Announcing the winners of the 2023 Nathan Cohen Awards
The Canadian Theatre Critics Association has announced the winners of the 2023 Nathan Cohen Awards for Excellence in Critical Writing, including five writers from Intermission.
The Canadian Theatre Critics Association has announced the winners of the 2023 Nathan Cohen Awards for Excellence in Critical Writing, including five writers from Intermission.
It’s been one heck of a year at Intermission. After founding and leading the publication for seven years, including steering it through the pandemic, Philip Riccio decided it was time to pass the baton. While change can sometimes breed uncertainty, we’re thrilled to report that Intermission is stronger than ever. Under new leadership and with … Continued
These shows have stood the test of at least a few weeks, if not several months. Their pleasures are not transitory, but mature and long-lasting. We think of them often.
Award-winning theatre and film artist Nikki Shaffeeullah’s play A Poem for Rabia will make its debut in a Tarragon Theatre production in association with Nightwood Theatre and Undercurrent Creations.
Living With Shakespeare is a deeply intimate exploration of Smith’s life and work, using Shakespeare’s words to bring to life some of his most personal, exciting, and challenging experiences.
Part history lesson, part joyful romp through Shakespeare’s works, the sixty-minute play in the heart of St. James’ Park attempts to return the playwright to the people.
GFT’s final production is the multi-award-winning play The Drowning Girls, a true crime tale about three women married to and murdered by the same man.
“There’s a need for [Richard Three] because there’s so little work in this country that centres two disabled people at its core,” Bulmer said.
Both [Sky and Peters] want to honour the Indigenous artists who have worked with the [Stratford] festival for years, quietly carving out space for public and visual representation.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is celebrating with a season that showcases both epic queer stories from history and innovative new works from a diverse roster of artists.
I cannot stress this enough: this show is funny, and the actors know it… not a single performer holds back in the over-the-top physicality.
A cast of fantastic actors takes you on an equally fantastic journey through some of the silliest places and situations — it’s great fun.
Hello from the new leadership team of Intermission Magazine!
Seven years. That’s how old this little online magazine is. That might not seem like much in the grand scheme of things but we sure have packed in a whole lot of life in that time. This collection of pixels has housed hundreds, if not thousands of essays, reviews, and news pieces about Canadian theatre … Continued
After 12 wild and wonderful days of theatre, the 2023 Toronto Fringe has come to an end. Read our mini reviews here!
“The show is called A Midsummer Night’s Dream… which means anything’s possible. So I thought, let’s lean into that.”