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iPhoto caption: 'Chicken.' Photo by Hildegard Ryan.
This piece of contemporary Irish theatre stars a talking fowl with a ketamine habit. Its creators are anything but chicken.
iPhoto caption: Members of the company of 'Katma.' Photo by Anna Kucera.
At the 2026 Luminato Festival, performance gets up close and personal
“It would be so weird for people to be sitting two feet away, watching other people have a good time,” says Katma creator Azzam Mohamed. “In the party environment, there’s nothing between me and you. You’re so close to me that I can’t fake it."
iPhoto caption: Photo by Lynda J Watson.
Anita La Selva’s interdisciplinary 12 Litres 8800 Steps frames caregiving as an emotional odyssey
“I really wanted to tell the story of the people who are affected by their loved ones’ addictions. Because I don't think that that is a story that we see very often,” says the creator-performer ahead of the show’s premiere at the Factory Theatre Mainspace.
iPhoto caption: The company of 'It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken.' Photo by Dahlia Katz.
In Theatre Aquarius’ new Tragically Hip jukebox musical, emotion comes first
“This show isn’t about the Tragically Hip,” says director Mary Francis Moore. “It’s about Waleed.” Instead of bending the Hip’s music to fit the narrative, the team has looked for thematic threads and moments where the emotional undercurrent of a song aligns with what’s happening on stage, even if the connection isn’t explicit.