The More the Merrier with donna g
Film, Theatre and Arts-at-large coverage. Home base www.ciut.fm or CIUT 89.5FM Sundays 1-2pm (EST). You can find me on socials: FB/IG/Bluesky @tmtmwithdonnag
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 149
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
tmtm 17 march 24 Guests: award-winning m. nourbeSe philip Zong! and John Galway on the Toronto Irish Film Festival
Author, m. nourbeSe philip on her seminal work Zong, celebrating its 15th anniversary, plus we reminisce about her as well-received children's book, Harriet's Daughter.
John Galway, Co-founder and Exe…
tmtm 11 Feb 24: Featured Guest, Neil Armstrong, journalist, writer and editor
Featured Guest, Neil Armstrong, journalist, writer and editor shares some of the books on his shelf for this #BHM #AfricanFuturesMonth focussed edition of The More the Merrier with donna g.
tmtm 28 Jan 24 Featured Guest, Gun Roze, Street-based photographer
Street-based photographer, Gun Roze and I discuss past shows, his spotlight in Spectaculum Magazine, and his latest project, reimagining the male nude.
Photo: Gun Roze at "Backstage" opening. Source: …
TM 21 Jan 24: Film chat Heidy M, Gordon G
Arts and culture writer, Heidy M (hyemusings.ca) and cinephile Gordon G are back on the show. We chat about recent films and a classic that will make you wary of cats.
tmtm 7 Jan 24 Featured Guest: Sistah Lois
Welcome to 2024. The first show of the year features Sistah Lois (pronounced 'Loyce'), activist and edutainer, and my mentor from my early days in radio at CIUT 89.5 FM. In this chat we discuss what …
tmtm 31 Dec 23: archival show featuring Rubble (play) Shalom Putti (doc) El Equipo (doc)
A collection of three interviews from 2023: Doctor and playwright Suvendrini Lena on the Palestinian play, Rubble, Tamas Wormser on the Jewish doc, Shalom Putti and Bernardo Ruiz on his doc El Equi…
tmtm 24 dec 23: music music music
Enjoy this all-music episode as we move towards the end of 2023😊
Bahamadia, 'I Confess'
Jill Scott, 'Easy Conversation'
Kindred the Family Soul, 'Surrender to Love'
Melanie Durrant, 'Let Me'
LAL, 'One Way…
tmtm 17 dec 23: Canadian Audiobooks: Toronto Public Library/ Libby App
Please note: All samples played are limited to those available via Toronto Public Library using the Libby app. No copyright infringement intended. Mature subject matter, listener discretion is advise…
tmtm 12 Nov 23 Guests: Philip Akin (The Lehman Trilogy) + Jérémie Abessira (European Union Film Festival)
Theatre legend, Philip Akin joins me to talk about his directing take on The Lehman Trilogy at Canadian Stage + Jérémie Abessira, Executive Director of the European Union Film Festival, and I chat ab…
tmtm 5 Nov 23 Guest director Michael Hidetoshi Mori (Rocking Horse Winner)+ Negro Spirituals
My chat with Tapestry Opera's Michael Hidetoshi Mori about directing the 60 minute opera "Rocking Horse Winner" based on D.H. Lawrence's short story. Runs until Nov 12 at Crow's Theatre, 345 Carlaw.
M…
tmtm 11 october 23 Guests: Kirk Cooper (DRIFF) + Heidy M and Gordon G (TIFF 2023 Faves)
Kirk Cooper joins me to talk about The Durham Regional International Film Festival + arts and culture writer Heidy M of hyemusings.ca and cinephile, Gordon G and I share our TIFF2023 faves.
TIFF2023 Coverage: Hiam Abbas and dir Lina Soualem (Bye Bye Tiberias) + Sara Summa (Arthur and Diana)
#TIFF2023 coverage continues...
I never dreamed that I would ever get the chance to interview Hiam Abbas, let alone meet her director daughter, Lina Soualem. But it happened this year, and it's one of…
tmtm 24 sept 23 TIFF2023 Coverage: Directors Hanna Slak (Not a Word) and Sara Margrethe Oskal (The Tundra Within Me)
Toronto International Film Festival coverage with directors Hanna Slak (Not a Word) and Sara Margrethe Oskal (The Tundra Within Me).
TIFF DESCRIPTIONS
Not A Word: On a barren island, a mother and son c…
tmtm 17 Sept 23 Guest director, Saffron Cassady
At first, I was turned off by the subject matter of Designer $hit but after watching it and chatting with director, Saffron Cassady, I think this is a topic that's not only important, but also a film…
tmtm 10 september 23 TIFF coverage of In Flames (TIFF public) and The Umbrella Men Escape from Robben Island (TIFF Industry)
"In present-day Karachi, a medical student struggles to keep her family together while being stalked by forces she can’t entirely understand." -Norm Wilner, TIFF programmer
I'm joined by director Zarr…
tmtm 3 september 23 TIFF '23 Coverage: Carolina Markowicz (Toll), Ian Gabriel and cast (Death of a Whistleblower) and Stevie Salas (Boil Alert)
I reconnect with director/writer Carolina Marcowicz (CHARCOAL TIFF '22) about the world premiere of her film, Toll (Pedágio), which tells the story of a Brazilian mother (Maeve Jinkings) willing to c…
tmtm 20 August 23 Focus Bobby Del Rio (actor, writer tv host) + Spoken Word presented by Dwayne Morgan
Canadian Bobby Del Rio (actor, writer, tv host) joins me to talk about his arts activism, his move to LA and his solidarity with striking colleagues in SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild Of America.
The seco…
tmtm 6 august 23 Guest: Luis Fernandes, Co-Artistic Dir., The Assembly Theatre on Comic Books Live!!!
Luis Fernandes, Co-Artistic Director and Booking Manager for The Assembly Theatre and I chat about the origins of his love of comic books and graphic novels and the August 12th edition of Comic Books…
tmtm 30 July 23 Guest: Helen Juvonen Co-Artistic Director Guild Festival Theatre on The Drowning Girls
Helen Juvonen of Guild Festival Theatre and I discuss why she chose to direct a play, set in the early 20th century, about three women murdered in their bathtubs by their bigamist serial killer husba…
tmtm 23 July 23 Focus on Audiobook Memoirs
Canadian audiobook memoirs available from the Toronto Public Library, plus a YA treat from Drew Hayden Taylor.
Music by Mosa Neshama, Blaxam, Chet Singh and Tribe Called Red