Page Turn

Photo by: Sunyeong Han

Page Turn

Performance dates:

September 2025 to July 2027

Show Info

Neworld Theatre and Karen Fricker, with partners including Festival TransAmériques, Intermission Magazine, Punctuate! Theatre, Stir Magazine, and the Toronto Fringe—supported by the Canada Council for the Arts—are proud to launch Page Turn, a paid professional development network for emerging performing arts critics across Canada.

In response to the drastic reduction in the amount of critical writing about Canadian theatre in recent decades, and the historic, systemic exclusions that have led the field of criticism to be dominated by white, male, university-educated voices, Page Turn launches a nationwide community of practice around equitable, sustainable theatre criticism.

From Sept 2025 to July 2027, ten participants will:

  • Join monthly online cohort meetings.
  • Publish reviews and features (with industry-standard payment).
  • Contribute to the Page Turn podcast.
  • Build skills in pitching, editing, networking, and arts writing.

 

Creative Team

  • Facilitators: Jose Solís & Nathaniel Hanula-James

  • Co-Directors: Karen Fricker & Chelsea Haberlin

  • Managers: Daniela Atiencia & Angelica Schwartz

  • Logo Design: Sunyeong Han

Introducing the first Page Turn cohort:

  • Angie Rico (Vancouver)

  • Melissa Avalos (Toronto)

  • Abi Akinlade (Toronto)

  • Megan Hunt (Montreal)

  • Louis Bryan (Fredericton)

  • Liuba González de Armas (Montreal)

  • Nirris Nagendrarajah (Toronto)

  • Reham Cojuangco (Vancouver)

  • Sania Hameed (Toronto)

  • Eve Beauchamp (Calgary)

Land Acknowledgement

Neworld is grateful to create our work on the unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.