In Conversation With Deniz Başar: “Wine&Halva” – A Play That Tests The Limits Of Friendship Within Canadian Institutional Racism (Part I)
In April 2020 Wine&Halva, a play by Turkish playwright and theater researcher Deniz Başar, had...
Read MorePosted by Marjan Moosavi | 4th Jul 2020 | Canada, Interview, Playwriting, Turkey
In April 2020 Wine&Halva, a play by Turkish playwright and theater researcher Deniz Başar, had...
Read MorePosted by David Geary | 4th Jul 2020 | Canada, Covid-19, Dramaturgs’ Network: Invisible Diaries, Dramaturgy, Essay, New Zealand
It’s TRIV NIGHT! Some TV People we know have kept the community vibe going by organizing online...
Read MorePosted by David Geary | 30th Jun 2020 | Canada, Covid-19, Dramaturgs’ Network: Invisible Diaries, Dramaturgy, Essay, Theatre and Decolonization
Grades went in. No death threats. A student wrote: “I learned something, and I laughed. That’s all...
Read MorePosted by Sally Kozminski | 5th Jun 2020 | Canada, Covid-19, Dramaturgy, Festivals, News
Imagine you have just experienced one of the most extraordinary performances you have ever seen in...
Read MorePosted by Kathleen Gallagher | 27th May 2020 | Canada, Covid-19, Essay, Transmedia
Health and government officials around the globe are slowly and ever-so-tentatively moving to...
Read MorePosted by Aisling Murphy | 14th Apr 2020 | Canada, Essay, Theatre and Science
It’s been a strange few weeks. Despite the unprecedented scope of this cultural wound, I write to...
Read MorePosted by Chris Gibbs Louis-Etienne Dubois | 12th Apr 2020 | Canada, News, Producing
COVID-19’s impacts on society are unprecedented and nobody can say precisely when we will return...
Read MorePosted by Aisling Murphy | 30th Mar 2020 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Politics
No longer is there a “safe place” on the Canadian political spectrum; to be moderate is to be a...
Read MorePosted by Aisling Murphy | 24th Mar 2020 | Canada, Festivals, Review
undercurrents Festival Director Patrick Gauthier and Associate Director Brit Johnston have...
Read MorePosted by Aisling Murphy | 25th Feb 2020 | Canada, Participatory Theatre, Review
There’s a danger to hasty reaction. To act on instinct is to perhaps ignore a bigger contextual...
Read MorePosted by Alvina Ruprecht | 19th Feb 2020 | Acting, Canada, Review
5 O’clock Bells, written and performed by Pierre Brault brings the artist back to the Gladstone...
Read MorePosted by Maja Stefanovska | 7th Feb 2020 | Adaptation, Canada, Review
The Neverending Story is a testament to the importance of imagination and the power of stories....
Read MorePosted by Aisling Murphy | 5th Feb 2020 | Canada, Collaborating Across Cultures, India
The National Arts Centre’s website calls Jivesh Parasram’s Take d Milk, Nah? a “highly-hyphenated...
Read MorePosted by Aisling Murphy | 4th Feb 2020 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Dance
From the pre-show announcement, we know we won’t catch all that is said onstage...
Read MorePosted by Patrick Langston | 2nd Feb 2020 | Canada, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Film
How do you maim a perfectly good musical? Run the show through an abysmally tuned sound system in...
Read MorePosted by Natasha Lomonossoff | 2nd Feb 2020 | Adaptation, Canada, Review
Peggy’s Song, the final production of Theatre Kingston’s 2019-20 season, provides a light-hearted...
Read MorePosted by Carla Rice and Kayla Besse | 19th Jan 2020 | Canada, News, Theatre and Disability
Have you ever been nervous about going to the theatre? Maybe you’re unfamiliar with theatre...
Read MorePosted by Aisling Murphy | 14th Jan 2020 | Canada, Design, Review
The split is clear upon first glance. He wears muddy jeans and rain boots, while she dons...
Read MorePosted by Alvina Ruprecht | 13th Jan 2020 | Canada, Festivals, Review
Under the direction of Kevin Loring in collaboration with artistic associate Lindsay Lachance, the...
Read MorePosted by Kennedy Fiorella | 8th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, Canada, Review
Gone are the days when, on a cold winter night, the family gathered around a fire to listen to the...
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