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Nathaniel Hanula-James
Nathaniel Hanula-James is a multidisciplinary theatre artist who has worked across Canada as a dramaturg, playwright, performer, and administrator.
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iPhoto caption: Production image of The Livrarian. Photo by Anita Murphy.
Inaugural Bealtaine Theatre Festival brings contemporary Irish theatre to Toronto
Toronto audiences will experience a diverse selection of Irish theatre, music, and storytelling as the Bealtaine Theatre Festival debuts from April 25 to May 25.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: How does the American musical Waitress land in today’s Canada? It’s complicated
The Theatre Aquarius and Grand Theatre co-production is fascinating for its attempt to harness the pleasures of the Broadway musical form, while casting an awkward-stepping jaundiced eye at fantasies of American identity.
iPhoto caption: Promotional still for Citizen Pochsy (2003). Photo by Gary Mulcahey.
Pochsy’s back! At VideoCabaret, a Canadian underground theatre icon returns to Toronto
“There are opposites at play at all times — in the show, in the writing, in the performance,” says playwright-performer Karen Hines. “When something gets dark, Pochsy might be super light in the delivery of it. When she’s being facetious or giggly, it might even be as she’s destroying a species."
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: A Public Display of Affection simultaneously holds your hand and breaks your heart
Like a disco ball shimmering to a Donna Summer hit, playwright-performer Jonathan Wilson illuminates and refracts detailed memories about absent friends whose names, struggles, and lives have otherwise vanished, while walking through modern streets where a little gay hand-holding in Starbucks goes completely unnoticed.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Theatre Aquarius’ Fully Committed playfully satirizes the world of fine dining
The play’s back-and-forth premise makes for an excellent showcase of Gavin Crawford’s substantial comedic chops.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Damon McLean.
REVIEW: Riot King’s Red examines Rothko’s uncompromising legacy
While Red cannot unseal the legacy of its paintings, this iteration conjures an immense compassion for the arts workers who try.
iPhoto caption: Photo of Ada Aguilar by Dahlia Katz.
Speaking in Draft: Ada Aguilar
“I'm really passionate about the role of stage management as social activism, and as a way to provide safety and support for a production and its people,” says Aguilar. “We put everything of ourselves into these productions, but we also have to be good to ourselves.”
iPhoto caption: Miriam Fernandes as the Storyteller, with Anaka Maharaj-Sandhu as Arjuna and Neil D'Souza as Krishna in Why Not Theatre’s Mahabharata (Shaw Festival, 2023). Photo by David Cooper. Set design by Lorenzo Savoini, costume design by Gillian Gallow, lighting design by Kevin Lamotte, projection design by Hana S. Kim.
For the creators of Why Not Theatre’s Mahabharata, nothing is more contemporary than an ancient epic
“I’ve been [telling] the company to embrace time as a collaborator,” says director Ravi Jain ahead of the show’s April run at Canadian Stage.
iPhoto caption: Photo courtesy of the CBC.
As the trade war rages on, CBC’s PlayME stays true to its mandate of platforming Canadian writers
“I think all five of these shows really help us plant a stake in saying who we are as Canadians,” says PlayME co-creator Chris Tolley.
Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro promise to hold nothing back in thoughtful but naughty cabaret
“Cabaret is like a smorgasbord,” says Cumming ahead of the show's engagement at The Rose in Brampton. “You can turn on a sixpence. [It’s about] shocking you with the extremes of what might happen. I think we certainly live up to that.”
iPhoto caption: Photo by Audrianna Martin Del Campo.
Speaking in Draft: Veronica Hortigüela and Annie Luján
“Toronto needs to take comedies more seriously,” says Luján. “Comedy is not making people laugh every few minutes. In my mind, if people aren’t peeing their pants, we didn’t work hard enough. I think we can raise the bar on how out-of-control laughing we can make an audience.”
iPhoto caption: Photo by Virginie Meigné.
Animal puppets lay bare the effects of climate catastrophe in Dimanche
How can theatre engage with a crisis as enormous as climate change? One answer: go miniature. That’s the approach Belgian theatre companies Chaliwaté and Focus take in their co-creation Dimanche, playing at Meridian Arts Centre on February 21 and 22.
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