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iPhoto caption: Michael Man as Dr. Wilson Wong in 'The Tao of the World.' Stratford Festival 2026. Photo by David Hou.
Meet Michael Man, the versatile actor playing Gollum at the Stratford Festival
Dr. Wong and Gollum are just two of the three roles Man is playing in his second consecutive season at Stratford. He also appears in a smaller role as Robin Starveling, one of the mechanicals, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, giving him the opportunity to move between wildly different theatrical worlds over the course of a single season.
Truckers, Porndle, and Bad Boys
In these newly woke times in the entertainment industry, it’s slightly amazing to me that nobody has protested the fact that Denzel Washington isn’t actually Scottish yet.
Opening Doors, Painting Houses, and Spraying Roaches
I just finished serving my second 30-day sentence in Facebook Jail and I have to say, outside of Trump hogging the TV remote and switching it to Fox News all the fucking time, it really wasn’t so bad in there.
iPhoto caption: Photo by David Cooper.
Kimberley Rampersad is the Shaw Festival’s new Associate Artistic Director
"I’m interested in Shaw using the theatre as a voice to reach the people. I’m interested in him being a great orator and having his characters discuss great ideas, but within situations that the audience understands."