This interview by Nathaniel Hanula-James with @minmilyjung.bsky.social is SO GOOD. Must read for theatre ppl, especially ppl in power.
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@intermissionmag.bsky.social
#TheaTO #CdnCult
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@intermissionmag.bsky.social
#TheaTO #CdnCult
December 5, 2024 at 7:49 PM
This interview by Nathaniel Hanula-James with @minmilyjung.bsky.social is SO GOOD. Must read for theatre ppl, especially ppl in power.
www.intermissionmagazine.ca/speaking-in-...
@intermissionmag.bsky.social
#TheaTO #CdnCult
www.intermissionmagazine.ca/speaking-in-...
@intermissionmag.bsky.social
#TheaTO #CdnCult
Saw it in Ottawa last weekend, just a superb production. It's an expensive show (a cast of 19!), but surely some #TheaTO companies can co-pro, & help StratFest & NAC bring it to #Toronto... #CdnCult
Great to see the NAC English Theatre selling out Salesman in China in the Babs Asper.
Excited to hear about the play’s next chapter(s) - lots of possibilities swirling around. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre...
Excited to hear about the play’s next chapter(s) - lots of possibilities swirling around. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre...
January 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Can't wait to get home, slip into something comfortable, & watch @chrislockefun.bsky.social 's new special: youtu.be/rXBHo63Iz0c?... #ComedyTO #CdnCult
Tiki Madness - Chris Locke (Full Special) #comedyspecial #standupcomedy #newstandupcomedy
YouTube video by Macaw Studios
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February 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Can't wait to get home, slip into something comfortable, & watch @chrislockefun.bsky.social 's new special: youtu.be/rXBHo63Iz0c?... #ComedyTO #CdnCult
I also loved MONKS! And many of these #TheaTO shows. BZ to all the artists and companies cited. #CdnCult
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Toronto Theatre Critics' Awards! MAHABHARATA and A STRANGE LOOP lead the way with three awards each — it was also a great year for Coal Mine.
Also — and I cannot stress this enough — I love Monks.
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Also — and I cannot stress this enough — I love Monks.
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre...
Mahabharata and A Strange Loop win big at the 2025 Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards
Both productions took home three awards each, with Strange Loop being named best production of a musical and Mahabharata won best production
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
@aislingmurph.bsky.social will be @theglobeandmail.com's 1st string theatre critic, starting 23 Jan '25. Liam Donovan will step into her vacated role as @intermissionmag.bsky.social's Senior Editor. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bab... #TheaTO #CdnCult
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December 18, 2024 at 5:40 PM
@aislingmurph.bsky.social will be @theglobeandmail.com's 1st string theatre critic, starting 23 Jan '25. Liam Donovan will step into her vacated role as @intermissionmag.bsky.social's Senior Editor. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bab... #TheaTO #CdnCult
#BZ 2b Theatre Company!! I'm very glad I caught RED LIKE FRUIT at its #TheaTO premiere in May/June at Soulpepper, as part of Luminato. #CdnCult
🎉 WINNER WINNER 🎉
We are delighted to have won TWO Scotsman Fringe First Awards! She's Behind You by Johnny McKnight & Red Like Fruit by Hannah Moscovitch scooped the awards this morning & we couldn't be more chuffed.
Join us in congratulating them on this huge achievement👏
We are delighted to have won TWO Scotsman Fringe First Awards! She's Behind You by Johnny McKnight & Red Like Fruit by Hannah Moscovitch scooped the awards this morning & we couldn't be more chuffed.
Join us in congratulating them on this huge achievement👏
August 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
March 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
In GOOD news today, CTCA's 2024 Nathan Cohen Awards were announced.
@joshuachong.bsky.social won for his review of THE LAST TIMBIT (rare for a pan!).
@dysfungtional.bsky.social won for her essay on #TheaTO 's "trauma addiction."
H. Sarfeld won Emerging Critic for her TK Fringe coverage. #CdnCult
@joshuachong.bsky.social won for his review of THE LAST TIMBIT (rare for a pan!).
@dysfungtional.bsky.social won for her essay on #TheaTO 's "trauma addiction."
H. Sarfeld won Emerging Critic for her TK Fringe coverage. #CdnCult
Announcing the 2024 Nathan Cohen Award winners | Intermission
The Canadian Theatre Critics Association has announced the winners of the 2024 Nathan Cohen Awards for Excellence in Critical Writing.
www.intermissionmagazine.ca
January 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In GOOD news today, CTCA's 2024 Nathan Cohen Awards were announced.
@joshuachong.bsky.social won for his review of THE LAST TIMBIT (rare for a pan!).
@dysfungtional.bsky.social won for her essay on #TheaTO 's "trauma addiction."
H. Sarfeld won Emerging Critic for her TK Fringe coverage. #CdnCult
@joshuachong.bsky.social won for his review of THE LAST TIMBIT (rare for a pan!).
@dysfungtional.bsky.social won for her essay on #TheaTO 's "trauma addiction."
H. Sarfeld won Emerging Critic for her TK Fringe coverage. #CdnCult
#TheaTO fans are surely over the moon at these latest cast announcements for the Crave TV adaptation of K.Sandler's play YAGA. #CdnCult
Heated Rivalry breakout Hudson Williams to star in Crave’s new Baba Yaga drama
Series is based on the hit play by Kat Sandler, which reimagines the Slavic myth of a child-eating witch
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Canada will never again replicate the success of @sankoffandhein.bsky.social's COME FROM AWAY, which this week marked its 1000th #Toronto show (joining THE LION KING, MAMMA MIA, & LES MIZ, as the only Cdn musical to do so) if our institutions keep axing our musical theatre programs. #CdnCult #TheaTO
St. Lawrence College spikes music theatre program owing to cuts
Program suspension follow as educational institutions struggle with federal caps on international student intake
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Canada will never again replicate the success of @sankoffandhein.bsky.social's COME FROM AWAY, which this week marked its 1000th #Toronto show (joining THE LION KING, MAMMA MIA, & LES MIZ, as the only Cdn musical to do so) if our institutions keep axing our musical theatre programs. #CdnCult #TheaTO
Gr8 profile of 4 #CdnCult shows at @edinburghfringe.bsky.social by @intermissionmag.bsky.social 's L. Donovan: @snieckus.bsky.social & @mattbaram.bsky.social 's BIG STUFF, A. Luján & V. Hortigüela's MONKS, S.E. Grummett & S. Kruger's THE CREEPY BOYS, & B. Farkas & S. Jean's SHE/THEY. #TheaTO
CBC Arts: At Edinburgh Fringe, comedians are Canada’s chief export
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At Edinburgh Fringe, comedians are Canada’s chief export | CBC Arts
With troublemaking monks and puppet nightmares, these duos head to the world's largest performing arts festival to prove good things come in pairs.
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August 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Gr8 profile of 4 #CdnCult shows at @edinburghfringe.bsky.social by @intermissionmag.bsky.social 's L. Donovan: @snieckus.bsky.social & @mattbaram.bsky.social 's BIG STUFF, A. Luján & V. Hortigüela's MONKS, S.E. Grummett & S. Kruger's THE CREEPY BOYS, & B. Farkas & S. Jean's SHE/THEY. #TheaTO
"Nightwood Theatre & Tapestry Opera are...open(ing) an arts hub in #Toronto, N. of Yonge & Bloor! It'll be an incubator for shows, workshops, events, etc. (We're) building a list of arts techs/crew etc., for calls & hires...we encourage folks of all genders & identities to sign up" #TheaTO #CdnCult
877 Yonge Street - Crew List
Nightwood Theatre & Tapestry Opera are working together to open an exciting new arts hub in the core of Toronto! Located just north of Yonge & Bloor, this new venue will be an incubator and home for n...
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February 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If you're a little hazy on your #CanCon Canuck Rock: @thetragicallyhip.bsky.social are indisputiably our #1 Most Canadian Band. But, depending on when you were born, the #2 title could go to 54-40, Sloan, or The Weakerthans. #CdnCult
March 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If you're a little hazy on your #CanCon Canuck Rock: @thetragicallyhip.bsky.social are indisputiably our #1 Most Canadian Band. But, depending on when you were born, the #2 title could go to 54-40, Sloan, or The Weakerthans. #CdnCult
FINALLY! @derrick-chua.bsky.social has started posting his #TheaTO weekly round-ups here on BSky! #CdnCult
Lots of Canadian cast TO theatre to see. Soulpepper Table for Two & Kim’s Convenience, Coal Mine People, Places & Things, ShakesBASHd Merchant of Venice, CanStage Fat Ham, Tarragon Wolf in Voice, TPM Blind Dates, Fly Me To The Moon at Red Sandcastle, Hypothetical Baby at Factory, YPT Darkest Dark…
February 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
FINALLY! @derrick-chua.bsky.social has started posting his #TheaTO weekly round-ups here on BSky! #CdnCult
Every time I see a 'leading creative thinker' try to sell this moment as Consume Canadian Culture my heart breaks a bit.
It's the most capitalist response to this surge in patriotism. With the zero critical thinking about the dark sides of patriotism. Or capitalism.
#CdnCult
It's the most capitalist response to this surge in patriotism. With the zero critical thinking about the dark sides of patriotism. Or capitalism.
#CdnCult
April 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Every time I see a 'leading creative thinker' try to sell this moment as Consume Canadian Culture my heart breaks a bit.
It's the most capitalist response to this surge in patriotism. With the zero critical thinking about the dark sides of patriotism. Or capitalism.
#CdnCult
It's the most capitalist response to this surge in patriotism. With the zero critical thinking about the dark sides of patriotism. Or capitalism.
#CdnCult
Former #Toronto busker and Gladstone Hotel karaoke mainstay set to finally publicly unveil on Broadway. #CdnCult
A mask-free Orville Peck is starring in 'Cabaret' on Broadway
Orville Peck Unmasks For 'Cabaret' On Broadway
The mask has always been a huge part of Orville Peck’s presentation and mystique. When Peck, a former indie rocker, debuted his queer country persona with his 2019 debut album Pony, he kept his face h...
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March 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A-lister announced for the US premiere of Hannah Moscovitch's SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES, which premiered Jan '20 @ Tarragon Theatre in #Toronto. (Our theatre is 1 of the few things Canadians should feel good about sharing with our southern neighbours at the moment.) #CdnCult #TheaTO
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes
April 28 – June 18, 2025 - Minetta Lane Theatre in New York
Written by Hannah Moscovitch, starring Ella Beatty & Hugh Jackman, directed by Ian Rickson
#AudibleTheater #TOGETHER #EllaBeatty #HughJackman #IanRickson
April 28 – June 18, 2025 - Minetta Lane Theatre in New York
Written by Hannah Moscovitch, starring Ella Beatty & Hugh Jackman, directed by Ian Rickson
#AudibleTheater #TOGETHER #EllaBeatty #HughJackman #IanRickson
March 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I was just thinking how I'd love to see a musical feat. #ComedyTO stalwarts w/ voices—ppl like Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Chris Wilson, Jackie Pirico, Chris Sandiford, Jordan Armstrong, etc., etc. (Also, who are none of these immensely funny #CdnCult talents not on Blue Sky yet??)
Now that Canada is all Canada-centric again, my very funny friends and I who have been honing our skills as comedians, writers, and actors for 20 years can finally make a really funny TV show right? 🇨🇦 Maybe some movies?
March 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Fascinating NYT profile of senior citizens still teching rock/live shows. "After 50 years in the industry, ["Gump"] Wheaton recently retired, at 69... But it’s a “loose” retirement; he retains his membership in IATSE, and still does local theater and corporate gigs in his native #Toronto." #CdnCult
These Roadies Help Stars Rock ’n’ Roll All Night. They’re in Their 70s. (Gift Article)
Some of the live music industry’s most respected and consistently working roadies, instrument techs and sound people have been on the job for half a century.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rare piece of good #TheaTO news: Coal Mine's "Co-Engineers" are launching the Vault Creation Lab, to put their recently purchased building to good use. Ted will run CM in the basement, Diana will run Vault upstairs, focused on workshopping new #CdnCult work: www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
A new theatre company is launching in Toronto — and it wants audiences to help develop the next great Canadian play
The Vault Creation Lab will operate as a sister company to the Coal Mine Theatre, focused on new play development.
www.thestar.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Rare piece of good #TheaTO news: Coal Mine's "Co-Engineers" are launching the Vault Creation Lab, to put their recently purchased building to good use. Ted will run CM in the basement, Diana will run Vault upstairs, focused on workshopping new #CdnCult work: www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
When U of Windsor shuttered their University Players in June '24, a FAQ page on the U's website started opened with: "No, the School of Dramatic Art (SoDA) is not closing." (www.uwindsor.ca/drama/699/un...) Now, SoDA has closed admissions: windsorite.ca/2025/01/uwin... #TheaTO #CdnCult
UWindsor Suspends Admissions To Bachelor Of Fine Arts Acting Program
The University of Windsor has suspended admissions to the School of Dramatic Art's Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting Program for the 2025/2026 academic year. The suspension follows the University Players,....
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January 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When U of Windsor shuttered their University Players in June '24, a FAQ page on the U's website started opened with: "No, the School of Dramatic Art (SoDA) is not closing." (www.uwindsor.ca/drama/699/un...) Now, SoDA has closed admissions: windsorite.ca/2025/01/uwin... #TheaTO #CdnCult
Brian Paisley, who founded the 1st Canadian Fringe Festival in Edmonton, & co-founded most of the Cdn Fringes (including @toronto-fringe.bsky.social), passed away in hospital in Mexico on July 2nd. His family has set up a page for remembrances & condolences: padlet.com/erinnepaisle... #CdnCult
Canadian theatre festival founder in Mexican ICU as family seeks help with costs
The family of a Canadian theatre producer who helped establish fringe festivals across the country is appealing for financial help as he recovers from pneumonia in a Mexican hospital.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 5, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Brian Paisley, who founded the 1st Canadian Fringe Festival in Edmonton, & co-founded most of the Cdn Fringes (including @toronto-fringe.bsky.social), passed away in hospital in Mexico on July 2nd. His family has set up a page for remembrances & condolences: padlet.com/erinnepaisle... #CdnCult
Drove from #Toronto to #Ottawa & back this past week, & flipping through radio stations on the road today, I heard 5 different 54-40 tunes on 5 different stations. Maybe there's a #CanCon renaissance due to resurgent nationalism? Whatever, I'm here for it. #CdnCult youtu.be/8g4yWsskl-g?...
54-40 - Baby Ran
YouTube video by Brian B
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March 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Drove from #Toronto to #Ottawa & back this past week, & flipping through radio stations on the road today, I heard 5 different 54-40 tunes on 5 different stations. Maybe there's a #CanCon renaissance due to resurgent nationalism? Whatever, I'm here for it. #CdnCult youtu.be/8g4yWsskl-g?...
Hey, @derrick-chua.bsky.social, when are you going to start posting your (essential) weekly #TheaTO round-ups of shows opening, closing, & continuing in #Toronto, here on BSky?? (Closing: CanStage's WINTER SOLSTICE, Talk Is Free Theatre's COCK, and FOR RESTING AND BREEDING.) #CdnCult
January 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Hey, @derrick-chua.bsky.social, when are you going to start posting your (essential) weekly #TheaTO round-ups of shows opening, closing, & continuing in #Toronto, here on BSky?? (Closing: CanStage's WINTER SOLSTICE, Talk Is Free Theatre's COCK, and FOR RESTING AND BREEDING.) #CdnCult
Dora-winning #CdnCult & #TheaTO designer Beth Kates is fighting a resurgent Stage 4 breast cancer, which she initially beat back in 2020. Aviva Armour-Ostroff has launched an IndieGoGo campaign to support Beth while she's unable to work. If you can contribute, please do; or share, if $ is tight.
Support for Beth
Beth needs our support so she can focus on battling cancer. | Check out 'Support for Beth' on Indiegogo.
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February 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM