Playwright Alina Burke’s Black Trashbag Magic transforms queer adolescence into a haunting, emotionally charged stage experience.

Under the hot lights, Pollie does not arrive so much as she is presented: assembled in parts, exaggerated, impossible to ignore. The audience shifts as Issy Knowles turns, offering not just a body but a question: what, exactly, have you come here to see?

How five Canadian guys in their early 20s turned a scrappy idea into a buzzing film event that’s gaining real momentum

At SoHo Playhouse, What If They Ate the Baby—the Fringe First–winning clown comedy by Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland—turns 1950s housewife banter into a surreal, darkly funny exploration of McCarthyism, gender politics, and the unsettling power of physical storytelling.

We interview filmmaker Anthony Di Mieri about how he finished Love New York while simultaneously filming campaign videos for newly elected NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani, and how both projects reflect the city’s chaotic creative energy.

Writer Isabella Rykoff teamed up with Jojo Levey, Alt Citizen and Market Hotel to organize her first-ever concert in Brooklyn. What started as a dream turned into a heartfelt tribute to New York’s DIY and indie music scene — a story of friendship, ambition, and creative community.

Two authors—one fat, one thin—experienced radically different relationships with their bodies, yet found themselves dismissed by the same medical system.

All Things Go finally made its Toronto debut with Kacey Musgraves, Renee Rapp, Remi Wolf, and more. But despite the star-studded lineup, low turnout and venue fatigue revealed the city’s complicated relationship with large-scale music festivals.