Aug 27, 2020
Catch the first broadcast of Canadian-made children's opera 'The Monkiest King'
"The Monkiest King" will be broadcast for the first time on August 29 on the CBC radio show "Saturday Afternoon at the Opera with Ben Heppner."
theatre
Jul 23, 2020
'What The Fest?!': Hamilton Fringe Festival goes virtual
Doreen Nicoll
What The Fest?! is Hamilton's online version of its annual fringe festival. Virtual plays can be wonderful, but only when there's good material.
Sep 12, 2019
'Emergency Climate Musical' -- James Gordon sings us a way out of ecological despair
rabble radio
Gordon, a singer-songwriter and Guelph city councillor, premiered his new climate crisis musical in Barrie last Friday. A conversation and lots of music!
Jul 20, 2019
Highlights from the Hamilton Fringe Festival
Doreen Nicoll
There are over 50 companies offering up musicals, dance, comedies, magic shows, dramas and family entertainment in more than 400 performances.
Jul 14, 2019
New musical portrays false hope of the American dream
Doreen Nicoll
"The Promised Land" is a moving and timely show that takes audiences on a journey across America through novelist John Steinbeck's personal and artistic musings.
Apr 16, 2019
Five decades of creation and struggle at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille
A gorgeous, nostalgic new book marks the 50th birthday of Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille. The pastiche quality of the book also reflects the collective emphasis in the institution's origins.
Nov 6, 2018
Sex ed through social action theatre
Talking Radical Radio
Shira Taylor and Lauren Chang talk about the work of the group Sex Education by Theatre.
Oct 26, 2018
Indigenous theatre productions celebrate grandmothers
Penney Kome
Calgarians had a chance to see two pieces of Indigenous theatre on consecutive nights recently, in which artists addressed painful subjects with humour and respect.
Aug 17, 2018
Cultural appropriation sees two Robert Lepage productions cancelled
Two of Robert Lepage's shows were cancelled: SLAV, while in production in Montreal, and Kanata, a collaboration with Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil in Paris.
Jul 30, 2017
'Langston Hughes vs. Joe McCarthy' should be touring the country
Doreen Nicoll
The Hamilton Fringe production's exploration of art and symbolism in the McCarthy era resonates with our present political moment.
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