REVIEW: Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train walks the tightrope between entertainment and advocacy delicately.
REVIEW: Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train throws up questions that never get dull: Can you ever justify breaking the law? Should a brutal upbringing excuse violent crimes? Does God love murderers?
What to Expect at… Soulpepper
Every week, Intermission’s Insider Intel articles one theatre across the city, highlighting everything you need to know before your visit. This week: Soulpepper!
Nappoholic Toques, the “DTs,” and Corny Tony
Subtext, for anyone who doesn’t know acting, means exactly what it is: anything that is underneath the text. Stated otherwise, it is all of the things that actors say without words. And the ability to communicate it is one of the things that separates great actors from good ones.
REVIEW: A Streetcar Named Desire
It’s a brilliant piece of theatre, embracing a devious timelessness, seeming at once aged and disturbingly current.
REVIEW: A Streetcar Named Desire
You know from the opening picture that this production of A Streetcar Named Desire is going to be different.
Season Announcement: Soulpepper January – August 2020
“Each of these plays, in their own kind of place, have shown something new. Each in their own time and each in their own way has shown us something new about what theatre can do.”
Casting Announcement: Soulpepper’s Fool For Love and A Streetcar Named Desire
Soulpepper has announced casting for two of its upcoming shows!
Spotlight: Mike Ross
“It’s got to be words first, ’what’s being said here?’ Setting other people’s words to music is what I’ve always done, and this is the apex of that”
Joey Pants, Weyni Mengesha, and Intermittent Fasting
You know, all that weight I lost intermittent fasting, I totally fuckin’ found it. It would seem that it’s been hiding in Italy the whole time.
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Spotlight: Weyni Mengesha
When you speak, Weyni follows your words like a map, as though she expects you to be profound, as though she believes that the next word you say might hold the key to an elusive treasure.
Mirvish Bathrooms, Bucket Lists, and a Fonzie Doll
FUN FACT: It takes more nights to hand out the Canadian Screen Awards than most of the nominated films actually ran in theatres for.
Female Kings
I couldn’t just put on a moustache and hope for the best. I was having my professional Shakespeare debut as the Dauphin of France at the fucking Stratford Festival of Canada.
“Are creators giving you better shit to do?”
A conversation about diversity between a playwright and an actor.
Performing and Parenting: Michelle Monteith
Everybody says nothing can really prepare you for parenthood. But, I’m reassured by stories.