Get ready to read the GGreat books of 2013Ottawa, October 2, 2013 " The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the list of finalists for the 2013 Governor General's Literary Awards. The…
DANCEMAKERS 40th ANNIVERSARY SEASONIncludes Fall and Spring Home Seasons, A New Presenting Initiativeand Tours of Michael Trent's The Adaptation ProjectUnder the stewardship of Art…
Canadian Stage announces surplus for second year runningCompany announces Adrian Lang as incoming board chair and new hires: producer Sherrie Johnson anddirector of production Allan RossToro…
Against the Grain Theatre's hotly anticipated third season boldly remasters two classicsTORONTO (Oct. 1, 2013) " After mounting what Musical Toronto called "the most entertain…
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Everyone in Quebec knows and loves actor Marc Labrèche and the hit run of Aiguillles et Opium at Théâtre du Trident just proves that, but Ontario is about to get a nice dose of this mar…
Tweeting Beyond EventsSue Edworthy, Centaur and Joel Ivany give us lessonsby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisI am very lucky with my Facebook friends and with the people I follow on Twitt…
l-r Vittorio Rossi, Steve Galluccio, Bugs (photo by Eloi Savoie)The Italian StallionsCharPo sits down for a revealing tête-à -tête with Montreal playwrights Steve Galluccio and…
by Estelle RosenMontreal born and raised, Sarah Garton Stanley now lives between Ottawa and Kingston. She founded The Baby Grand, in Kingston, in 1985, then co-created Women Making Scenes&nb…
Steve GalluccioPlaywright Steve Galluccio makes a triumphant return to Centaur Theatre with The Saint Leonard Chronicles. Already triumphant? you ask? Yup: as of this writing and three days …
Ileana Montalbetti as Elettra in the Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble Studio performance of Idomeneo, 2010. (Photo: Michael Cooper)Living a Dream: The Journey to Ellen Orfordby Ileana …
Oh! Lucky Man!by TJ Dawe@TJ_DaweI recently had a play of mine (Toothpaste and Cigars, co-written with Mike Rinaldi) made into a movie (The F Word, starring Daniel Radcliffe, directed by Mike…
TRIGGER WARNING: performer vulnerability, financial chaosby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreI asked my FB family recently if they had any questions for me that I could cover in this column"hey, I …
(Photo © Didier Grappe - Ennio Sammarco, Ulises, Alvarez, Vania Vaneau, Agustina Sario, Jeanne Vallauri, Teresa Cunha.)A Chaos of Reckless Ideasby Chad DembskiI had heard of Com…
Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster (Photo by Bruce Zinger)Disturbancesby Ramya Jegatheesan @RamyaJImages In a sleepy little fishing town somewhere in Quebec, a mermaid is pulled from the ri…
Photo Andrée LanthierIn Praise of Extraordinary WomenCharPo sits down for a revealing tete-a-tete with theatre legend Roger Peace and Canada's First Lady of Soul, Kim Richardson, about thei…
Staged Madnessby Jim Murchison@JimMurchisonGreat literature requires some sort of dilemma that needs resolution. Conflict is often integral to an audience feeling connected or involved. Most…
Benjamin Elliott, Gwyneth Walsh (photo by David Cooper)A family drama of secrets, divulgence, and more secretsThe Arts Club opens the season with a polished and compelling productionby Chris…
FROM QUEENS TO CYPRUSCanadian Classic Kicks Off Belfry Theatre's Shakespeare Seasonby Morgan McPhersonTonight was the night where I got to experience that intangible transformation that take…
Ken Chamberland, Parris Greaves (photo: Vincent Perri)Tick, Tick... Boom! goes off... eventually.Jonathan Larson's 'other' musical delivers on modest ambitions, even if it takes its time get…
I Oughta Be in PicturesWhat was it like to see something of mine made into a movie? Fucking cool.by TJ Dawe@TJ_DaweMore than a decade ago, Mike Rinaldi and I co-wrote a two-hander called Too…
Dance photos are almost always terrific, but set a photographer like Benjamin Von Wong on the art, and you end up with something truly exciting, like this portrait of Greg Sellinger for Body…
Mind-blowing; mind-bogglingby Isabelle-Ann Charlebois@isaanncOnce again director Robert Lepage fills us with wonder with his hypnotic multimedia projections. We are transported in literal an…
Aiming to Beat the OddsPresenting fearless theatreby Gaëtan L. CharleboisStuart Fink has worked professionally as an actor and director in 3 provinces so far. Most recently he performed i…