Tristan Claxton
Animal puppets lay bare the effects of climate catastrophe in Dimanche
How can theatre engage with a crisis as enormous as climate change? One answer: go miniature. That’s the approach Belgian theatre companies Chaliwaté and Focus take in their co-creation Dimanche, playing at Meridian Arts Centre on February 21 and 22.
REVIEW: Contact highs mix with rehab lows in Coal Mine’s People, Places and Things
Louise Lambert embodies the caustic, recoiling Emma with extraordinary physical and emotional stamina, hands thrust in her hoodie pockets as if they might contain keys to another, less excruciating world.
In the wake of her Governor General’s win, playwright Caleigh Crow is ready to take flight
“I still don’t know how to talk about it,” says Crow. “I read through some of the other recipients in my cohort, and also all the [winners and nominees] before me… It’s affirming to feel like I can stand with some very talented and impactful people.”
REVIEW: Tarragon’s The Wolf in the Voice abounds in care, howling, and Throat Coat
The Wolf in the Voice is an energetic yet intimate peek into the lives of singers and the instrument that exists within us all.

Khan starred in Canadian Stage’s recent High Park Hamlet. Now, Fernandes is leading Fat Ham, a contemporary adaptation set at a cookout.
In Rosanna Deerchild’s The Secret to Good Tea, laughter is a crucial part of the brew
“If you get two or three Indigenous people in the same room, somebody is going to start making jokes,” says Deerchild. “We have a lot of trauma, but we also have a lot of laughter and joy. In the Indigenous worldview, that balance is really important. When you become imbalanced, then that's when the wounds start.”
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