Reem Taha
Contributions
Making sense of Beckett
As I was exiting the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse after watching The Beckett Shorts, I heard someone say, “What was that supposed to mean?”...
How to bring a nation to its knees
The Victoria College Drama Society premiered its production of Assassins at the Isabel Bader Theatre last Thursday. The musical is based on a book...
Leaping into absurdity
What motivates us to continue living? How do we find our purpose in a relentless world? These are the questions I found myself grappling...
U of T Drama Fest celebrates 25 years
Hailey Mason
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the U of T Drama Festival. From February 9 to 11, Hart House Theatre and the...
Surviving with fiction
“One must need fiction… Fiction is a place for the emergence of certain facts.”
Thus, Walid Raad concluded his talk, “How Can Fiction Replace Reality?”...
Female-focused Hamlet offers unique, dualistic perspective
As part of Theatre Erindale’s Studio Series, members of the Theatre and Drama Studies program premiered Hamlet in Deerfield Hall on February 2. The...
Life & Times of Michael K (J.M. Coatzee)
Probably the most interesting aspect of J.M. Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K is the incredibly-rich inner life of the novel’s protagonist, Michael...
Writing & Photo Contest 2017 Winner — Landscape
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This was an entry in the 2017 Writing & Photo Contest.
VCDS navigates grief and the afterlife
Afterlife: A Ghost Story is a tale of irreconcilable grief. The Victoria College Drama Society performed their adaptation of Steve Yockey’s 2013 novel last...
Peeling labels and shattering illusions
The Trinity College Dramatic Society premiered Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? last Thursday. Written by Edward Albee in 1962, the play is an absurd,...
English department seeks new professor
The Department of English and Drama has invited three potential candidates to be considered for the position of professor, specializing in Twentieth and Twenty-First...