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1939 iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: 1939 finds tremendous power in the things left unspoken

Jani Lauzon’s production, now playing at Canadian Stage, paints a sharp portrait of a fictional residential school, but uses wide swathes of negative space to its advantage.

By Aisling Murphy / Sep 23, 2024
1939 iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

In 1939, Indigenous students bring their living culture to one of the Bard’s problem plays

“There’s no monolithic experience of residential school,” says co-playwright and director Jani Lauzon. “There are some really extraordinary plays already written about residential schools that deal with that [more tragic] lens. We set out to write a different kind of play, with a different gaze.”

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Sep 19, 2024
balancing act iPhoto caption: The Balancing Act team. Photo by Zeeshan Safdar.

Balancing Act creates options for caregivers in Canadian theatre

“The policies that we're creating, while they're centring mothers, parents, artists who are caregivers, they actually help everyone in the industry,” says founder and executive director Lisa Marie DiLberto. “You don't know when you're going to need these kinds of supports, because everyone's going to be a caregiver or need care at some point.”

By Kaitlyn Riordan / Jun 20, 2024

REVIEW: Inside the babes-in-arms performance of the audacious Universal Child Care

As a new parent, I was thrilled at the prospect of returning to the theatre and introducing my baby to what, at one time, used to take up two or three nights a week of my life.

By Kaitlyn Riordan / Mar 1, 2024