2024’s The Caged Bird Sings was certainly one of the most unforgettable theatrical experiences I’ve witnessed thus far. This summer, Tarragon Theatre along with Modern Times and Theatre ARTaud are bringing this beautiful show indoors to the Tarragon Extraspace. I got to ask Waleed Ansari (set designer) & Rafeh Mahmud (creator/director) some questions about this…
The Second City’s 91st Mainstage Review, World’s Gone Wild, is taking Toronto by storm! Full of music, improv, sketch and more, World’s Gone Wild has something for everyone! I got to ask one of the cast members and creators Chelsea Larkin about the show, why it’s so important right now, and what you can expect…
“My father lost me to the Beast at cards.” Hailey Gillis’ opening line of Tiger Bride lets us know that this is not your average fairy tale. Based on Angela Carter’s “The Tiger’s Bride”, a gothic retelling of the classic “Beauty and the Beast” story, Tiger Bride is a dark, music-filled fantasy that’ll leave you…
Before his death in 2025, Richard Foreman made his notebooks available for use online. From these notebooks, Ilana Khanin’s You Must Change Your Life was born. Featuring Thea Mea Hesler and Annie Hoeg, You Must Change You Life is sure to be a unique theatrical experience. I asked Thea and Annie about the show, working…
Toronto Louise: The Last Dance – Saint Stella Louise: The Last Dance fuses live performance, projection, archival media, and dance to ask a question still relevant today; whose stories get told, and whose get buried? Drawing on archival research, period press, and rare documentary footage of Louise filmed weeks before her death, Stella inhabits Louise’s…
Tiger Bride – Soulpepper Theatre A bold genre-defying new musical work from veteran collaborators Frank Cox-O'Connell, Hailey Gillis, and Andrew Penner, this rock-fuelled, punk-infused production, explodes the boundaries of theatre, fusing concert, cabaret, and gothic storytelling into one unforgettable theatrical event. Based on the 1979 short story The Tiger’s Bride by British author Angela Carter, this electrifying song cycle turns Beauty and the Beast inside out.…
“This is what happened” Kenneth is 38, works in a book shop, lives alone, loves a good mai tai from Wally’s and hangs out there every happy hour with his best friend Bert. But when Kenneth’s world is turned upside down, everything he knows about life in Cranberry, New York comes into question. Eboni Booth’s…
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Theatre Christmas! The Toronto Fringe Festival! With 123 shows on 27 stages this year, The Toronto Fringe is bigger and better than ever. Once again this year, I'm asking my Fringe Five questions to various Fringe artists to help you get to know their shows a little…
“Af dem hob ikh eyn entfer — Got is a foter un Heylik is zayn Toyre!” From the opening lines of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish I felt the shift: changes both large and small which were taking a story I’ve known for most of my life and giving it new and deeper meaning.…
Spindle Collective is back to bring chills to your spine with their latest work, Síofra. Natalia Bushnik and Kathleen Welch are the creative minds behind SAMCA, Síofra, and the forthcoming SpilleHOLLE. I get to ask them about these shows, about their process, and what audiences can expect from Síofra. Natalia Bushnik and Kathleen Welch 1.…
A View from the Box 