Ellora Patnaik: The multifaceted artist and animal rights advocate takes the Shaw Festival stage in Why Not Theatre’s Mahabharata
“The production will be ‘visually stunning and a delight to the ear’.” Ellora Patnaik on Why Not Theatre’s MAHABHARATA
Inside “Anahita’s Republic”: Actor Sama Mousavi in conversation with SesayArts
“The story is about women’s life in Iran, the freedom they don’t have and their fight for change.” Interview with Sama Mousavi, ANAHITA’S REPUBLIC
Benjamin Lefebvre discusses his YA debut novel “In the Key of Dale” with a kindred spirit at SesayArts
“I wanted to write the novel I wish I’d been able to read when I was a teenager…” Interview with Canadian author and scholar Benjamin Lefebvre
The emotional journey of dance: Wen Wei Wang discusses Ballet Edmonton’s e-motion tour with SesayArts
“This work is a true expression of what we all lived together in that first year….It is like our diary.” Interview with Ballet Edmonton’s AD Wen Wei Wang
Inside the Howland Company’s PRODIGAL: Shauna Thompson in conversation with SesayArts
“The theme of forgiveness is what I find most intriguing about this piece.” Interview with Shauna Thompson about Howland Company’s PROGICAL
Shakura Dickson of Soulpepper’s “Billie, Sarah and Ella” in conversation with SesayArts
“Well, it’s always an honour and a challenge to play such an icon.” Interview with Shakura Dickson about Soulpepper’s “Billie, Sarah and Ella: Revolutionary Women of Jazz”
Renowned Canadian author Deborah Ellis talks “One More Mountain”, her new Breadwinner novel, with SesayArts
“A novel can be sort of like an historical document. I want us to remember what we do to other people, and that we have the ability to do better.” Interview with bestselling author Deborah Ellis
Toronto Irish Players navigates the dark waters of ‘The Seafarer’ with wit, humanity and grace
“McPherson has imbued each man with a distinctive personality, and the show’s all-male ensemble realizes each of them.” Review of Conor McPherson’s “The Seafarer” by Toronto Irish Players
Christine Friday discusses “Firewater Thunderbird Rising” with SesayArts
“I create dances about what I am experiencing in my life.” Interview with Christine Friday about “Firewater Thunderbird Rising”
David Mesiha unpacks the immersive and playful “Same Difference” with SesayArts
“I was keen to develop a piece that would allow audiences to experience the complexities and nuances inherent in these types of questions and not to be prescriptive or reductive about it.” Interview with David Mesiha about “Same Difference”