Play weaves together scenes featuring an interracial couple modelled on playwrights Amy Lee Lavoie and Omari Newton with fanciful vignettes riffing on issues about race.
"We joke that we are bringing the Underground Comedy Railroad across Canada to cities and towns that don't normally have Black or ethnic comedians at all," says Daniel Woodrow.
Sarah Gadon is one of the most exciting actors of her generation. Her first stage play 'Yerma' tackles fertility, femininity and murder. It's on stage at the Coal Mine Theatre until March 5.
This play about the pressures on women to reproduce is difficult and discomfiting, and evidence Coal Mine's commitment to bold texts in bold productions will continue.
The show involves Asad Mecci hypnotizing people, who then perform with Mochrie. They "make extremely bold choices," the comedian says.
'It was always our intention to create a piece that would help wake people up to the epidemic that is intimate partner and gender-based violence ... the advocacy is extremely important to me'
Tom McCamus and Seana McKenna deliver emotionally affecting performances in Andrew Bovell's somewhat bloated family drama.
"Survivor" was made in 1986 response to Nelson Mandela's imprisonment, but it's a "universal statement about injustice."
The story about how two competing weather forecasts affected the D-Day invasion in the Second World War builds tension into the unscrolling of weather maps.
The stage veterans play a husband and wife in Andrew Bovell's story of family relationships in its Canadian debut.
Amanda Lin's debut play is delicious fun but also raises important questions about identity and representation.
As opening night for 'Yerma' approaches, Diana Bentley and Ted Dykstra couldn't be more grateful for the Coal Mine community's support for their new venue.
Shakeil Rollock, creator, director and choreographer of "Okay, you can stop now," says personal histories and the news cycle intersect in more ways than we might assume.
'Turn the dial to the maximum 15 revolutions per minute and it's all they can do to stop getting flung off'
Dennis Kelly's thoughtfully constructed solo play about an unspeakable tragedy dares you to not look away " if you can.
Camellia Koo's set is visually striking " tall diagonal wooden slats create a frame over the stage " and Leigh Ann Vardy's lighting helps shift location and mood in sometimes naturalistic an…
"Some Like It Hot" on Broadway does a spectacular job of it. "Funny Girl" not so much, despite the star presence of Lea Michele.
They graduated from the Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble Studio and now return to headline the spring season's key performances
'A global event like this, dedicated to Black artists offers encouragement. Just fight hard and put your work out there.'
Backstage manager denies alleged incidents involving fellow stagehand at Theatre Passe Muraille.
Despite an at-times unearned length, "Fifteen Dogs" is a must-see for its performances, including Tom Rooney at the top of his game as a lovelorn poodle.
The dance work, a collaboration with Canadian Stage, refers to the sea-snail shells that played a guiding role in the great migration over many centuries of Indigenous peoples.
This German play about a student who becomes a Christian zealot doesn't provide enough context for how he became so radicalized.
The TV star makes his Mirvish debut this month in "Pressure," a British play about the meteorologists who advised Eisenhower while planning D-Day in 1944.
Interactive video experience offers deep dives into the Bard's works, allowing the festival to engage with people across the country and beyond.