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Janet McMordie in 'Vitals.' iPhoto caption: Janet McMordie in 'Vitals.' Photo by Nate Colitto.

REVIEW: In Rosamund Small’s Vitals, Toronto becomes a map of private catastrophes

The play cuts through the glossy image of health-care workers as haloed heroes, bringing us closer to people working through exhaustion, hypervigilance, and horror.

By Alessandro Stracuzzi / May 5, 2026
Meilie Ng, Wai Yin Kwok, and Sophie Gee in 'Bonnes Bonnes.' iPhoto caption: Meilie Ng, Wai Yin Kwok, and Sophie Gee in 'Bonnes Bonnes.' Photo by Eden Graham.

REVIEW: Nervous Hunter’s Bonnes Bonnes combines laid-back ingredients to flavourful effect

Bonnes Bonnes is a nice reminder that productions can think, play, chill — and chili — all at once.

By Liam Donovan / May 1, 2026
Ma-Anne Dionisio for Intermission Magazine. iPhoto caption: Ma-Anne Dionisio for Intermission Magazine. Photo by Tim Nguyen.

Spotlight: Ma-Anne Dionisio

“Art has a very significant healing aspect to it,” says Ma-Anne Dionisio. “The performance aspect, for me, always comes secondary.”

Written by Jadine Ngan, Photography by Tim Nguyen / Feb 23, 2026
text that says iPhoto caption: Lester Trips duo headshot Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton. Photo by Helen Yung.

Lester Trips wants Toronto theatre creators to ‘make it nasty’

"It doesn’t matter how many reels of a hamster falling out of its cage set to the Requiem I see: The music still hits," says Lauren Gillis. "We joke that the logline for Honey I’m Home is 'normie drone has menty-b from VR Zoom with her own living room.'"

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Feb 1, 2026