“This whole earth which we inhabit is but a point in space” - Henry David Thoreau, “Walden or, Life in the Woods” Many of us look up to the stars in awe of the vastness of space, but few of us have ever experienced it. But what if the opportunity to fulfill your dream was…
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.…
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…
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…
Pastoral, noun: a literary work (such as a poem or play) dealing with shepherds or rural life in a usually artificial manner and typically drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city and especially court life. As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s…
If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it... Music fills the High Park Amphitheatre, feeding the love story which is to come. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night shows us love in many of its forms, and Gregory Prest’s expertly directed production distills the work down to its very essence and makes…
A View from the Box 