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Now in its 10th year, Stageworthy is Canada’s theatre podcast, bringing you in-depth interviews with theatre artists, panel discussions, and more. Each week, host Phil Rickaby sits down with the people who make theatre happen: from household names to artists you should know. Whether you're an audience member, a theatre maker, or just plain curious about Canadian theatre, Stageworthy offers a front-row seat to the conversations shaping the industry. New episodes every Tuesday.

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  • Aug 13, 2019 · 53 min

    Dauntless City Theatre: All's Well That Ends Well

    Episode Notes After last summer’s NNNN Much Ado About Nothing, Dauntless City Theatre returns to Berczy Park to delight city audiences with All’s Well That Ends Well, starring Chanakya Mukherjee (The Men in White, Much Ado About Nothing) and Liz Der (Crave) as the unlikely lovers Bertram and Helena. Ranging over walks, hills, gardens, and the famous dog fountain, All’s Well is an intriguing societal and political comedy. One of Shakespeare’s “problem plays”, All’s Well tackles passionate desire, consent, trickery, and toxic masculinity. This play asks: how well do we really know the people in our lives? What are each of us capable in pursuit of our deepest desires? As our relationships deepen, the passions we discover can drive us apart as well as bond us together. Through a comedic lens, All’s Well asks us to sit in the discomfort and problematic spaces that open up. All’s Well builds on Dauntless’ legacy of queering, subverting, and transforming the Bard, featuring a cast reflective of the city of Toronto. Including live music, and costumes suggesting the sumptuousness of Renaissance Florence and The Court of The Sun King, All’s Well That Ends Well aims to be Shakespeare for people who think they hate Shakespeare. Follow the action through the full 90 minutes from space to space throughout the park, or enjoy a scene while walking a dog, out with kids, or on a lunch break. Join All’s Well That End’s Well for a play that will make you think, that will delight your senses, and that at the end will leave you cheering for all the right reasons. All’s Well That Ends Well Berzcy Park at Front St and Church St Pay What You Can Friday and Saturday 7:30pm Saturday and Sunday 1:00pm No performance Friday August 9th www.dauntlesscitytheatre.com Twitter: @DauntlessTO Instagram: dauntlessto Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dauntlessTO/

  • Aug 6, 2019 · 46 min

    Dylan Trowbridge

    Dylan is an award-winning actor, director, playwright and a founding member of Toronto's Theatrefront. He has performed with The Stratford And Shaw Festivals, Mirvish Productions and in London’s West End. Dylan considers...

  • Jul 30, 2019 · 44 min

    False Claims

    From the gut-busting pen of Eli Pasic and the producing/acting talents of Isaiah Kolundzic, comes this fast-paced, knockabout, zany comedic bauble! False Claims traces the despicable schemes of Dennis—a devious, layabout nephew who poses as his late...

  • Jul 23, 2019 · 32 min

    Brian Jansen

    Brian Jansen is an actor from Etobicoke, Ontario. Uniquely talented and hard working, he has been acting since he was 14 years old. A recent graduate of the Acting for Film & Television program at Niagara College. Brian is the director and one of...

  • Jul 16, 2019 · 45 min

    Laura Kyswaty

    Laura Kyswaty knew from the time she was six years old that she wanted to be a performer. As she grew up she explored her passion through theatre, dance and television.There's a confidence that comes with doing what you love, and loving what you do! ...

  • Jul 13, 2019 · 46 min

    Toronto Fringe Roundup II

    The Second of Two Fringe 2019 Roundup episodes. On each of the Saturdays of the Fringe, we gather a group of performers together to talk about their shows, their Fringe experience so far, and what shows they've loved, and more. Monica Ogden Monica...

  • Jul 9, 2019 · 40 min

    Sarah Joy Bennett & Ginette Mohr

    Sarah Joy Bennett Sarah Joy Bennett is an actor, writer and designer. She is a member of Keystone Theatre, which creates original works in the style of silent film, and with them has toured Canada with their shows The Last Man On Earth and Gold Fever....

  • Jul 6, 2019 · 51 min

    2019 Toronto Fringe Roundup I

    The First of Two Fringe 2019 Roundup episodes. On each of the Saturdays of the Fringe, we gather a group of performers together to talk about their shows, their Fringe experience so far, and what shows they've loved, and more. Kaho Koda Decaying...

  • Jul 2, 2019 · 54 min

    Michael Ross Albert

    Michael Ross Albert is the author of several plays including Miss (FringeNYC; Unit 102 Actors Company); The Farmers Lit the Fields on Fire (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); The Grass is Greenest at the Houston...

  • Jun 25, 2019 · 53 min

    Mark Brownell

    Mark Brownell is a Toronto-based playwright and co-artistic director of the Pea Green Theatre Group with his wife, Sue Miner. He is the author of a number of plays, including Monsieur D'Eon is a Woman, which was nominated for a Governor...

  • Jun 18, 2019 · 48 min

    Tita Collective

    The Tita Collective, an all Filipina collective of multidisciplinary artists in Toronto, will present Tita Jokes as part of the 2019 Toronto Fringe FestivalJuly 3 - 14 at the Tarragon Theatre. They sing, they...

  • Jun 11, 2019 · 39 min

    Kaho Koda and Sachi Lovatt

    Kaho Koda is a Japanese theatre creator located in Toronto. Her recent credits include Koki Mitani's University of Laughter (Translator & Director) and Shakespeare's Richard III (Lighting Designer). She is delighted to present...

  • Jun 4, 2019 · 41 min

    Jennifer Busuttil

    Jennifer is a writer, producer, and multi-disciplinary performing artist. Favourite performing credits include: "All of Me"(Theatre Insomnia), "Bitchcraft"(PureCarbon), and "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" (RCPA). As a writer, Jennifer has released...

  • May 28, 2019 · 42 min

    Bryn Kennedy and John Wamsley

    John Wamsley is a gay, Indigenous actor, dancer, and choreographer born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. Since graduating from the Theatre and Drama Studies program at Sheridan College and the University of Toronto, he has been fortunate enough to...

  • May 21, 2019 · 52 min

    Natalia Bushnik and Robin Luckwaldt

    Natalia Bushnik and Robin Luckwaldt are ​KAIROS Theatre who present their award-winning, touring show, 'The Bathtub Girls' (Critics' Choice - Hamilton Fringe, 2016; Official Selection - Twin Cities Horror Festival, USA, 2018) in Toronto, in the...

  • May 14, 2019 · 49 min

    Kiran Friesen

    Kiran Friesen is an actress and writer, known for Bruiser (2000), The Unusual Suspects (2012) and First Round Down (2016). Theatrically, she has enjoyed a number of strong Shakespearean roles such as Gertrude (Hamlet), Lady M (Macbeth), Desdemona...

  • May 7, 2019 · 39 min

    Judith Thompson

    Judith is a playwright, director, actor and professor of theatre at the University of Guelph, and the Artistic Director of RARE Theatre Company. She is the author of 15 published plays, many of which are performed all over the world. They...

  • Apr 30, 2019 · 1 hr 4 min

    Miriam Goldstein & Blythe Haynes

    Pregnancy Pact is a pop-rock musical which tells the story of a group of teens who make a pact to become single mothers together. The 15-year-old Maddie is devoted to her three best friends and they are to her. So, when Brynn gets pregnant, the...

  • Apr 16, 2019 · 38 min

    Ted Dykstra

    Ted has acted, directed, written and/or composed for every major theatre in Canada and around the world, including such great cities as New York, London and Tokyo. He is a proud graduate of The National Theatre School Of Canada, and a founding member...