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theatre reporter + critic, @globeandmail
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thirteen years ago, i met @johngreenwritesbooks in an interaction that epitomized early youtube: earnest and parasocial.

it’s not lost on me that HOLLYWOOD, ENDING is about exactly that. fame – and how it informs the ways we connect with each other.

our interview is linked in my bio :) by @aisling.murph

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the most magical week! (and not just because everyone in this country says my name correctly!)

more words soon ☘️🗞️ taken in Ireland by @aisling.murph

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8 days ago

(sorry!!!! earnest post!!!!!)

this week marked ten years of living in canada. it is a sentimental milestone – immigrating permanently to this country was expensive, stressful and overwhelmingly worthwhile – but i have mostly spent the week thinking about (what else?) canadian theatre.

for the globe and mail, i wrote a list of the ten canadian plays and musicals that made me understand what it means to live here. that story is linked in my bio.

but for not-the-globe-and-mail: i love living here. i love the rideau canal and the banks of lake ontario in equal measure. i love the hockey rink where my first-year exams inexplicably took place. i love my canadian cats and my canadian husband. i love – gosh do i love! – canadian theatre.

this country is not perfect. but for the last ten years – and, i hope, for the next ten, and the next however many after that – it’s been home.

thanks for having me. ❤️🇨🇦 by @aisling.murph

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“anne had the golden summer of her life as far as freedom and frolic went. she walked, rowed, berried, and dreamed to her heart’s content.” ☀️👒🍹💐 by @aisling.murph

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2 months ago

sorry i missed your fringe show!!!!!!! #ooo taken in Bayfield, Ontario by @aisling.murph

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3 months ago

for the small price of a glass of sparkling rosé, i will reenact the dora awards recap i gave to @helloiamjared at midnight (it included an interpretive dance, an etsy witch and geese!)

best dates ever ever @salcurrie96 @aletheamb 💘💘 taken in Meridian Hall by @aisling.murph

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4 months ago

that’s a wrap on opening week at the stratford festival! 🥳

seven shows in six days (plus dora award coverage, an A1 feature, an interview with joel grey and a shaw review)! i’m tired! and survived the week mostly with banana nutella affogatos from the gelato shop across from the avon theatre!

my opening week reviews are online now: three critic’s picks (the musicals and midsummer), three recommended-ish-with-reservations (godot, salesman and tempest) and one misfire (hobbit).

see you in a few weeks stratty! see you tomorrow shaw! summer theatre season is upon us! ahhh!!!!

(last photo is of me and all my stratford reviews, for the record) taken in Stratford Festival by @aisling.murph

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4 months ago

Really loved getting to spend some time with @dre373 for this week’s Arts & Books cover story, a deep dive into André’s “Double-O” season, in which he’ll play Oberon and Othello at @stratfest. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream is terrific; Othello opens in a few weeks!)

And, of course, gorgeous photos by @duanecolephoto 🐐

Full story at the link in my bio 🗞️ taken in Stratford Festival by @aisling.murph

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5 months ago

critic’s pick for jared 🌟 taken in Stratford Festival by @aisling.murph

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Tragically Hip fans (especially @elamin) have been waiting for the day that theatre critic @aisling.murph falls in love with the band.

Who knew that a new Tragically Hip musical would be the thing to get her to notice the checkerboard floors?

Link in bio for a full 25 minute discussion of the Hip!

#tragicallyhip🇨🇦 #thetragicallyhip🇨🇦 by @aisling.murph

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I’m really excited to share this behind-the-scenes look at the making of IT’S A GOOD LIFE IF YOU DON’T WEAKEN, the gorgeous new musical featuring songs by the Tragically Hip. I followed the show for about a year, and in doing so I got to witness the highs, the lows and the cameo that nearly made me cry from just a few feet away. I can’t wait to see how the work keeps growing in Kingston and beyond.

Huge, enormous thanks to all who made this possible. Link to the story in my bio. 🎸 by @aisling.murph

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The Globe and Mail @globeandmail takes an eye-opening look at the creation of It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken with songs by The Tragically Hip and book by Ahmed Moneka & Jesse LaVercombe.

Globe theatre reporter and critic Aisling Murphy @aisling.murph followed the development of the musical, with all its highs and lows, behind the scenes.

Pick up a copy of today’s paper and read the full article on their site.

📷 Ali Momen & Talia Schlanger by @dahliakatz by @aisling.murph

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