The Umbrella Academy’s Ken Hall has thrived during the pandemic. His toolkit can help us all.
I swear Toronto actor and comedian Ken Hall was built for this pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal for […]
“Yellow Bellies The Audio Drama” captivates – and inspires us to resist
‘Under Director Sukhpreet Sangha’s sure hand, “Yellow Bellies the Audio Drama” is vivid, engrossing and deeply thought-provoking.’ ~ Scott Sneddon reviews Theatre of the Beat’s “Yellow Bellies the Audio Drama”
40 years later, children can “Meet Terry Fox” anew, courtesy of Elizabeth MacLeod and Mike Deas’ new biography
Interview with Elizabeth MacLeod, author of “Meet Terry Fox”, a dynamic new Scholastic Canada Biography that seeks to inspire young readers with Fox’s story of courage and determination.
Everyone can draw comics. Kean Soo of TO Live’s The Arts Squad will show you how!
Scott Sneddon profiles cartoonist Kean Soo about his “series of warm, welcoming and deceptively simple cartooning lessons” on TO Live’s Arts Squad weekly digital series.
Smile . . . because “Every Place is the Same” says actor-podcaster Daniela Vlaskalic
Is every place really the same? Award-winning actor Daniela Vlaskalic makes it so on her witty and surprising podcast “Every Place Is the Same”
Binge-watching? Why you need to practise “mental distancing”
As we self-isolate, we should be grateful for this era of “apex television”. But despite the unprecedented diversity and quality of viewing content, our viewing experience is poorer. Why? Our lack of “mental distancing”.
Reflections on TO Sketchfest in the shadow of Coronavirus
Scott Sneddon ruminates on his experience of laughing through the fear of the advancing province-wide Coronavirus crackdown at T.O. Sketchfest 2020.
ARC’s OIL gushes with knockout performances and viscous ideas
“Skilled direction by Aviva Armour-Ostroff and Christopher Stanton, and knockout acting performances turn this already gripping story into something even weightier and more wondrous.” Scott Sneddon reviews ARC’s OIL
Off-Mirvish’s Us/Them needs to be experienced . . . and consider taking the kids.
“The show’s 60 fraught, freighted minutes are immersive and powerful. You can’t take your eyes off Parmentier and Van Houtven.” Scott Sneddon’s review of US/THEM, on stage at CAA Theatre till March 15
East Side Players’ “Disgraced” delivers 90 taut, thought-provoking minutes
The East Side Players…do this complex work justice, filling the intimate Papermill Theatre to bursting with ideas and emotions that are rooted in pointedly contemporary questions of identity and affiliation.” From Scott Sneddon’s review of DISGRACED
Vital and moving Secret Life of a Mother confounds, yet coheres
“…as an integrated experience, this is a masterwork: intense, devastating, surprisingly funny…” Scott Sneddon reviews Secret Life of a Mother
You’ll Totally Like the Second City’s latest show
Well, Scott Sneddon “really, really, really, really, really, really liked The Second City Totally Likes You” and now has the song stuck in his head. Thanks, Second City!