Season Announcement: Nightwood Theatre
“Our 40th season is an array of work that grapples with our collective history, cautions us on the precarity of our present, and calls us to action for our future,” says Artistic Director Kelly Thornton.
Emerging Across Canada: Ontario and Quebec
Whether that was in Montreal or from mentors in Edmonton, I had this image in my mind of this terrible place where people were always mean and dreams went to die.
Finding Home in Art
“It may be over a hundred years ago when The Cherry Orchard was written and first performed, but there is nothing about it that is passé.”
Securing the Future
“I don’t want to engage artists as mouthpieces. What would it mean to embed you in the DNA of this project?”
My Family’s Story
The piece tells the story of how this played out for us, but it is not a unique event.
Newfoundland, Nicolas Cage, and Saying Hi to the Audience
This is just a guess but I think the most commonly used phrase in Hollywood between 1997 and 2018 was probably: “I’ve got a really terrible idea for a movie. Get me Nicolas Cage on the line!”
The Disciple, the Son, and the Story: A Conversation with Leighton Alexander Williams
“We’re living in a time where we were seeing ourselves being killed on social media,” Leighton says frankly, “this is not just a hot topic, it has to mean something.”
Casting Announcement: The Wolves
The Howland Company has announced the cast for their fall production of The Wolves.
Casting Announcement: what I call her
Here’s the cast for Ellie Moon’s play “what I call her,” directed by Sarah Kitz, opening at Crow’s Theatre this November.
In Conversation: Hannah Moscovitch
“What do you do with desire in a marriage where you cannot fuck your husband without the consequences being disfigurement and death?”
Mad Kitchen: Remington North’s BBQ-Style Wet/Dry Ribs
“Ribs kind of hold a near and dear place to my heart, which is comic because ribs are near and dear to everyone’s hearts.”
Casting Announcement: Punk Rock
The cast of the Howland Company’s production of Punk Rock dishes on their most awkward high school memory and what song would underscore it in a movie.
Openings & Closings – Week of January 1
These are the shows that are opening and closing the week of January 1, 2018.
Our Favourite Shows of 2017
We asked Intermission’s core team members for their favourite theatre experience of 2017.
Openings & Closings – Week of December 4
These are the shows opening and closing the week of December 4, 2017.
In Conversation: Kevin Drew
“This is all I know. I’m not a lawyer, I’m not a doctor, I’m not a soldier. If the war comes, I’m fucked.”