Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare Collective artistic director Victoria Urquhart discusses the company’s work, the particulars of performing in hospitals, and how the show is changing lives.
What is feminist theatre? Who is it for? Is it for everybody? And what does feminist theatre look like today, in Canada? I needed to wrap my head around all of these questions. To do so, I decided to go straight to the source and sit down with some female theatre artists.
Though feminism had of course been around for years, it had become a pressing topic for their generation at that time. And as women working in the theatre. “We were trying to establish ourselves as people in an industry that usually looked upon us as less than,” says Martha, “and as adjuncts, and as supporters, and subordinates.”
The women creators of Canadian Stage’s 2019 – 2020 discuss the new season, and what unique story each production tells in terms of Indigenous communities, the #metoo movement, and gender dynamics.
Co-directors of Every Day She Rose, Sedina Fiati and Andrea Donaldson talk intersectionality, Pride, and making space in friendships.
The cast and crew of HILOT MEANS HEALER discuss the show, and the creative community bonds between Filipinx and Turtle Island Indigenous communities.
TO Live President Clyde Wagner discusses their upcoming Dance Collection with Canadian Stage, featuring acclaimed local and international artists.
Canadian filmmaker Patricia Rozema talks about adapting Mouthpiece for the screen, the challenges of theatre and film, and her career as a filmmaker.
Oliver Chris discusses his starring roles in One Man, Two Guvnors alongside James Corden and A Midsummer Night’s Dream opposite Gwendoline Christie—both screening at select Cineplex Odeon theatres.
Matthew MacKenzie and Alida Kendell of Punctuate! Theatre talk dance, theatre, and bringing them together anew in The Particulars.
“There is nothing more powerful than tiny little stories that infiltrate a dominant story and change it greatly.”
It’s the beginning of the end for Fleabag. But National Theatre Live, in partnership with Cineplex Odeon, is helping Canadians take part in the production’s final moments as they happen in the UK.
Typically known for directing contemporary feminist works, Donaldson insists the interplay of love and betrayal keep this work as relevant today as it was four decades ago.
In conversation with Esther Jun about her upcoming concert The Promised Land, presented by Soulpepper. Esther talks to us about the pursuit of that Promised Land, the power of music to elevate a concept, the relevance of Steinbeck’s work today, and the joy this production has brought her.
Small Island principal actors Gershwyn Eustache Jnr (Gilbert) and Leah Harvey (Hortense) reflect on their characters, the legacy of the Windrush generation, and what cinema audiences can expect from Small Island.
We all have demons inside of us. We all have those monstrous thoughts, but what is it about our circumstances that allows us to act on them?