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'Narnia' in rehearsal. iPhoto caption: 'Narnia' in rehearsal. Photo by Dahlia Katz.

At Soulpepper, Bad Hats’ Narnia completes a trilogy of musicals championing a child’s-eye view of life

"What emerged for us was this idea of life cycles,” reflects Narnia adaptor-director Fiona Sauder. “‘What happens when you get stuck in one season [of life], and what happens when that season comes to an end? [What things] have to die and fall away in order for new things to grow?’”

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Nov 19, 2025
iPhoto caption: Jordan Pettle, Janelle Cooper, and Monique Mojica in CHILD-ish. Photo by Jae Yang.

Tarragon’s upcoming show gives audiences a verbatim taste of children’s wisdom, wit, and weirdness

The first inklings of CHILD-ish came to Drake in 2017. “I got to an age where I started having a lot more kids in my life,” he said. That “got me curious about what adults can learn from kids: playing with and flipping that power dynamic of who’s the learner and who’s the teacher.”

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Oct 26, 2025
iPhoto caption: Virgilia Griffith in Betrayal. Photo by Dahlia Katz.

A Kind of Painful Abundance: Andrea Donaldson Talks Big Scars and Big Love in Pinter’s Betrayal

Typically known for directing contemporary feminist works, Donaldson insists the interplay of love and betrayal keep this work as relevant today as it was four decades ago.

By Jordy Kieto / Aug 30, 2019