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Ignore the performance details of this vid - the piece at its core, Quicksand, is coming back for a second viewing in Toronto this week paired with a second piece: Skin. It is dance. It is m…
Look AgainCensorship, Porn and the raising of boysby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI was listening to a podcast from BBC (if you are not listening to BBC podcasts, do yourself a favour and start do…
Stoppard on The Fallby Estelle RosenAndrew Cameron was born in North Vancouver, moved to Montreal four years ago to study English Literature at Concordia. He promptly dropped out to pursue a…
The Answer to "Why?"Creating theatre should be joyous.by Nigel Shawn WilliamsNigel Shawn Williams is the Co-Artistic Director of the Factory Theatre. He is a 4 time Dora Mavor Moore Award wi…
Just My Imaginationby Shannon ChristyEvery country has its myths. The United States believes they are a beacon for freedom and democracy. Canada believes that it is a nice country…
Photo by Jonathan HarveyMisshapen chaos of well-seeming formsFull of sound and fury; signifying nothingby Lisa McKeown @lisammckeown Written and directed by Kyle Capstick, Of Shape…
"Going to the chapel and we're… gonna get married…"Snow Bride examines addiction like a relationshipby Dave RossDavid James Brock's new play Snow Bride opened at The Box last night, a ti…
Photo by Jorg BaumannStrange Choicesby Beat Rice After a spectacular presentation of Dark Matters at Canadian Stage in 2012, expectations and anticipations were high for the return of Crysta…
MEDIA RELEASEPlenty of exciting activities on the horizon for the2014 Canada Dance Festival.For Immediate ReleaseMay 9, 2014 " The Canada Dance Festival (CDF) is about so much more than just…
Mallory Gilbert Leadership Award presented to Yvette Nolanand protégé Kristen HolfeuerToronto (May 8, 2014) - The Professional Association of Canadian Theatres is pleased to present t…
YPT Announces 2014/15 Season!Artistic Director Allen MacInnis and Executive Director Nancy J. Webster are thrilled to announce the line-up for 2014/15 " the 49th sea…
Sometimes a photographer, in this case David Cooper, just has to point the camera at the actors and let them look...stunned. Not only does this promo shot deliver the basic story behind Arts…
(photo by Max Telzerow)The Piano ManThe Trans-Canada journey of award-winning singer-songwriter and actor Bryce Kulak, from the prairies to the big city by Richard Burnett @bugsbur…
Bongile Mantsai, Hilda Cronje (photo by Rodger Bosch)Mies Julie Missesby Jason BookerThe overly warm theatre. Filled with smoke. A vivid red dance floor, painted to look like brok…
Now this, This is Vital Theatreby Christopher DouglasOutside the March has done it again. Site-specific, realistic and environmental, Vitals is a theatrical piece that has to be experienced …
(photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)Together Apartby Zoe Erwin-LongstaffThe beginning of The Road to Mecca, now playing at Soulpepper's Michael Young theatre, is jarring. A young schoolteacher, El…
(photo by lucetg)Round of applause for 2 Pianos 4 HandsDykstra-Greenblatt classic is still delightful and appealing nearly 20 years laterSarah DeshaiesWho knew piano lessons could impart suc…
Love and Sex in an Internet AgeOr How I Was Hacked by an Ideologueby Jason BookerAt one point in Sky Gilbert's latest, Hackerlove, a character comments about how government regulation of the…
(photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)To rags from riches and back again: An awkward tale of recognition and redemption. by Lisa McKeown@lisammckeown Directed by Nina Lee Aquino, Sult…
Wrap-UpSheMomby Dena Jackson@deendawgI've always had a close relationship with my mother, but it wasn't until watching this talented group of Mom Comics or "Momics" at the SheDot Festival th…
Theatre Passe Muraille2014.2015 Season AnnouncementHighlights include an innovative concert/theatre hybrid, fresh voices, theatre dynamos and a new "Within Our Walls: Guest Company Series"To…
A Play With...Music?by Gaëtan L. CharleboisNadia Verucci is a META award winning actor, singer, director and choreographer, and the Artistic Director of In Your Face entertainment. She ha…
One thing you can say for Montreal's FTA organization: they give good vid. This gem is for the upcoming dance piece, Solitudes Solo from Daniel Léveillé Danse.
'Tis the Time (sigh)It is the end of April...not just May flowersby Gaëtan L. CharleboisIt seems like it was yesterday, and it sorta was. Fringe season.Starting in May, Fringe organizatio…
