

Immersion & Interaction at Pop-Up Installations
- Festival
- Kick & Push Festival
- Review
Metamorphosing Spaces into Stories Today, clothing only lasts as long as the trend does, meaning it gets worn once, and then tossed into landfills. This normalization of fast-fashion is making modern day sustainability more important than ever. Fiber Artist Leisa Rich stitches together pieces of felt, sequins, glittery mesh, wigs, feathers, and even reusable Metro bags to create colorful, immersive, and diverse art experiences while keeping sustainability in mind. Rich’s […]
Performances


Mary Poppins

TK Fringe

Bittergirl: The Musical

Stag and Doe
News & Reviews

“The Best Plays Ask Questions”: Janet Kish on Playwriting
- Artist
- Interview
- Kick & Push Festival
- News
- Pub Shed Productions
- TK Fringe
Janet Kish has worn many hats in Canadian theatre, including playwright, director, and educator. She spent years teaching high school drama, and her impact has echoed far beyond the classroom. Many of her former students have gone on to build careers in the arts, with Kish cheering them on. This year, one of her plays is being staged at the Baby Grand theatre as part of the upcoming TK Fringe […]

An Actor’s Train of Thought: Behind the Scenes of Providence
- Artist
- Kick & Push Festival
- News
Presenting a play outdoors on a piece of history during the summer is not your typical show, and it certainly does not come with your typical rehearsal process. This year, The Kick & Push Festival is presenting Eye of the Dawn Collective’s production of Providence by Craig Walker; a production which I have been fortunate enough to take a part in. It celebrates the 150th anniversary of the opening the […]

A Skirmish of Wits Makes a Visit to Kingston
- Festival
- Kick & Push Festival
- Review
- St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival
When I first arrived in Kingston in 2021, there was a severe lack of Shakespeare in the city, but over the past few years it has been refreshing to see numerous community and student groups bring some of his plays to life. The Domino Theatre with As You Like It, Two Rabbits One Hat with Macbeth, and Blue Canoe with Twelfth Night, to name a few. It is evident that […]

Still Kicking, Still Pushing: Local Theatre Festival Launches its 11th Year
- Festival
- Kick & Push Festival
- Review
If there’s one thing to learn from attending theatre events, it is that live theatre is unpredictable and that’s just part of its charm. The Kick & Push Festival kicked off its 11th year with a launch event at the amphitheater by Springer Market Square. Fittingly, the opening event reflected both the spirit and the name of the festival. (A quick history lesson: “Kick and Push” comes from a nickname […]
Interviews

“The Best Plays Ask Questions”: Janet Kish on Playwriting
- Artist
- Interview
- Kick & Push Festival
- News
- Pub Shed Productions
- TK Fringe
Janet Kish has worn many hats in Canadian theatre, including playwright, director, and educator. She spent years teaching high school drama, and her impact has echoed far beyond the classroom. Many of her former students have gone on to build careers in the arts, with Kish cheering them on. This year, one of her plays is being staged at the Baby Grand theatre as part of the upcoming TK Fringe […]

A Labour of Love: Andrea Superstein on Art and Motherhood
- Interview
- Kick & Push Festival
- TK Fringe
After first visiting Kingston on a grade five field trip, vocalist and 2025 JUNO nominee Andrea Superstein is returning, this time as a performer. She’s eager to be a part of a thriving theatre scene infused with energy and magic that happens over just ten days. As a part of the TK Fringe Festival, Superstein will perform Oh Mother F#@%*!, a show that explores the vulnerable highs and lows of […]

From the Classroom to the Stage: How Two Sisters Wrote a Play
- Interview
- Kick & Push Festival
- TK Fringe
There is something beautiful and a little magical about a family that creates together. The Socrates Sisters, Stephanie Rehm and Eleanor Daly, are writers, producers, and musical composers of a new play Detention, which will be premiering at the TK Fringe Festival this summer. For the longtime educators and first-time playwrights, the journey to this year’s Fringe Festival has been a full-on family affair. “We’re not a big troupe—it’s me, […]

‘Madness Lies’ Reconsiders Wild and Whirling Words
- Festival
- Interview
- TK Fringe
For me, one of the main draws to theatre is how we frequently come back to the same stories over and over again. Whether that be through a new production of an old script, or reimagining the same story anew, the past is always on stage to comment on the present. Chloë Whitehorn is one of Kington’s more prolific playwrights, and for this year’s Kingston Fringe Festival she is producing […]