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Black and white images of Joelle Peters (left) and Tara Sky (right) set over an image of the Stratford Festival Theatre. Sky wears a long dress, while Peters wears layers of scarves and furs. Peters holds a teacup in her right hand, and hand emerging from the left side of the photo pours coffee into the cup from above. Original images of Peters and Sky by Ted Belton. iPhoto caption: Joelle Peters (left) and Tara Sky (right). Original images of Peters and Sky by Ted Belton.

Change for the Better: On Indigeneity at the Stratford Festival

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.

By Robyn Grant-Moran / Aug 4, 2023
A black and white image of Jonathan Wilson and Daniel Krolik in Gay for Pay Productions' upcoming Blake & Clay's Gay Agenda (original photo by Kevin Connery. Both men wear white dress whirts: Wilson holdas a book in one hand, with a feather quill held aloft in the other, gazing upwards. Krolik looks down at the book, shrugging, with a grimace. Large blue cartoonish tears fall from the men's eyes, and cracked blue crowns rest atop their heads. iPhoto caption: Original image of Jonathan Wilson and Daniel Krolik by Kevin Connery.

So, You’re a Dora Loser

When it was not our names announced on the stage of the 2023 Dora Awards, I did my best to remain composed. At least, that’s what I was told when the paramedics lifted me into the ambulance.

By Curtis Campbell / Jun 30, 2023

Stone by Stone: In Conversation with The First Stone’s Donna-Michelle St. Bernard and Nawa Simon

“It's important to move forward with love and hope because to choose any other path will just elongate how long you are uncomfortable.”

By Amira Benjamin / Apr 12, 2023
An image of a snowy road outside of Edmonton, AB. The road has been driven on, with snow pushed to the sides, but the snow-covered field is smooth, unmarred by footprints. Telephone poles are visible in the distance. iPhoto caption: A prairie snowscape just outside of Edmonton Alberta. Image courtesy of Makram Ayache.

A Portrait of Shame: How The Hooves Belonged to the Deer Reckons with Religious Domination of the Queer Spirit

“Where does a queer, sort-of-Muslim, brainwashed-ex-evangelical-Christian teenager find themselves in adulthood?”

By Makram Ayache / Mar 23, 2023