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Theatre review: The Sound Inside takes a gripping look at writing life's story

Kerry Sandomirsky and Jacob Leonard hand in strong performances in an enigmatic play full of literary allusions

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 18, 2024THE CULTCH, The Search Party

East Van Panto star Steffanie Davis makes the switch from heroine to villain in Robin Hood

Triple-threat performer’s role of bad-guy Tony the Pony is part of a career that’s taking off—and busting body-image stereotypes

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 15, 2024East Van Panto, Holiday 2024, THE CULTCH, Theatre Replacement, HOLIDAY TOP 3 2024

The Cultch presents Theatre Replacement's East Van Panto: Robin Hood, November 20 to January 5

In annual holiday show directed by Anita Rochon, Robin Hood must save East Van from the rich and powerful when all city parks are suddenly privatized

Urban Ink's fifth-annual TRANSFORM Festival spotlights Indigenous artists, November 6 to 9

Cabaret-style festival co-curated by Corey Payette and Heather Redfern features an electrifying fusion of theatre, music, drag, circus, and more

Tentacle Tribe’s Prism makes intricate play with perception

Colour, light, reflection, and hip-hop-influenced moves as Montreal troupe’s kaleidoscopic new piece hits The Cultch

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 16, 2024Tentacle Tribe, dance, Homepage feature, THE CULTCH, New Works

Margaret Grenier pays tribute to matriarchs in multimedia Raven Mother

The Dancers of Damelahamid’s most ambitious production to date explores the precious artistic legacy passed down by Elder Margaret Harris

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 2, 2024Dancers of Damelahamid, Margaret Grenier, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Homepage feature

Cliff Cardinal raises necessary dialogue on uncomfortable truths in As You Like It or The Land Acknowledgement

In his one-man show, the theatre artist of Cree and Lakota heritage addresses empty land acknowledgements with unapologetic conviction

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 24, 2024the Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Cliff Cardinal, indigenous, Shakespeare, Cree

Theatre review: Cirque Alfonse’s Barbu makes rowdy, undie-clad circus up-close-and-personal at The Cultch

Audience goes wild for an often surreal and literally cheeky performance of sideshow antics and gravity-defying stunts

THEATREJanet SmithJune 13, 2024Cirque Alfonse, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Summer 2024

Bare skin, beards, and beer kegs, as Cirque Alfonse brings Barbu to The Cultch

Antoine Carabinier Lépine and his troupe take wild inspiration from Quebec’s century-old circus sideshow traditions

THEATREJanet SmithJune 5, 2024Cirque Alfonse, Quebec, circus, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Homepage feature, Summer 2024

Frog choruses and short works tackle climate crisis at rEvolver Festival, running May 22 to June 2

Jami Reimer’s Soft tongues: a bioacoustic opera takes a sonic and video-enhanced trip to the Brazilian rainforest, while Neworld Theatre’s Earth Case Scenario presents short eco-works

Theatre review: Homecoming's intergenerational story of Filipinx women is at its strongest in the delicate details

Paper planes, food rituals, and more, in Urban Ink and The Cultch production that maps the connections and disconnections over decades

Homecoming follows three generations of Filipinx women on a magical cross-continent journey

The Cultch and Urban Ink present Kamila Sediego’s play that explores cultural identity and familial duty

Theatre review: Fat Joke's brutally honest comedy-talk is a fearless indictment of fatphobia

Theatre schools, the BMI, critics, and casting auditions: everything’s fair game in a show that flips easily between biting, big laughs and darker reflections