Fringe: Memories of a Long-Time Volunteer
What follows are my memories, my perspectives, and my recollections of my Fringe experiences, and thus may contain but are not limited to accurate depictions.
REVIEW: House: The Isolation Version
The fiction/real life bleed which in the original play comes from acknowledgement of the co-presence of performer and spectators becomes the character (and actor) acknowledging our simultaneous proximity and distance.
Jell-o, Mrs. America, and Semi-Automatic Assault Ovens
I decided to start counting my steps, just out of curiosity. I know it’s not a competition and I honestly am not trying to brag or intimidate anyone, but I came pretty damned close to breaking 100 steps this week.
Intermission COVID-19 Response & Up-To-Date Theatre News
As efforts continue to contain and prevent the spread of COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, Intermission is dedicated to providing up-to-date news on the status of theatre across the city and ensuring theatregoers have accurate information to plan during this difficult and transitory period.
Painting A Picture About Feminist Theatre
What is feminist theatre? Who is it for? Is it for everybody? And what does feminist theatre look like today, in Canada? I needed to wrap my head around all of these questions. To do so, I decided to go straight to the source and sit down with some female theatre artists.
An Unexplained Injustice
We all have demons inside of us. We all have those monstrous thoughts, but what is it about our circumstances that allows us to act on them?
Where to Eat and Drink… Factory Theatre
Heading to a show at Factory Theatre? Here’s where you should go before or after for a bite or a drink.
What I Wish I’d Known: Augusto Bitter
The delicious challenge of a single performer transforming and holding an audience’s attention still feels like magic to me.
Revitalizing Japanese Canadian Identity
Internment was a defining collective experience, yet the ways in which we do or do not remember it remain at odds between generations.
Casting Announcement: The Men in White
Factory Theatre has announced the cast for The Men in White.
Mad Kitchen: Jovanni Sy’s Rellenong Bangus, via Derek Chan
Thankfully, Hong Kong–born and Vancouver-based Chan was (and still is) a capable home cook.
The Case for Accepting Unsolicited Scripts
That my play was even considered by a theatre I had no prior relationship with now seems like a tremendous luxury.
Casting Announcement: Prairie Nurse
The cast of Factory Theatre’s Prairie Nurse is announced—and they reveal the influence their mothers had on them as artists.
Lynn Slotkin’s 2017 Tootsie Awards
Theatre critic Lynn Slotkin has created her annual list of Toronto theatre award winners.
Openings & Closings – Week of November 27
These are the shows that are opening and closing the week of November 27, 2017.
Stage Door Confessional: When Things Go Awry
Andrew Lawrie, Jessica McGann, Harriet Gratian, and Alex Furber talk about the moments things go awry in this fourth episode of Stage Door Confessional.