“Issues of race, class and gender are at the forefront of audiences’ minds, says actor Maev Beaty” Read the full article by Jackie Sharkey at CBC.
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Howlround: It’s Important to Have Your Community
“In this conversation, award-winning actors Maev Beaty and Bahia Watson discuss what it’s like being women in the industry today.” Read the full interview at the Howlround.
Maev Beaty: Toronto’s Top Theatre Artists of 2018
“While I kicked myself for not travelling to Prince Edward County to see Beaty and Liisa Repo-Martell in Daniel MacIvor’s A Beautiful View (hey, TIFF was on) and missing her play Joni…
Toronto Star: A trio of female theatre friends tackle a play about an intimate female relationship
“Earlier this summer, Liisa Repo-Martell had a vision. A vision of her friend Maev Beaty. They were both wearing summer dresses and drinking wine by a lake. As both are busy actors…
Tarragon Theatre: Maev Reflects on her role in “Bunny”
“Bunny actress Maev Beaty reflects on what it has been like to reprise a role after a week of previews and where she feels her character and the show has grown since its…
CBC Radio:’PlayME’ podcast brings Canadian theatre to your earbuds
“PlayME doesn’t want to replace theatre or push people away from taking in live productions.” Listen to the full interview with Laura Mullin and Chris Tolley on CBC Radio.
Toronto Star: Toronto’s fascination with royals manifests in theatre
“This is a historical biography through (Hennig’s) perspective, but it’s also an exploration of power, patriarchy, the human heart and survival,” Beaty says. And the contemporary resonances in Katherine’s story — a…
Intermission: In Conversation
“Returning to the character of Katherine Parr in The Last Wife at Soulpepper—a part she originated at Stratford in 2015—has made Maev Beaty consider the role an actor has in shaping new…
The Globe & Mail: Six Stratford actresses show off this summer’s hottest dresses
“Of the two Shakespearean productions Maev Beaty appears in this season (she plays Goneril in King Lear and Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream), it’s the tragedy that has special meaning to her. Beaty met…
Globe & Mail: Passion Play: a slow-food version of theatre
“It kills drama to rush it,” says his wife, actress Maev Beaty. “It takes great courage when something takes its time.” Read the full article by Carly Maga on The Globe &…