Have you ever overheard two people in a heated argument? And you know you shouldn’t listen, yet you can’t help but take sides based on what you’re hearing. debbie tucker green’s a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun), directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, is a glorious ninety minutes of doing just this: observing three…
Christmas time, for a lot of us, means being surrounded by family, partaking in beloved traditions, and eating our favourite meals. But what do you do when you’re far from home, loved ones, and everything you know? How can you make Christmas your own? The world premiere of Kanika Ambrose’s The Christmas Market, directed by…
“Like dead, dead?” “Yes.” “Proper dead, not living dead?” “Not living dead, yes.” “Are you sure?” How can they be sure? Did anyone see him, or was the vodka playing tricks with their eyes? Dennis Kelly’s disturbing and haunting DNA, directed by Erik Richards, is a story of a group of young people facing a…
Have you ever had that eerie impulse to look beyond the veil? To see what awaits for us on the other side? Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ The Comeuppance, directed by Frank Cox-O’Connell, allows audiences to do just that: to get a glimpse of what awaits five friends as they celebrate their 20th High School Reunion. Hauntingly accurate…
“The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.” – Carl Sagan “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.” – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Design: Robert Lepage, Costume Design: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt Assistant Set Design: Marie-Claude Pelletier, Assistant Lighting Design: Bernard White, Puppet Design: Pierre Robitaille…
Eugene Morris Jerome is obsessed with two things: The Yankees, and seeing a naked girl. But what else does a fifteen year old have to think about in 1937? The Yankees are playing against the Giants in an all New York World Series Final, and Eugene’s excitement is palpable. But there are many more emotions…
When was the last time you played? Not sports or an organized team thing, really played: let your imagination guide you to some joy? Most adults don’t play any more, even if there are little ones around we tend to resist fully letting ourselves go in service of the play. What if that joy and…
Where do you turn when you’re unsure of something? Do you ask a parent or mentor? Your partner or a close friend? Or do you, like many, turn to religion for answers? What happens when the most pious among us are also unsure? John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable rings just as true today as…
A violin sits centre stage under a spotlight as an ethereal soundscape fills the room from the many speakers which surround the playing space. This violin, and the musician who wields it, are asking you to listen to the stories they’re about to tell in their own ways. Leslie Ting’s What Brings You In tracks…
Once upon a time there was an older lady who found herself walking through the woods. She doesn’t know it yet, but she is on the journey of a lifetime. But will she make it to Bremen? Gather ‘round to hear Gregory Prest’s haunting fable Bremen Town, a story about finding yourself while finding your…
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