The Decibel is looking for a couple of producers to join its award-winning team. Details: can241.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePorta…

I am concerned about Soulpepper - and while the excellent leadership there is being positive and forward-looking (as they should be), it's hard for me to look at this season and not see the gaps in the schedule.

Soulpepper rebuilds by bringing back old hits for its new audiences in 2024-2025 season theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-a…

Happy 'Five Major Theatre Shows Opening on the Same Day in Toronto' to all who celebrate, like J. Kelly Nestruck, who wrote this piece. theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-a…

TBH, I remember when I first discovered Luminato circa 2013 was moving their offices into the Artscape Youngplace building, it was a sign to me that something was off at Artscape. theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/arti…

Artist Dina Goldstein alleges she was cut from CICA Vancouver show after voicing support for Israel theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-a…

Apple was targeting the people who love the things they crushed. I'm going to use this ad in future criticism workshops to illustrate intention vs impact.

Canada’s National Arts Centre announces an overflowing season of theatre, dance and music for 2024-2025 theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-a…

To put Canadian box-office for homegrown films into context: even a true success story like BLACKBERRY ($1.08M) earns teeny-tiny fraction of revenue compared with Hollywood titles. BARBIE, for instance, made $64.8M in Canadian theatres alone.

Always wild for me to be reminded that the Stratford Festival brings in more than twice as much box-office revenue than the entire English-language film industry in Canada.

World War II did not end on May 8, 1945 - it ended in Europe that day. I don't want to be too nitpicky, but this is the shadow minister for Canadian Heritage!

For years on here I’ve been talking about how the fortunes of tech companies are built on destroying artists, and now @apple has an ad celebrating it.

“The focus is placed on treating the wounded – at the expense of mothers and babies.' Women and children were suffering the most from the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza - and that was before the closure of the Rafah Crossing. My report theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

Kat Sandler's Yaga getting its US premiere in San Fran in the fall at Marin Theatre.

I spoke to Rufus Wainwright about Opening Night’s shortened run. While he admits it “wasn’t perfect” he puts its failure down to anti-European bias in Britain after Brexit and a lack of “curiosity” from West End audiences theguardian.com/stage/article/…