Fouad Eid is everything you might expect of a hair salon owner: polished, confident, expressive, charismatic and amicable. “I can gossip with you, I can be the listener, I can also be the safe,” Fouad says while mimicking the action of closing a zipper over his lips.
Theatre companies have struggled to get audiences to return as government pandemic-relief programs are tapering off and inflation has pushed up the cost for supplies, rent and talent
As Canadian theatres struggle with snowballing economic woes in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns, performing arts associations in two of the country’s largest provinces are asking governments to boost their support.
Theatre companies have struggled to get audiences to return as government pandemic-relief programs are tapering off and inflation has pushed up the cost for supplies, rent and talent.