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Aisling Murphy
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Aisling Murphy

Aisling is Intermission's senior editor and an award-winning arts journalist with bylines including the Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, CBC Arts, CTV News Toronto, and Maclean's. She likes British playwright Sarah Kane, most songs by Taylor Swift, and her cats, Fig and June. She was a 2024 fellow at the National Critics Institute in Waterford, CT.

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the play that goes wrong iPhoto caption: Photo courtesy of Theatre Calgary.
Reviews

REVIEW: The Play That Goes Wrong dazzles at Theatre Calgary

The Play That Goes Wrong is a sparking-flaming-smoking car crash that you just can’t take your eyes off of. A fiery, racing delight, this is not a production to be missed.

By Eve Beauchamp
Hedda Gabler iPhoto caption: Sara Topham in Hedda Gabler at the Stratford Festival. Photo by David Hou.
Features

Gatekeep, gaslight, girlboss: The delight of female rage in theatre

Personally, I support women’s rights and women’s wrongs — especially when it comes to my girl Hedda. And it seems that at least two Ontario directors share my viewpoint, with Hedda Gabler opening twice in the same month at Stratford and at Coal Mine Theatre in Toronto. What makes her story so appealing?

By Andrea Perez
TIFF's festival street, 2023 iPhoto caption: Photo by Rick Clifford
Reviews

REVIEWS: Toronto International Film Festival 2024

A filmed production of an experimental Egyptian opera, a TV series penned by Jordan Tannahill, and the moviemaking debut of Broadway director Marianne Elliott are among the offerings at this year’s TIFF with connections to the world of theatre.

By Liam Donovan
kailin brown iPhoto caption: Kailin Brown in the Broadway National Tour of Chicago. Photo by Jeremy Daniel.
Artist Perspectives

I’m not a woman, I just play one

“As a performer, my job is to play a character, and if that character is right for me it doesn’t matter what gender they are,” writes non-binary actor Kailin Brown. “What matters is that I can make a difference in someone’s life who can relate to the character, or to me as the actor.”

By Kailin Brown
a witch in algiers iPhoto caption: Promotional image from The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers at Shakespeare in the Ruff. Photo courtesy of Shakespeare in the Ruff.
Reviews

REVIEW: The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers brings new meaning to a classic tale

You may think you know the story of The Tempest, Shakespeare’s shipwrecked saga about wizards, spirits, and nobility on a remote island. But in The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers, playwright Makram Ayache invites new consideration of canonized characters,

By Aisling Murphy
something rotten iPhoto caption: Starr Domingue and Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane in Something Rotten! at the Stratford Festival. Production stills by David Hou.
Features

Yes, those standing ovations at Something Rotten! are real — just ask Portia and Bea

Two mid-show standing ovations? Really? Yes, really. Or so say the leading ladies of Something Rotten!. For those who’ve spent the summer living under a rock, Something Rotten! (written by...

By Aisling Murphy