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Members of the company of 'Pu Songling: Strange Tales.' iPhoto caption: Members of the company of 'Pu Songling: Strange Tales.' Photo by Johnny Hockin.

REVIEW: Wet, weird, and woeful, Pu Songling: Strange Tales is a riotous trip into the mystical

One thing’s for sure — you’ve never seen a show with this much tongue.

By Columbia Roy / Jan 22, 2026
iPhoto caption: Photo by Virginie Meigné.

Animal puppets lay bare the effects of climate catastrophe in Dimanche

How can theatre engage with a crisis as enormous as climate change? One answer: go miniature. That’s the approach Belgian theatre companies Chaliwaté and Focus take in their co-creation Dimanche, playing at Meridian Arts Centre on February 21 and 22.

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Feb 19, 2025
iPhoto caption: Photo by Fran Chudnoff.

REVIEW: Bad New Days’ Last Landscape unearths raw feelings about the natural world

Last Landscape uses physical theatre, puppetry, and found objects to erode the boundaries between art and nature, human and environment.

By Ferron Delcy / Jan 18, 2025

REVIEW: Metamorphoses 2023 at Theatre Smith-Gilmour/Crow’s Theatre

This Metamorphoses is a sturdy adaptation of the poem that will not die.

By Aisling Murphy / Mar 28, 2023