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REVIEW: Shakespeare By Any Other Name at Dauntless City Theatre

Part history lesson, part joyful romp through Shakespeare’s works, the sixty-minute play in the heart of St. James’ Park attempts to return the playwright to the people.

By Jessica Watson / Aug 22, 2023

History Reimagined Onstage in The Royale

Historical fiction allows playwrights and audiences alike the freedom to imagine the struggles, sorrows, and victories of the people who came before us and to move beyond the constraint of fact.

By Bailey Green / Oct 18, 2018
iPhoto caption: Lynne Harper, left, and Steven Truscott, right

Telling the Story of the Murder Trial that Changed the Country

Fiction about a real-world tragedy risks sensationalizing the events that remain painful for a lot of people. But they also provide the opportunity to explore human behaviour, to directly address the impacts of violence and trauma.

By Maija Kappler / May 17, 2018

In Conversation: Hannah Moscovitch

"What do you do with desire in a marriage where you cannot fuck your husband without the consequences being disfigurement and death?"

Interview by Maija Kappler / Mar 19, 2018