For top cultural jobs, Canadians need not applyMany of Canada’s biggest arts institutions are now run by foreigners. Is that so bad?
Scotland’s kings get the Shakespeare treatmentRona Munro’s James cycle of plays explores Scottish history with wit and drama at Toronto’s Luminato Festival
The flying freak flags of David Byrne’s Contemporary ColorWith famous artists in tow, did the iconoclastic Byrne succeed in introducing colour guard to the urban masses at Toronto’s Luminato Festival?
Two friends’ A.V.-club ode to loners and lost soulsUsing projections and finger-plucked folk songs, Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows’s project is a tribute to childhood and friendship
Calvin Trillin and Adam Gopnik on Canadian comestiblesThe two writers talked bagels, smoked meat and ice wine while delighting a crowd of food lovers
Live cinema, epic theatreExercises in exhilaration, from a warehouse happening to Robert Lepage’s nine-hour ’Lipsynch’,
Trekking through a bold new operaIn ’The Children’s Crusade,’ the audience will take its own voyage in a desolate landscape