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2017 in Review December 20, 2017

The Most Popular Intermission Articles of 2017

Here are the most-read articles on Intermission in 2017.

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Nappoholics Anonymous May 9, 2017

Gourmet Hot Dogs, Herdoch Mysteries, and Tips for Aspiring Hacks

By Tony Nappo

I’m old enough to remember when “freedom fries” was a misnomer born of protest rather than a fair and accurate description.

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Nappoholics Anonymous May 2, 2017

FaceApp, Crane Girl, and Jon Kaplan

By Tony Nappo

There won’t be any replacement. There was only Jon.

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Interviews April 19, 2017

Ravi Jain Chats with Dawn Jani Birley

Video by Jill Harper

Watch actor Dawn Jani Birley talk to director Ravi Jain about being a Deaf actor, translating Shakespeare into poetic ASL, and why she left Canada for Finland.

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Features April 13, 2017

Creative Appropriation

By Holger Syme

Diversifying our stages is not a challenge we can address solely by commissioning lots and lots of new plays.

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December 20, 2016

Our Favourite Shows of 2016

We asked some of Intermission’s regular contributors and core team members for their favourite theatre experience of 2016.

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December 19, 2016

The Most Popular Intermission Articles of 2016

These are the ten most popular articles we published this year—plus a few others you should check out.

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Artist Perspective October 31, 2016

Asha, In Her Own Words

By Asha Jain
as told to Maija Kappler

When actors are trained they are asked to wait: when one is finished, then the second will go. I had no training, so I kept interrupting.

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The SHOW SHOW July 19, 2016

The SHOW SHOW: 239 Steps with Ravi Jain and Anand Rajaram

Created by Ruth Goodwin and Liz Johnston
Created by Jacqueline Andrade

Ruth and Liz meet up with Ravi Jain and Anand Rajaram of The 39 Steps to walk up 239 stairs.

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Spotlight April 28, 2016

Spotlight: Ravi Jain

By May Antaki
Photography by Dahlia Katz

“If you don’t embrace fear and risk getting it wrong, you’ll never find something new, something inventive, something beautiful.”

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Theatre Listings

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Three to See

Not sure what theatre to see this week? Check out our top three suggestions.

Crime After Crime (After Crime)

February 20 - 24

who are we in the dark

February 21 - 24

MULES

February 18 -March 2

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Review Roundup

Interested in checking out what’s on this week? We’ve rounded up some reviews so you can pick the play that’s right for you. Click on the show title to be brought to our review roundup page.

COME FROM AWAY, Mirvish

COTTAGERS AND INDIANS, Tarragon Theatre

GOOD MORNING VIET MOM, Cahoots Production

MULES, Theatrefront

OSLO, Studio 180

PAOLOZZAPEDIA, Bad New Days

PRINCE HAMLET, Why Not Theatre

ROSE, Soulpepper

THE FATHER, Coal Mine Theatre

THE LAST SHIP, Mirvish

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Intermission is an online theatre arts magazine based in Toronto, created by The Company Theatre. We publish writing and videos about and by people who create theatre.

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