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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Music

Watch: Inuk singer Elisapie performs at the pc28郊利Star office

Sep 30, 2024
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Music

‘Artists are taking control of their stories’: Indigenous musicians reflect on the state of reconciliation

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Tia Wood,�Susan Aglukark and others have shared a songs to mark the National Day Of Truth and Reconciliation.�

Oct 2, 2024
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Stage

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‘If you connect to the work onstage, you feel it in your being’: Four Indigenous artists discuss truth, trauma and art

Mar 4, 2025
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Television

How TV can be a tool of truth and reconciliation: It’s not easy but ‘it’s important our stories are heard and people see them’

Sep 30, 2024
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Truth and Reconciliation

Opinion

When I heard my Indigenous language on the radio, it felt like home. I have been trying to learn it, too. Here’s what got in the way

Oct 1, 2024
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Truth and Reconciliation

Opinion

‘Canada has fully invested in punishment’: How we can change a system that puts too many Indigenous people in jail

Nov 26, 2024
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Critic's Notebook

These shows won big at the 2025 pc28郊利Theatre Critics’ Awards

The epic, two-part play "Mahabharata" and the musical "A Strange Loop" topped a crowded field at the 2025 pc28郊利Theatre Critics' Awards.�

May 14, 2025
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The house is crumbling �� and so is the family in the promising new play ‘The Roof Is Leaking’

May 9, 2025
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Singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine makes her Broadway debut, coming at a ‘perfect time’

May 6, 2025
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This Tchaikovsky opera of gale-force emotionality gets an exceptional cast and conductor in its Canadian Opera Company revival

May 9, 2025
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Critic's Notebook

Luigi Mangione, the suspected health-care CEO assassin turned folk hero, is the subject of a new musical. Is that depraved or potentially brilliant?

May 13, 2025
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Books

Weyni Mengesha, d’bi.young anitafrika among Metcalf performing arts prize winners

May 5, 2025
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Stage

Theater producer Jeffrey Seller, behind ‘Rent’ and ‘Hamilton,’ shines a light on his own journey

May 5, 2025
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Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Ovo’ marks an impressive, eye-popping return to form for the Canadian company

11 hrs ago
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'A Strange Loop' is the greatest American musical of the decade. But does it translate for Canadian audiences at Soulpepper?

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‘A Strange Loop’ is the greatest American musical of the decade. But does it translate for Canadian audiences at Soulpepper?

11 hrs ago
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Theatre

Shaw Festival 2025: What shows to see ��and skip �� this season

This 91-year-old musical demands to be staged with freewheeling abandon �� and the Shaw Festival has embraced its glitz and glam

‘The Lion King’ is concluding its run in Toronto, but there’s still time to catch the beloved musical this summer

This century-old farce at the Shaw Festival could be the laugh we all need these days but doesn’t fully cash in on its comedy

The Shaw Festival says this is its last ‘Narnia’ play. After seeing ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,’ that’s a good thing

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Watch: Inuk singer Elisapie performs at the pc28郊利Star office

‘Artists are taking control of their stories’: Indigenous musicians reflect on the state of reconciliation

‘If you connect to the work onstage, you feel it in your being’: Four Indigenous artists discuss truth, trauma and art

How TV can be a tool of truth and reconciliation: It’s not easy but ‘it’s important our stories are heard and people see them’

When I heard my Indigenous language on the radio, it felt like home. I have been trying to learn it, too. Here’s what got in the way

‘Canada has fully invested in punishment’: How we can change a system that puts too many Indigenous people in jail

More Stage

These shows won big at the 2025 pc28郊利Theatre Critics’ Awards

The house is crumbling �� and so is the family in the promising new play ‘The Roof Is Leaking’

Singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine makes her Broadway debut, coming at a ‘perfect time’

This Tchaikovsky opera of gale-force emotionality gets an exceptional cast and conductor in its Canadian Opera Company revival

Luigi Mangione, the suspected health-care CEO assassin turned folk hero, is the subject of a new musical. Is that depraved or potentially brilliant?

Weyni Mengesha, d’bi.young anitafrika among Metcalf performing arts prize winners

Theater producer Jeffrey Seller, behind ‘Rent’ and ‘Hamilton,’ shines a light on his own journey

Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Ovo’ marks an impressive, eye-popping return to form for the Canadian company

‘A Strange Loop’ is the greatest American musical of the decade. But does it translate for Canadian audiences at Soulpepper?