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iPhoto caption: Members of the company in Cymbeline. Stratford Festival 2024. Photo by David Hou.

‘It’s three hours, but it’s action-packed’: How the cast of Cymbeline navigates one of Shakespeare’s most eventful plays

“I warn my friends before they come — I’m like, ‘it’s a long show!’” says Jordin Hall, who plays Posthumus in Stratford's Cymbeline. “And then by the end, they’re all usually like: ‘it didn’t feel that long.’ That’s the greatest compliment they can give us — that we kept them hooked for three hours of crazy, not-often-done Shakespeare.”

By Liam Donovan / Sep 11, 2024

REVIEW: Little Women at Stratford Festival

In three hours, Jordi Mand’s adaptation of Little Women covers an astonishing number of Louisa May Alcott’s plotlines, sparing little.

By Aisling Murphy / Aug 10, 2022

See Me

As a dark-skinned black woman I experienced this firsthand, particularly during my high school years. At that time it seemed like my skin was always something to talk about.

By Akosua Amo-Adem / Feb 25, 2019

Casting Announcement: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

Obsidian Theatre and Nightwood Theatre have announced the cast for School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

By Bailey Green / Nov 19, 2018