Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Siminovitch Prize
The Siminovitch Prize, Canada’s most valuable theatre award, today announced a shortlist of four exceptional mid-career artists who are expanding the possibilities of the art form. Selected by a...
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Funding announcement: Siminovitch Prize receives a $25,000 increase!
At a critical time for Canada, in the face of remarkable disruption and opportunity, an increased investment is being made in theatre artists who shape the stories of who...
Emerging Perspectives: Mayumi Ide-Bergeron
Lately, Mayumi Ide-Bergeron has been thinking a lot about Tinkerbell. She’s assisting props designer Karine Cusson on a new production of Peter Pan the Musical, and they’ve been assigned...
Emerging Perspectives: Hina Nishioka
Hina Nishioka is a long way from the Pacific Ocean. As an aspiring ballet dancer in Japan; a student the University of Victoria where she turned to theatre after...
Emerging Perspectives: Lane Shordee
Expanding the Boundaries of Theatre and Art Marking Lane Shordee is a Calgary-based artist working at the crossroads of theatre, public art, and sustainability. His work challenges traditional ideas...
Emerging Perspectives: Dasha Plett
Breaking Theatre to Rebuild It: A Conversation with Dasha Plett Dasha Plett, a sound designer, composer, and co-founder of We Quit Theatre, is reshaping the boundaries of theatrical performance....
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