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iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: Wights sizzles with ambition at Crow’s Theatre

While the play’s genre-straddling form feels slightly too ambitious for its concept, this sheer ambition is exciting, challenging audiences to think, while warning us that we can only go so far with words.

By Ilana Lucas

Announcing the winners of the 2024 Nathan Cohen Awards

The Canadian Theatre Critics Association has announced the winners of the 2024 Nathan Cohen Awards for Excellence in Critical Writing, including two writers from Intermission.

By Liam Donovan
Production photo from Why it's (im)Possible, coming ot GCTC. iPhoto caption: Photo by Randy deKleine-Stimpson.

GCTC solo show traces the complex journey of parenting a trans child

“At the end of the day, the play is trying to show the messiness of parenthood, that it's not about perfection,” says Why It’s imPossible playwright Sophia Fabiilli ahead of the show’s run at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa. “It's about finding where the discomfort is.”

By Mira Miller
Production photo of Last Landscape at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. iPhoto caption: Photo by Fran Chudnoff.

REVIEW: Bad New Days’ Last Landscape unearths raw feelings about the natural world

Last Landscape uses physical theatre, puppetry, and found objects to erode the boundaries between art and nature, human and environment.

By Ferron Delcy
wights iPhoto caption: Liz Appel headshot courtesy of Liz Appel.

Five questions with Wights playwright Liz Appel

Intermission spoke with Appel over email for a brief Q&A about Wights, now playing at Crow’s Theatre until February 9.

By Aisling Murphy
Production photo from Heist at the Grand Theatre. iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

High-octane crime caper makes Ontario premiere at London’s Grand Theatre

This January, the Grand is diving into the world of diamonds, deals, and deceit with Arun Lakra’s Ocean’s Eleven-inspired Heist.

By Liam Donovan