Beyond the Box – March, 2024

There's a lot of incredible live performance happening here in Toronto and abroad this month! While I wish I was able to see it all, but hopefully you'll be able to check some of these incredible performances out! Vástádus eana – The answer is land - Harbourfront CentreChoreographed by Indigenous Sámi choreographer and filmmaker, Elle…

Canadian Stage Presents Quote Unquote Collective’s “Universal Child Care”

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and that’s certainly true for tiny humans, and the creative works that become our children, alike. Quote Unquote Collective’s Universal Child Care has had several companies involved in the birthing of this piece, including Broadstage, Santa Monica (who commissioned the work), Nightwood Theatre, Why Not…

Stage Door Dialogues – Gregory Prest of Soulpepper Theatre’s “De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail”

The second offering of Soulpepper’s 2024 season is the moving and enthralling De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail. Written and directed by actor/director/creator Gregory Prest, De Profundis turns Wilde’s epic love letter written during his final months of incarceration into a tantalizing 100 minute play. I sent some questions to Gregory about the process in…

Nowadays Theatre’s “Earworm”

Homa believes that she has finally found safety in her new home of Toronto, Canada, but when she comes face to face with a dark figure from her past, everything she knows is suddenly in question. Writer and director Mohammad Yaghoubi’s Earworm talks about all this and so much more in its world premiere in…