always that same technicolour feeling for me," says McLellan. "That little girl and this much older person are pretty much the same. I really do all of my living on stage.”

Written by Treasa Levasseur, Photography by Dahlia Katz / Mar 4, 2026
Clare Coulter in 'Queen Maeve.' iPhoto caption: Clare Coulter in 'Queen Maeve.' Photo by Jae Yang.

Clare Coulter brings a lifetime of experience to Judith Thompson’s Queen Maeve at Tarragon

“This is the first stage play I've done in such a long time,” says Coulter, “but I feel I've really learned what the stage asks of the actor: that they go beyond what we used to call the footlights and settle in to where the audience is.”

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Mar 3, 2026