Review: BIG STUFF at Great Canadian Theatre Company
by Courtney Castelino - Nov 29, 2025
Big Stuff blends humour and poignancy, inviting audience members to share personal anecdotes about their “stuff”. The production transforms the theatre into a communal space, where memory and meaning take centre stage and no two performances are ever the same.
The Writers Lab Canada Returns Next Year
by Stephi Wild - Jul 2, 2025
The Writers Lab Canada will return for a second time January 2026. Building on the success of its inaugural edition, TWL Canada continues its mission to support Canadian women and nonbinary film and TV writers aged 40 and above.
Nominations Announced For The 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Awards
by Joshua Wright - May 28, 2025
The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) has announced nominations for the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D’Andrea Foundation. The Awards will be presented on Monday, June 30 at Toronto’s Meridian Hall.
Review: BIG STUFF at Streetcar Crowsnest
by Ilana Lucas - Nov 17, 2024
Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus, a Second City comedy duo who are also married in real life, present a funny and meaningful meditation about what our things mean to us in BIG STUFF, using anecdotes and gentle audience participation to commune over the items we just can’t bring ourselves to toss.
RATINGS: ZOMBIES 2 Delivers 1.9 Million Kids and Nearly 5 Million Total Viewers for Disney Channel
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Mar 2, 2020
Another howling success for kids, tweens and families was delivered by the premiere telecast of the Disney Channel Original Movie 'ZOMBIES 2' (Friday, Feb. 14, 8:00 p.m.), which according to Nielsen's Live+7 data is the #1 cable telecast of 2020 to-date (excluding sports/news programming) with nearly 5 million Total Viewers 2+. It was watched by 1.9 million Kids 6-11 viewers (12.56 rating), 1.4 million Girls 6-11 (18.43 rating), 1.6 million Tweens 9-14 (9.98 rating), 1.1 million Girls 9-14 and 4.9 million Total Viewers - higher ratings than its Feb. 2018 predecessor, 'ZOMBIES.' The sequel posted cable television's highest ratings among all Kid and Girl demographics since Disney Channel's premiere of 'Descendants 3' in Aug. 2019. Replays of the movie are strong performers on Disney Channel linear, Video On Demand and DisneyNOW and it ranks in the Top 5 TV Chart on Apple iTunes.
Second City to Present BARAM AND SNIECKUS: THE BEST...SO FAR!
by Ashlee Latimer - Oct 14, 2016
Award Winning and real life married Comedy Couple Matt Baram (Suicide Squad, The Second City's Guide to the Symphony) & Naomi Snieckus (Mr. D) have more to say and are offering a ONE NIGHT ONLY performance of what they consider their best material… so far. It's a show they aptly call - wait for it… "Baram and Snieckus: The Best… So Far!"