The More the Merrier with donna g

With the cost of living these days, do you ever feel like rebelling? Director Isabella Cesari and I discuss Low Pay? Don’t Pay!, a play about just that. Written by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Dari…

#TIFF24 coverage #TheSwedishTorpedo + Canadian films at TIFF in a segment by Heidy M of www.hyemusings.ca

I had the chance to chat with director Frida Kempff and the star of her new film 'The Swedish …

Director Beza Hailu Lemma and producer Tamara Dawit (Gobez Media) join me to talk about their short film ALAZAR set in rural Ethiopia. A family grapples with Faith amidst the reality of a devastating…

The focus today is film festivals. Up first, I'll be speaking to poet, playwright, oral storyteller, Shalan Joudry, whose beautiful short film, 'Welima'q' will be screening at this year's Toronto Int…

From a Greek amphitheatre in Scarborough, Ontario, to a chateau in France today's show takes us on a journey through history, mystery, magic, and madness.

Helen Juvonen and Tyler J. Seguin, co-artisti…

Actress ('Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial,' 'American Horror Story') and screenwriter Megan Davis and I discuss her short film 'Hemorrhage,' which premiered at the 22nd Female Eye Film Festival in Tor…

The focus of this show is women in film, more precisely those behind the lens and scenes of The Female Eye Film Festival. Up first is my chat with festival founder Leslie Ann Coles about the growth o…

10 shows share WHY you should go see them at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Which one(s) will get your bum in their seat(s)?

PLAYLIST

LAL: 'Dead Happiness'

Calypso Rose: :Soca Tempo'

Brian George, a self-described 'sit down comedian,' joins me to talk about his journey into acting and the series 'Roll With It' (Bell Fibe TV1), which is going into its second season.

Then, I'm joine…

This episode is all about 2SLGBT+ audiobook memoirs you can grab on the Libby app.

First up, we've got "Baggage" by Alan Cumming, and then "Naturally Tan" by Tan France from Queer Eye. Next, we'll sli…

I've got interviews with Nigerian-Italian (and now Canadian) singer, songwriter, and actress Sonia Aimy, who will be launching her brand new album 'Light/Imole' at the legendary El Mocambo right here…

Today's special guests are actor and playwright Djennie Laguerre, writer and editor Neil Armstrong, street photographer Gun Roze, singer-songwriter Gyles, and two-time Juno nominee jazz vocalist Alex…

I fell in love with Dalton Harris after seeing him in Kim Longinotto and Frank Murray Brown's documentary "Dalton's Dream." If you're Jamaican you will understand the phrase "mi spirit tek 'im." I k…

Have you heard of John 'Daddy' Hall, the Canadian centenarian who was part First Nations and part Jamaican, fought in the War of 1812, and was rumored to have more than 20 children? Actor, singer, da…

My interview with spoken word poet, writer, LGBTQ+ activist, and mother, Staceyann Chin, and director, Laurie Townshend. Staceyann is the subject of Townshend's documentary, "A Mother Apart" which re…

Mexican director Laura Plancarte shares her reasoning behind making the collaborative documentary "Mexican Dream" with her subject, Maria Magdalena. The film screened at Hot Docs Canadian Internation…

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Coverage: interviews with director, Jennifer MacArthur (FAMILY TREE) and co-directors, Jeff Orlowski-Yang and Sarah Keo (CHASING TIME).

FAMILY TREE…

The Art Gallery of Ontario workers are on strike. I'm joined by OPSEU Local 535 members,Mark Thornbury and Meagan Christou to talk about workers' demands. Please note: my outreach to AGO representati…

Izad Etemadi (Writer, Actor, Persian) joins me to talk about playing multiple characters in Rose Napoli's Mad Madge A Nightwood Theatre production in association with VideoCabaret. Staged at The Thea…

Award-winning Mexican-Canadian playwright, Christine Quintana and I discuss her work El Terremoto (World Premiere) at Tarragon Theatre, March 26 – April 21, 2024.

Spoke word by Amani (I Am an artist,…