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Lester Trips (Theatre)

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Hot Docs 2024: Film Picks with Samm...

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (Hot Docs) returns to Toronto this week, from April 25 to May 5, 20...

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Theatre Crawl: April 2024 Offerings

This installment of Theatre Crawl includes some shows I have attended over the past couple of weeks along with others th...

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Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the be...

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SummerWorks ’19 Spotlight: Chelsea Dab Hilke Talks About ‘Safe And Sorry’

August 3, 2019

Safe and Sorry is the latest work from Lester Trips (Theatre). This production examines the challenges of a well-intentioned men’s dating coach under scrutiny, combining physical theatre with visceral horror to create uneasy comedy.

Lester Trips’ Artistic Producer and Safe and Sorry Director, Chelsea Dab Hilke took time to answer my 5 Questions… to share more about their latest show premiering at Summerworks this month.

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5 Questions With… Lauren Gillis Co-Founder of Lester Trips (Theatre)

April 11, 2018

With theatre season in full bloom in Toronto, I continue to discover more local theatre companies creating challenging and provocative works. This past week I learned about Lester Trips (Theatre) founded by Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton. Their latest collaboration, Mr. Truth, an off-the-beaten-sketch-comedy-path is set to premiere at Why Not Theatre’s The RISER Project.

To learn more about Lester Trips (Theatre) and Mr. Truth, Gillis graciously agreed to be part of my 5 Questions With… series. READ MORE