Mirvish Productions shows were not submitted for consideration for the awards for the first time ever after the producer withdrew from the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts earlier in the season
With two children under 5, my wife and I do not see nearly as much theatre together as we used to do, owing to the logistics and cost of arranging childcare
With important messages for policymakers and babymakers alike, the urgent performance is part political statement, part a cappella concert, and all cri de coeur about the frustrations of being a parent when nothing is affordable and nobody cares.
The must-see production touches on the all-too-familiar struggles of parents managing prohibitive costs and long waitlists, for childcare, stigmas of parental leave, and the plight of underpaid care workers