It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play makes theatre magic with… celery
This holiday season, Toronto’s Young People’s Theatre echoes with sounds of laughter, wonder — and celery.
‘Just bring your joy’: Inside Lighthouse Theatre’s new all-ages holiday pantomime
“I don’t think there’s anything more powerful than seeing three generations of a family laugh together in a theatre,” says artistic director Derek Ritschel.
For Daniel MacIvor, the best theatre ‘honours and interrogates’ the moment
If you have strong opinions on Canadian solo performance, Daniel MacIvor may be to blame.
In Morris Panych’s Withrow Park, the mysteries of the universe come knocking
Morris Panych’s surreal new play promises to be anything but a walk in the park.
Playwright-performer S.E. Grummett is bringing ‘queer silliness’ to this year’s Next Stage Theatre Festival
Told through live video, puppetry, and clown, Grumms’ semi-autobiographical solo show Something in the Water wields your typical monster transformation plot as a metaphor for coming out as transgender.
According to director-dramaturg Karin Randoja, Cliff Cardinal’s darkly funny new solo show is ‘a big leap forward’
“There’s a lot of emotion in this one,” says Randoja of Cardinal’s newest work. “You have to track and direct the emotional states throughout the play, and how they rise and fall. I call it a solo show, but in my head, it’s sort of like a movie, where all the other actors are invisible.”
Soulpepper shines a light on women playwrights with Her Words Festival
“There’s something for everyone,” said artistic director Weyni Mengesha. “The work on stage is irreverent, it’s uplifting, it’s hilarious, it’s quite moving — it’s going to have everything on stage, including you.”
Theatre Calgary tunes into Agatha Christie’s timeless Mousetrap
Theatre Calgary celebrates its 56th season with a knockout production of the play that’s always running.
Pakistani-Canadian actor Ahad Raza Mir ‘goes back to basics’ with Brampton production of Hamlet
“The South Asian community in Calgary, and even Toronto, is a whole different story than Brampton in terms of size,” says Mir. “I’m excited to have this show come to a larger group of South Asians: most importantly, young people who maybe want to go into the arts who want to be actors.”
From its new musical incubator to a jam-packed 50th anniversary season, Theatre Aquarius is leading Canadian theatre into a new era
“There’s just a lot of really cool energy in the building right now,” says artistic director Mary Francis Moore. “Theatre Aquarius is an exciting place to be in this moment.”
The Supine Cobbler is an abortion play that ‘negotiates integrity in a lawless world’ at GCTC
“This play is really interesting, because whatever you think it is, it’s not going to be that,” says actor Maryse Fernandes.
As the new artistic director of Buddies in Bad Times, ted witzel will ‘connect two generations of queers’
“Nightlife trends come and go,” says witzel. “But there’s no reason a queer party space can’t be a creative site as well as a way to fund art.”
Inspired by ‘80s rom-coms, The Waltz explores young love and the intimacy of sharing stories
“Authenticity may include trauma or suffering, but it doesn’t have to end in sadness,” says playwright Marie Beath Badian. “It isn’t the end of the story and it isn’t the point of the story.”
‘Two Perspectives on Disability’: In Conversation with Richard Three at Shakespeare in the Ruff
“There’s a need for [Richard Three] because there’s so little work in this country that centres two disabled people at its core,” Bulmer said.
Change for the Better: On Indigeneity at the Stratford Festival
Both [Sky and Peters] want to honour the Indigenous artists who have worked with the [Stratford] festival for years, quietly carving out space for public and visual representation.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in High Park: In Conversation with Jamie Robinson
“The show is called A Midsummer Night’s Dream… which means anything’s possible. So I thought, let’s lean into that.”
