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In partnership with Edmonton-based theatre company Common Ground Arts Society (CGAS), RISER Edmonton will support the development and production of four Edmonton-based shows each year, with participants receiving enough in-kind resources to help reduce their costs of production by one third, on average. Participants will also undergo a year-long mentorship and training program with a focus on developing producing skills.
Including Obsidian Theatre s 21 Black Futures project and How It Feels To Be Free by Staff on January 30th, 2021 at 7:00 AM 1 of 4 2 of 4
Here’s everything new coming to CBC Gem in February 2021, including a few highlights by our critics.
How It Feels To Be Free
Alicia Keys, Halle Berry, and Lena Waithe pay tribute to the Black women entertainers and activists who made way for them. Yoruba Richen’s documentary, produced by Canada’s YAP Films and executive produced by Keys, is a kaleidoscopic profile of icons Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson, and Pam Grier. The film adapts Ruth Feldstein’s novel
NOW Magazine
The Top 10 Toronto stage artists, shows or stories
From the legacy of Philip Akin to the hybrid efforts of Factory and Outside the March, here are some stage standouts in an otherwise bleak year By Glenn Sumi
Photo of Natalie Metcalfe by Samuel Engelking; photo of Natasha Mumba by Dahlia Katz
Philip Akin (left), Natalie Metcalfe, Baby Larry and Natasha Mumba made 2020 suck a little less.
This time of year I normally weigh in on the thriving theatre and comedy scenes in Toronto, choosing what I think are the top productions and artists from among hundreds of shows. But of course, the pandemic happened, and live theatre as we know it stopped. Still, there were two-and-a-half months of regular shows. And after lockdown, artists and companies turned on their ring lights, upgraded their microphones and made us rethink everything about this centuries-old art form.