Bringing Bilingualism to undercurrents festival: In Conversation with Alain Richer
For its thirteenth season, this beloved Ottawa festival is just getting sweeter: undercurrents has gone bilingual.
Embracing Our Ghosts: In Conversation with Martin Julien & Monice Peter
“There is a gap between the pre-AIDs semi-closeted gay culture, the post-AIDs LGBQT+ culture, and the rise of identity politics. I thought, I have something to say about this!”
Re-Discovering Wonder: In Conversation with Fiona Sauder & Matt Pilipiak
There are children who are going to leave this show and realize that all you need to shrink or grow are a couple of chairs.
Black Girl (Stage) Magic: In Conversation with Red Velvet‘s Cherissa Richards and Starr Domingue
“A character in the play says, ‘We want theatre to reflect our people’. Well, I’m a Torontonian. I was born and raised here. Why am I not seeing myself on stage?”
Bringing Theatre and Comedy Together in YPT’s Snow White: In Conversation with Herbie Barnes and Aurora Browne
YPT has crossed the theatre/comedy barrier for an imaginative retelling of Snow White with an all-star double cast spanning both genres.
Thriving, Brilliant, Brave, Sexy Activism: In Conversation with Darrah Teitel
“If I was trying to change the world, Canadian theatre spaces are probably not the most efficient way to do that..but the liveness of theatre and the beautiful communal experience just cannot be replicated anywhere else.”
“Everybody has Access Needs”: In Conversation with Stratford Festival’s Kayla Besse
“Relaxed performance kind of calls that into question and throws it on its head and says, ‘well, says who? Says who that’s what it means to be a good audience member?’”
Growing Pains in the Opera Industry: In Conversation with Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野
“It took many occasions of being in micro-aggressive, racist, sexist, unsafe situations that led me to realize that this was not the kind of industry I wanted to be in.”
Optimism As Resistance: In Conversation with GCTC’s Sarah Kitz
“We need to demand different structures, dream different structures, build structures. And that desire is expressed, I hope, in the shows we’ll see onstage this season,” says Kitz.
Art Meets Environmentalism: In Conversation with Kevin Matthew Wong’s The Chemical Valley Project
“I thought, if I’m going to take up space in this experience, then I have a responsibility to tell this story.”
“The Work Is Fruitful”: In Conversation with Mike Payette
“I’ve been given the wings I need to succeed. The work is good. The work is fruitful.”
The Actor’s Uncle Vanya : In Conversation with Liisa Repo-Martell
Hot on the heels of last season’s jaunt through Czarist Russia, Uncle Vanya will play the Streetcar Crowsnest from September 6 to October 2, with a stunning cast of #theaTO favourites.
Getting Ready for Fringe 2022: In Conversation with Lucy Eveleigh
“This festival feels like a huge opportunity for us to figure out how we’re going to build back,” says Eveleigh.
Speaking Vibrations: In Conversation with Jo-Ann Bryan and Carmelle Cachero
If you go to a theatre, your aim is to take in, and enjoy what you’re watching, signed Bryan. It needs to be accessible for all of that.
“A Big Patchwork Blanket Stuck to the Skin”: In Conversation with Bâtardes ’ Chloé and Jade Barshee
No, she’s never been to Tibet, no, she doesn’t speak the language, yes, she’s from Quebec.
“Pearle Is My Superpower”: In Conversation with Justin Miller (AKA Pearle Harbour) and John Turner
“Audiences tend to focus on the loveable parts of Pearle. But there are deep and dark parts, too. I wanted to make her go through it,” says Justin Miller, creator of Pearle Harbour.
