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September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 ross

Shaw Festival’s “Wait Until Dark” Grips Tight on the Knife’s Edge of Darkness

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 ross

Shaw Festival Slays with the Miraculously Fun “Murder-on-the-Lake”

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 ross

The TIFF50 Films I Wanna See – Part Two of Two

September 2, 2025September 2, 2025 ross

TIFF50’s Festival Street turns 10!

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 ross

Stratford Festival’s “Ransacking Troy” – A Magnificent Modern and Ancient Homeric Retelling from the Female Perspective

August 30, 2025August 30, 2025 ross

SHAW FESTIVAL REVEALS PLAYBILL FOR 2026

August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 ross

With Their “Dangerous Liaisons”, Stratford Draws Blood But Misses the Tonal Heart

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 ross

Stratford Festival Powerfully Unpacks “The Art of War” and all its Haunting Complications

August 25, 2025August 25, 2025 ross

Here For Now Theatre’s “Apples In Winter” is Baked to Perfection

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 ross

The Shaw Festival’s Four-Play Wonderland: A Heart-Pounding, Mind-Expanding August Adventure

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