“Style is to forget all styles.”
— Jules Renard
Watson has been working as a professional writer since 2020. She has written interviews for Intermission Magazine and CBC, and works with a number of Canadian screenwriters as a developmental editor on an ongoing basis.
Her work in published under the name “Jessica Watson.”
Pakistani-Canadian actor Ahad Raza Mir 'goes back to basics' with Brampton production of Hamlet
Ahad Raza Mir is a self-described nomad. The award-winning Pakistani-Canadian actor has built a robust career across provinces, continents, and disciplines. He’s starred in critically-acclaimed films and Urdu-language television series. Most recently, he’s entered the world of film and television production. Now, four years after his last theatre production, Mir is ready to return home, and in more ways than one.
To train, or not to train: exploring Stratford’s Birmingham Conservatory
It’s hard to find anyone living in Canada who hasn’t at least heard of the Stratford Festival. As the largest classical repertory theatre in North America, the internationally recognized festival offers more than a dozen shows every year across four venues. But incredible staged Shakespeare productions aren’t the only artistic opportunities the festival offers. For more than twenty years, artists across the country have looked to the Birmingham Conservatory, Stratford’s artist incubator, for opportunities to develop their craft and refine their classical technique. But despite more than two decades spent training early and mid-career artists, the conservatory remains under the radar of many theatre-makers and audience-members…