Canada is not the land of fairy tales. It is a land of opportunities, welcoming those who are daring and rebound from their suffering – people like Carmen Aguirre, a “revolutionary Cinderella,” whose dreams of…
View More After Agony of Rape, Playwright Finds CompassionThe death of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva, shot at the hands of police in Montreal North, inspired Fredy, a documentary play by Annabel Soutar about the 2008 shooting and the response from the local immigrant community.…
View More ‘Fredy’ Takes on Racism in Quebec
When a last minute e-mail alerted me to a change in curtain time for the opening night of Robert Lepage’s 887, I grabbed my iPhone and called a taxi. The immigrant cabbie who arrived spoke…
View More Robert Lepage’s 887 Transcends 1960s QuebecDepending on whom you ask, the actions of Louis Riel, and Dr. Norman Bethune, along with others who lived through difficult times, can be seen as verging on treasonous or justified. Add to that list…
View More Vancouver Play Highlights Canada’s Forgotten Martyr Mewa SinghWhile performer and playwright Natasha Martina was researching in a library in Dublin for a play, she came up with the idea to combine her family’s emigrant story and her creative partner Sue Mythen’s knowledge…
View More Tales of Immigrant Women in Canada
“Soulful.” “It’s just the truth, it’s one of my favourite plays.” “I look forward to seeing more from the writer and what he does in the future.” Those were just a few of the sentiments…
View More Challenging Stereotypical Portrayals of Black Men