As part of the Warrior Festival—which per its website “celebrates the strength of artists who are reclaiming space, rewriting narratives, and advocating for justice from the stage to the street”—the Historic Theatre plays host to three shows. In No Apologies (March 10 to 14), the UK’s Emma Frankland mashes up grunge, pop culture, and alternate history. Here Here: Songs We Sing for Home, pairing eight local writers with a bespoke band of Vancouver musicians, is at the Historic Theatre March 17 to 21. In Joey Lespérance’s Michel(le) (March 24 to 28), Pi Theatre presents a deeply personal meditation on resilience and transformation. Closing out the festival, writer-director Cheyenne Scott’s Wolf Cull (April 1 to 11) is a thriller exploring the power of Indigenous women.
From the fertile mind of Lucy Prebble, who won an Emmy for her work on Succession, comes The Effect. In the Rumble Theatre and ITSAZOO coproduction (running October 15 to 25 at the Historic Theatre), two strangers meet while participating in a clinical drug trial and fall in love—or maybe it’s just the pills talking.
At the York from January 19 to 31, Toronto’s Crow’s Nest Theatre brings us Rogers V. Rogers, playwright Michael Healey’s tale of corporate greed and familial grudges based on the real-life battles between Canadian telecom tycoon Ted Rogers and his son Edward.
In addition, The Cultch has also announced that the previously postponed The Horse of Jenin, is coming to the York Theatre October 8 to 11.
