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REVIEW: Wights sizzles with ambition at Crow’s Theatre

While the play’s genre-straddling form feels slightly too ambitious for its concept, this sheer ambition is exciting, challenging audiences to think, while warning us that we can only go so far with words.

By Ilana Lucas / Jan 20, 2025
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Five questions with Wights playwright Liz Appel

Intermission spoke with Appel over email for a brief Q&A about Wights, now playing at Crow’s Theatre until February 9.

By Aisling Murphy / Jan 14, 2025
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REVIEW: In Rosmersholm, ghosts abound

While the play’s ideas sizzle and pop with contemporary verve, the story’s an occasionally frustrating vessel for those captivating sentiments on politics and identity.

By Aisling Murphy / Sep 13, 2024
stratford festival iPhoto caption: Lucy Peacock as Lady Macbeth and Tom McCamus as Macbeth in Macbeth. Photo by Ted Belton.

Stratford Festival unveils 2025 season, including the return of Robert Lepage

Next year’s season includes two beloved musicals as well as the return of acclaimed director Robert Lepage, who will direct Macbeth at the Avon Theatre.

By Aisling Murphy / Aug 28, 2024