Andrew Kushnir
iPhoto caption: Daniel Maslany and Karl Ang in 'The Division.' Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Andrew Kushnir’s The Division confronts the impossibility of fully knowing the past
Playing at Crow’s Theatre, The Division is a thorny, intimate work of theatre that examines inherited guilt, the relentlessness of eye-for-an-eye justice, and the seductive promise of being able to clearly define and banish evil forever, if only you could choose and label the correct side.
iPhoto caption: Damien Atkins as Oscar Wilde and Colton Curtis as Bosie in 'De Profundis.' Photo by Dahlia Katz.
Next season, Soulpepper Theatre wants to prove it’s ‘more than just a place that plays happen’
“The lobby is maybe even a more important meeting place than the seats in the audience, because that’s actually where the connection happens,” says artistic director Paolo Santalucia of Soulpepper’s 2026-27 season, which will feature a suite of public programming as well as 12 productions.
iPhoto caption: The 'Octet' company. Photos by Dahlia Katz.
Crow’s Theatre announces packed 2025-26 season, including major partnership with Soulpepper
Next season, Crow’s Theatre will stage work by Michael Healey, Dave Malloy, Eboni Booth, Erin Shields, and Tennessee Williams, among others. The company is also launching a three-year partnership with Soulpepper Theatre, which will involve four large-scale 2025-26 co-productions.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.
Q&A: Casey and Diana director Andrew Kushnir on bringing the acclaimed drama to Theatre Aquarius
“There’s lots to grieve right now in the world,” says Kushnir. “But there are so few communal places to be with that grief. And I do think grieving in public normalizes a universal human condition: that we’ve all loved and lost something (time, a dream, a way of life) — or, more commonly, a dear someone.”