Maighdlin is a Vancouverite turned Torontonian who graduated the summer of 2015 from Randolph Academy as a singer, actor and dancer. She first came across the idea while watching The Wizard of Oz movie for the 50th time, when she was about 3 years old. She is the co-founder and co-artistic director of NonExistent Theatre, a new theatre company that challenges conventional casting and provides opportunities to emerging artists. while also attending the University of Toronto. Oh, and she ran into Bernadette Peters in a coffee shop once.
Century Song is a massive collaborative work, now gracing the Toronto stage
Nightwood Theatre‘s Century Song, a collaborative production with Volcano, Richard Jordan Productions UK, Moveable Beast Collective and Crow’s Theatre, is a one-woman multimedia piece that heavily features opera and projection design. With a distinctly non-narrative form, there is a huge amount of beautiful work to be found in its 50 minute runtime.
Toronto’s Nightwood Theatre explores the trials and tribulations of refugees seeking asylum
Nightwood Theatre‘s production of Refuge, now playing at the Tarragon Extraspace, takes on the topical issue of Canadian Immigration, both the system and the people it aims to serve. In a refreshingly raw production, it captures the deeply rooted hopes and fears of refugees and born Canadians in our collective struggle to find safety and a sense of home.
Alumnae Theatre presents Brad Walton’s new play, The Dialogues of Leopold and Loeb, in Toronto
The Dialogues of Leopold and Loeb, a new play by Brad Walton playing at Alumnae Theatre, follows the personal relationship between prodigies turned murderers Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. While the subject matter garners interest, the script and performances were stiff and the duration of the play was unnecessarily long.
Coal Mine Theatre’s Killer Joe, on stage in Toronto, has “humor and courage”
As soon as I entered the Coal Mine Theatre, I was immersed in the dirty, trailer park world of Killer Joe. The audience was packed in, a hairsbreadth away from the action, with discarded take out containers at our feet and plastic ceiling tiles overhead. Was it always comfortable? No, but we were forced to take a hard look at the grit and violence of a world that society would often prefer to ignore. The cast and crew did a good job of authentically creating that world, especially considering a few of the curve balls in the script.
Century Song is a massive collaborative work, now gracing the Toronto stage
Toronto’s Coal Mine Theatre presents a new play by Canadian playwright Michael Mackenzie
Toronto’s Nightwood Theatre explores the trials and tribulations of refugees seeking asylum
Alumnae Theatre presents Brad Walton’s new play, The Dialogues of Leopold and Loeb, in Toronto
Coal Mine Theatre’s Killer Joe, on stage in Toronto, has “humor and courage”