By the time Isak Dinesen ’s novella,  Babette’s Feast , was published in 1958, the author could clearly see that contemporary life is set up to maximize individual accomplishment as defined by professional and financial success. Her story takes us back in time to offer an alternative, back to a fictional small and rather impoverished fishing village of Berlevaag in northern Norway during the late 19th century, back to a highly relational society that promotes mutuality, care

It is a great pleasure to see Babette’s Feast come to life here in Canada — one of Danish author Karen Blixen’s most beloved stories, and one that continues to speak to audiences around the world. Though written more than seventy years ago, its message of generosity, openness, and shared humanity remains as relevant today as ever.

It is always an honour to get to be in the rehearsal room where the magic of a play coming together happens, to watch the characters take their first breath and the actors relax into the show.

I find that many of the characters within Babette’s Feast have to grapple with regret, and have to make decisions that one way or the other, they would regret.

When Babette arrives at the home of spinsters, Martine and Philippa, in the small remote fishing village of Berlevaag in Norway, she hands them a letter of introduction, then collapses with exhaustion at their feet.

As an artist, Isak Dinisen struggled with seeing beauty as a sign of God and fearing that it was a distraction from God. This struggle led her into a crisis of faith that she resolved through writing her acclaimed novella...

As a playwright, I put words on paper. As an actor, I embody words to bring them to life. As a storyteller, I collaborate with artists to...

During the past 6 months of Frankenstein A.I. development, I have been asked many times, “What inspired you to write it?”

“I first learned the Word of God when the Great Rabbi held me silently against his heart.”

I’m left with this understanding... what is true to the human condition: “We are beggars: this is true.”

Mercy, like the fluid and adaptable nature of water, flows to meet the needs of others with empathy, kindness, and compassion. 

I am not a beast! A haunting line by the hunchback himself in The Hunchback of Norte Dame, originally titled Notre-Dame-de-Paris, 1482.

Djali is Esmeralda’s goat in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and a delightful feature in the animated Disney version of this story. 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame was originally published in 1831 with the title Notre Dame de Paris. 1482, which is an important element...

Materialism denies the existence of supernatural or immaterial. But, for Lewis, the love of God is more real than our material world.

On stage in LWW, 9th Hour features snippets of iconic BBC radio broadcasts by Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain during WWII.

In the dimly lit theatre, as children of all ages (young and young at heart) excitedly take their seats, anticipating the return of Aslan...

...for good people need good rulers. And good rulers need good people. That perhaps... is the Deepest Magic of all.

In Narnia, the White Witch woos Edmund to her side with a promise to make him her Prince. But she also reveals the evil side of her nature.

September 1939, Operation Pied Piper evacuated 3 million children from London and other urban target areas vulnerable to aerial bombing.