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theresa cutknife iPhoto caption: Theresa Cutknife headshot by Dahlia Katz.

Speaking in Draft: Theresa Cutknife

“Of course, we all have to make money and make different sacrifices just to pay the bills, because this city is so horribly overpriced,” says Cutknife. “But why? Why do we have to suffer to feel like we’ve paid our dues to the industry?”

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Jul 17, 2024
iPhoto caption: Tom Wilson and Sheldon Elter face each other at rehearsals for Beautiful Scars. Photo by Dahlia Katz.

In a new musical by Lee Harvey Osmond’s Tom Wilson, one Indigenous icon honours another

Beautiful Scars, adapted by Wilson and co-creator Shaun Smyth from Wilson’s 2017 memoir of the same name, tells the story of Wilson’s journey from a lonely childhood on the East Hamilton Mountain to a celebrated career as a multidisciplinary artist and three-time Juno-award-winning musician.

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Apr 19, 2024
iPhoto caption: Photo by Kate Dalton.

REVIEW: Women of the Fur Trade makes a heartthrob of Louis Riel

There’s a war going on out there somewhere, and Louis Riel isn’t here.

By Aisling Murphy / Apr 18, 2024
iPhoto caption: Production photo by Joey Senft.

An intergalactic influencer tackles colonization in Space Girl at Prairie Theatre Exchange

Space Girl explores the concept of social media and the power it holds — a topic deeply important to playwright Frances Koncan.

By Mira Miller / Jan 4, 2024