Did you know that in 2009 there were 8 states in the US who were legally allowed to deny women healthcare insurance due to domestic abuse? They saw that abuse as a “pre-existing condition”, forcing women to stay in abusive relationships to save their healthcare plans for themselves and their children. Marin Ireland’s drama Pre-Existing…
“You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair” The truth in these words reverberated through me long after they were said. They replayed over and over in my head as I drove home: isn’t this the emotional tightrope we all walk? And the tightrope feels like it’s getting thinner by the moment.…
The desire to disconnect completely from the world and hide away in a little cabin somewhere feels more present for me than it ever has before. Martin Crimp’s adaptation of Molière’s “The Misanthrope” had me relating to Alice, the titular character, on a very deep level. Directed for the stage by Indhu Rubasingham and for…
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is kicking off their 26/27 season, “Flesh”, with Robert O'Hara's Bootycandy, which is a co-production with Obsidian Theatre. Meghan Swaby is certainly no stranger to Toronto audiences, and now she’ll be performing at Buddies in Bootycandy. I get to ask Meghan about one of my favourites of her previous roles,…
Nighwood Theatre is kicking off their 26/27 season with Erin Shield’s To a Flame, in collaboration with 1S1 Theatre. Dawn Jani Birley, 1S1 Theatre’s founder, has not only been instrumental in this collaboration, but is also performing in To a Flame. I got to ask Dawn about the process of working with Nightwood Theatre, her…
What would you do if you went through one of the least creative times in your life? Kelly Taylor turned it into a solo show! Un (Capital F) Famous! is Kelly’s latest work which is coming to the Red Sandcastle Theatre this fall. I get to ask her about her inspiration for the show and…
Toronto Heaven – The Theatre Centre The gasp of breath, the startling slap of flesh on flesh, the stamp of foot to floor—these are the sounds of vulnerability and power that score Heaven. Rooted in the idea of heaven as a site of union, the choreography invites audiences into an intimate encounter with the body—its…
A Fine Balance – Crow’s Theatre Rohinton Mistry’s beloved novel exploring resilience and injustice during India’s 1975 Emergency comes to life in a new stage adaptation. In a cramped Bombay apartment turned illegal garment factory, four unlikely companions are thrown together. As the political crisis deepens and the country reels under authoritarian crackdown, this fragile…
Sasha Ivanochko’s Heaven was first performed 20 years ago. In celebration, she’s bringing it back to The Theatre Centre with a new cast. One of those performers is Jessie Garon, a dancer and choreographer who is not stranger to the Toronto dance scene. I got to talk to Jessie about what it’s like to bring…
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a story artists return to time and time again; whether it’s performed on stage or film, heavily adapted (“The Lion King” is Hamlet and yes, I will die on that particular hill) or more like Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 feature film which has a 4 hour and 2 minute run time, we…
