Echo of Everything

Writer David Hare explores the reality of the wall separating Israel and Palestine.

A swirling animated trip through hockey's erotic behind-the-scenes world. Cam Christiansen uses his signature stylized animation, developed through motion capture and video mapping, to create a vibrant and bold musical sketch.

A tennis court confrontation with the young kids of a wealthy Calgary suburb forces a father and son to look inward.

Puccini's famous aria from the opera Tosca, Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore ("I lived for art, I lived for love") provides a fitting summation of playwright John Murrell's life and work. Since the age of 13 Murrell has peopled his life with the creations of his own imaginings. "In opera and in Shakespeare, in locations that were both natural and supernatural, I have escaped the limitations of my own mind," he says. Born in Lubbock, Texas, John Murrell became a playwright in, of all places, an Alberta high school.