Jordan Tannahill
Akram Khan's Xenos is a powerful achievement by an artist at the top of his game
The UK-based dancer/choreographer's ode to Indian soldiers fighting for Britain in the First World War features riveting dance and a near-perfect blend of sensory elements Read more
Alejandro Santiago
Declarations beautifully charts the flow of human memory
Jordan Tannahill's experimental show articulates why we shouldn’t take life’s uneventful moments for granted Read more
Jordan Tannahill tries to express the inexpressible in Declarations
Inspired by his mother's terminal cancer diagnosis, the writer/director offers up a deconstructed autobiography and celebration of living in the moment Read more
18 stage artists to watch in the first half of 2018
From an iconic comic actor and a film/TV legend both tackling Shakespeare to a writer reclaiming the Black maid character in To Kill A Mockingbird, here are the people who will be heating up theatres this season Read more
Vu Quang Van
10 books to be excited about in 2018
New books by Zadie Smith, Pussy Riot's Nadia Tolokonnikova, Kim Thúy, Uzodinma Iweala, Sheila Heti and Michael Ondaatje are on the horizon Read more
10 artists to watch at SummerWorks 2017
There's always lots of first-rate talent at SummerWorks, Canada's largest curated performance fest. Here are some people who should definitely be on your radar. Read more
Playwrights Canada's slew of homegrown plays make for great gifts
After a play's run ends, the published script can reach those who either missed the show or want to relive the experience. Here are some recently published Canadian plays that would make great gifts for the theatre lover on your list. Read more
>>> Review: Concord Floral is in full bloom
Jordan Tannahill's show about suburban teens' lives shows off talented ensemble Read more
Theatre kudos
Finalists announced for the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre and the Governor General’s Literary Award in English drama Read more
>>> Review: Marienbad’s Tannahill and House push their bodies to the limit
Performers find human connection in both intense movement and repose Read more
Toronto theatre critics choose the best shows of 2015-16 season
Butcher, Chasse-Galerie and Kinky Boots walk home with lots of critical love Read more
Review: Botticelli In The Fire/Sunday In Sodom updates history with mixed results
Jordan Tanahill's ambitious double bill deals with art, sex and war in imaginative ways Read more
Preview: Botticelli in the Fire/Sunday in Sodom
Double the fun: Actor bites into two plays that riff on queerness, Renaissance art, the Bible and sensuality Read more
Dahlia Katz
>>> Review: Late Company
A dinner party that aims to heal wounds only exacerbates two families’ pain Read more
Photo credit: Andy Nichols
Preview: The November Ticket
Indie troupes collaborate on a triple bill that looks at ideas of responsibility and justice Read more
Review: All Our Happy Days Are Stupid
Sheila Heti’s play about two vacationing families suggests that mother doesn’t always know best Read more
Michael Watier
Cover story: Winter Stage Preview: Jordan Tannahill
He's won every major theatre award in the country, runs an alternative arts space and is politically engaged. What will T.O.'s stage wunderkind do next? Read more