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Krystal Abrigo
Krystal is Intermission's Publishing and Editorial Coordinator. A Scarborough-based writer of Philippine and Egyptian descent who enjoys reading bell hooks, Audre Lorde, and James Baldwin. At any given moment, you can probably find her at a concert, or on a long walk somewhere in Toronto (or elsewhere).
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iPhoto caption: Eva O'Connor in 'Chicken.' Photo by Hildegard Ryan.
This year’s Bealtaine Theatre Festival features a Ulysses adaptation and a solo show about a chicken
The 2026 edition will unfold at the Corleck, a new waterfront performance venue set to officially open in November. Bealtaine audiences will be among the first to experience the space.
iPhoto caption: Coleen Shirin MacPherson in 'Searching for Aimai.' Photo by Seanna Kennedy.
Playwright-performer Coleen Shirin MacPherson refers to herself as “colonized upon arrival,” born in Canada yet shaped by migrations and erasures that predate her birth. “I don’t have an ancient song or a lullaby that connects us across generations,” she tells her child. That absence — of song, language, and unbroken tradition — propels the Cahoots Theatre production.
iPhoto caption: A headshot of David Leyshon. Photo provided by Lighthouse Festival Theatre.
David Leyshon named interim artistic producer at Lighthouse Festival
He joins the company as it prepares its 2026 programming, continuing its mandate of producing comedy-driven Canadian theatre in Port Dover and Port Colborne.
iPhoto caption: Kateryna Larina in Paradisum. Photo by Bálint Hirling.
TO Live to present Recirquel’s Paradisum in Toronto
Next week, a circus-dance hybrid will swing into the Bluma Appel Theatre as part of TO Live’s 2025-26 season.
iPhoto caption: Rick Miller in 'Boom X.' Photo by Craig Francis.
In Boom X, Rick Miller uses theatre to trace how Generation X came of age amid major shifts in media, politics, and daily life from the 1970s through the mid-1990s.
CBC’s PlayME debuts 2026 season, starting with Kim’s Convenience
PlayME has featured work by more than 30 Governor General’s Award winners and nominees, making some of the country’s most celebrated plays accessible to listeners nationwide.
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