Skip to main content

CircaDuckPond_photoPiaJohnson_0367

/By / Jan 28, 2025
SHARE

Liam Donovan
WRITTEN BY

Liam Donovan

Liam is Intermission’s senior editor. He lives in Toronto.

LEARN MORE

Comments

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


'Une Traversée' puppet design by Natacha Belova et Tita Iacobelli. iPhoto caption: 'Une Traversée' puppet design by Natacha Belova et Tita Iacobelli. Photo by Pierre-Yves Jortay.

REVIEW: Montreal in March? Bring on the puppets.

The 21st annual Festival International de Casteliers featured an energizing series of Quebecois and European productions that took the medium of puppetry in surprising directions.

By Liam Donovan
iPhoto caption: Photo courtesy of the Grand Theatre.

London’s Grand Theatre announces 2026-27 season

A Dolly Parton musical and the Canadian premiere of a drama by Matthew López are among the productions in the Grand Theatre’s 2026-27 season.

By Liam Donovan
Ordena Stephens-Thompson and Tony Nappo in 'The Neighbours.' iPhoto caption: Ordena Stephens-Thompson and Tony Nappo in 'The Neighbours.'

REVIEW: In Nicolas Billon’s The Neighbours, everyone’s a bystander

Green Light Arts’ The Neighbours, playing at the Tarragon Theatre Extraspace, encourages audiences to reconsider their assumptions about the comfort of spectatorship.

By Liam Donovan
iPhoto caption: Pip Dwyer, Jeanie Calleja, and Natalia Bushnik in 'Night at the Grand Guignol.' Photo by Jack Woolfe.

REVIEW: Eldritch’s Night at the Grand Guignol features spurting blood and severed eyes

The show hits the pulpy B-movie bullseye at which the indie company has long taken aim. Over the course of four playlets, a catalogue of deaths unfurls — shlockily! gorily! — in macabre locales.

By Liam Donovan

Q&A: Hybrid conference explores the potential of VR theatre in Canada

Single Thread Theatre’s Performance and Extended Realities Conference features a mix of live performances, interactive digital presentations, and technical deep dives, as well as virtual and in-person installations.

By Liam Donovan
Members of the North American touring company of 'MJ.' iPhoto caption: Members of the North American touring company of 'MJ.' Photo by Matthew Murphy.

Review of MJ: The Musical among winners at the 2025 Nathan Cohen Awards

The Canadian Theatre Critics Association has announced the winners of the 2025 Nathan Cohen Awards for Excellence in Critical Writing. This year’s prizes for outstanding review and critical essay were adjudicated by Natasha Tripney, international editor of the Stage.

By Liam Donovan