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…
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…
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.…
Vaughan’s Theatre Ya Knowww is heading to downtown Toronto for their inaugural Pan-Asian Theatre Festival. Artistic Director Ethan Persyko took some time to answer my questions about the festival, why a festival like this is so important, and what audiences can expect from the festival’s programming. Ethan Persyko 1. Can you please introduce yourself to…
“How many Indigenous artists does it take to make an Opera indigenous?” While this question shouldn’t have to be asked in the first place, it’s what Against the Grain Theatre was faced with when the funding got pulled for their full scale production of Indians on Vacation, an opera based on the novel by Thomas…
“What is Hell?” Take Wilde, famously charged with indecency in a time where it was still illegal to be queer who said: “We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.” Or take Huxley, who was so much more than the dystopian fiction we’re forced to read in school, who said:…
The sound of cicadas singing is one of the hallmarks of summer; that chirring can be heard night and day, sometimes at seemingly unbelievable volumes considering they’re insects. You can especially tell the years where the cycles have linked, and the alien-looking creatures cover the trees...or maybe even swarm your home near Trinity Bellwoods Park.…
The content warnings for Vitals on Factory’s website are: “This play contains explicit descriptions of violence, gore, sexual assault, animal and child abuse and self-harm including suicide. It is not recommended for younger audiences.” As such, my review will also be touching on these topics. If you’re planning to see the show, please heed these…
It’s time for the Paprika Festival! This youth-lead festival has been helping to develop the future of Toronto theatre for over 20 years. Melissa Avalos is part of this year’s Playwrights Unit, and I got to ask her about the experience and what audiences can expect from the reading of her latest play. Melissa Avalos…
