SesayArts in Conversation with John Van Burek, director of The Sound of Cracking Bones
Watching The Sounds of Cracking Bones feels like holding your breath for 70 minutes. It’s gripping, relentless and chilling. One after […]
Theatre
Theatre
Why drama classes? So many reasons!
Through the use of stories, theatre allows us to explore different perspectives, encourage sharing and open communication, and identify options for change or action for an individual or a group of people. Theatre provides opportunities for personal transformation, in addition to the important artistic and aesthetic purposes it serves in our society. Drama education recognizes and engages the whole person — emotionally, intellectually, physically and socially. Thus, arts education is essential in the healthy development of young learners as they construct their personal identity, and their place in their community and world — not to mention their repertoire and understanding of arts and culture.
SesayArts in Conversation with Pierre Simpson: Les Zinspirés–”waiting in the wings is a wild ride about to burst forth in 3D!”
If you’re a French-speaking Ontario teen with some Molière in your soul, then directors Guy Mignault and Pierre Simpson want
SesayArts in Conversation with Jeff Miller: The Enduring Relevance of To Kill a Mockingbird (…plus some thoughts on the Fool!)
The Young People’s Theatre has a lot of nerve. The 49th season opener is To Kill a Mockingbird, Christopher Sergel‘s
SesayArts in Conversation: Josée Duranleau, Artiste Extraordinaire
Beware of the single story. If you know Josée Duranleau only as a Toronto-based bilingual arts publicist, then you don’t have
Actor Sunday Muse: More Than Just a Pretty Voice
In an interview with SesayArts, Canadian performer Sunday Muse discusses her prolific career as a stage and voice actor as well as her hilarious new web series Backseat with P and J–and offers sage advice to aspiring performers!
Actor Emilio Vieira dreaming it and doing it in two completely different Shakespeare worlds
If you’re a Toronto resident, nothing says summer like watching Shakespeare under the stars in High Park. Since last year,
Anusree Roy’s Sultans of the Street: No simple matter
When I requested an interview with Anusree Roy, I had imagined a specific process. I’d ask her some questions about her
A Suite Fit for a King
When he first began piano lessons as a child, could Noam Lemish ever have imagined that he’d one day play
SesayArts in Conversation: Andrew Burashko, Artistic Director, Art of Time Ensemble
In 1997, painter/filmmaker John Christie and poet/art critic and Booker Prize-winning novelist John Berger began a conversation about the nature