“The Drawer Boy” and Another Way of Telling History
The opening play of the Blyth Theatre Season, Michael Healey’s Canadian classic, The Drawer Boy,...
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Learning From Scratch: Istanbul Theatre Through a Canadian-Armenian Lens. Interview with Art Babayants.
Dr. Art Babayants is a multilingual artist-scholar who lives and works in what is now called...
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Review: “UnTuned” (Golvareh)
It’s hard to prepare for life’s high and lows when you think too highly of yourself to expect...
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A Festival that We Need: FOLDA – Festival of Live Digital Arts
As the theatre world in Canada and the US anxiously expects the final re-opening of Broadway and...
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Canada’s Theatre Community Must Nurture BIPOC Leadership to Improve Racial Equity
Last summer, in the midst of global protests against anti-Black racism, Canada’s...
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Performing Shakespeare in the Era of COVID-19
Although tragedy is not usually the preferred companion for hard times, Anglophone pop culture...
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Online Acting Classes? Here Are the Pros and Cons
If you’re an out-of-work actor stuck at home in a lockdown, you’ve probably asked yourself this...
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Playwright Tara Beagan Wins 2020 Siminovitch Prize In Theatre
November 26, 2020 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Ntlaka’pamux playwright Tara Beagan has been named the 2020...
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“Señor Ruiseño (Monsieur Rossignol)”: Ce Commentaire Féroce Sur la Politique Catalane Actuelle Ouvre Une Nouvelle Voie de la Critique au Canada!
La compagnie catalane Els Joglars, crée en 1962 par Albert Boadella, Carlota Soldevila, propose...
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A ‘Puppet Slam’ Hosted By Clowns Is The Most Joyful Meeting On Zoom
It’s late on a Friday night in July and I’m setting up my kitchen for co-hosting an online puppet...
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To Screen or Not to Screen: A Digital Experience at Mixer
In these uncertain times, as distance has taken on special meaning, the screen has gained a...
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In Conversation with Deniz Başar: “Wine&Halva – A Play That Tests The Limits of Friendship Within Canadian Institutional Racism (part III)
In April 2020 Wine&Halva, a play by Turkish playwright and theater researcher Deniz Başar, had...
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Invisible Diaries: Lay Your Burdens Down Day
I’ve hit the wall. The big move is over but moving the “small stuff” all day reminded...
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In Conversation with Deniz Başar: “Wine & Halva” – A Play That Tests The Limits of Friendship Within Canadian Institutional Racism (part II)
In April 2020 Wine&Halva, a play by Turkish playwright and theatre researcher Deniz Başar, had...
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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...
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After Coronavirus: Global Youth Reveal That the Social Value of Art Has Never Mattered More
Health and government officials around the globe are slowly and ever-so-tentatively moving to...
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A Mid-Pandemic Letter To The City Of Ottawa From A Young Theatre Critic (CC: GCTC’s Daisy)
It’s been a strange few weeks. Despite the unprecedented scope of this cultural wound, I write to...
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Coronavirus has Dimmed the Lights on Live Entertainment. What Now for Event Managers?
COVID-19’s impacts on society are unprecedented and nobody can say precisely when we will return...
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Review of Porte Parole’s “The Assembly – Montreal”
No longer is there a “safe place” on the Canadian political spectrum; to be moderate is to be a...
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Well-Executed “Waitress” Hampered by Poor Sound
How do you maim a perfectly good musical? Run the show through an abysmally tuned sound system in...
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