Andrew Markowiak’s first play, Lemon, produced by Filament Incubator, occurs in a world where entrepreneurial spirit stands in for self-realization and everyone watches out for their own asses before anyone else’s. It’s Shark Tank as society’s organizing principle, long… Continue Reading
When presented with people who live in a vacuum, the prudent thing is to determine just how far their limited worldviews extend. In the case of the characters in Tracy Letts’ 1993 debut, Killer Joe — adapted for the screen… Continue Reading
Little Black Afro Theatre Company returns with a revised version of Carbon, originally performed at the 2014 Hamilton Fringe Festival. Carbon’s basic unit is the set piece. There are sixteen of them; each built around a different spoken word… Continue Reading
The 10/10/10 Project is an experiment in theatre that reimagines the creative process as a broken telephone. One artist makes something and hands it off to another, who makes something else in reaction to it, and so on until thirty… Continue Reading
The terrifying thing about watching a lot of TV is that most of the damage it causes is both delivered and received with a smile. Understanding this smile is the central concern in Like a Generation, the latest play from… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, July 15, writers, editors and publishers gathered at the Dora Keogh Irish Pub in downtown Toronto in order to celebrate the launch of Lexical.ca. They mingled — shaking hands and swapping conversation as well as business cards — and… Continue Reading