Sonoyo Nishikawa Wins The 2024 Siminovitch Prize
Montreal-based lighting designer Sonoyo Nishikawa, acclaimed for her transformative and evocative lighting designs, is this year's winner of Canada's most valuable theatre award. Since 2001, the Siminovitch Prize has celebrated groundbreaking theatre artists whose work has strengthened the Canadian theatre landscape and advanced the art form.
2024 Siminovitch Prize Finalists Unveiled
The Siminovitch Prize, Canada’s most valuable theatre award, shines a spotlight on groundbreaking mid-career artists who are having a transformative impact on the art form. Learn more about the finalists!
Finalists Reveals For The Siminovitch Prize 2023
The Siminovitch Prize, Canada's foremost theatre distinction, honours the groundbreaking theatre artists advancing the art form with influential work having a profound, transformative impact on the Canadian theatre landscape. Learn more about this year's finalists here!
Native Earth Announces 2022/23 Season
Native Earth Performing Arts has announced its 40th anniversary season, featuring a remarkable lineup of Indigenous dancers, playwrights, and emerging artists from across Turtle Island.
Banff Centre Celebrates National Indigenous Peoples' Day
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is celebrating National Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2022 with a specially curated group of performances, workshops, and a virtual marketplace. On Tuesday, June 21, Banff Centre will be hosting digital and in-person events honouring Indigenous Peoples' culture and heritage, while reflecting on the history and appreciating the rich and unique arts and culture of Treaty 7.
Urban Ink Presents STORIES THAT TRANSFORM US
Stories That Transform Us is a celebratory 90-minute documentary film created to mark Urban Ink's 20th anniversary, but it is so much more than a retrospective; it is a reimagining.
BWW Review: Shakespeare Takes His Show On the Road at Theatre Calgary
This year, instead of performing in one location, Theatre Calgary is taking their show across the city with the aptly named: 'Shakespeare on the Go'. Throughout the month of August, a rotating cast of three actors are set to perform in various locations, including The Public Library, Heritage Park, and Lougheed House.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra to Present MESSIAH/COMPLEX
Premiering this December, the multi-award-winning innovative team at Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) is proud to present a bold interpretation of Handel's Messiah, accompanied by and in partnership with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO), and co-directed by Joel Ivany, the Founding Artistic Director of AtG, Reneltta Arluk, Director of Indigenous Arts at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Messiah/Complex will premiere online on December 13, 2020 on AtG TV.