''I aint no role model. Never was, probably never will be,” and yet she inspired thousands…. A closer look at a microcosm of struggling against the powers of addiction and depression, one legendary powerhouse fights to embrace her influence and place in the history of rock and roll and blues music.   

In the run-up to the Graduating Class' production of Nell Gwynn, Willow White (Theatre history teacher at NTS) writes about the astonishing life of the real-life historical figure behind the show's main character.

Todd Houseman (Acting 3, Edmonton, AB) shares thoughts and feelings about what has been happening between the Wet’suwet’en indigenous land defenders and armed RCMP in B.C. 

An excerpt from the essay "Master Class: Dramaturgy and New Play Development" by Andrea Romaldi, Director of the Playwriting Program at the National Theatre School of Canada. In this passage, Romaldi shares with us what makes or breaks a play.

An excerpt from the essay "Master Class: Dramaturgy and New Play Development" by Andrea Romaldi, Director of the Playwriting Program at the National Theatre School of Canada. Drawing primarily from her experience as a working dramaturge, Romaldi attempts to answer what dramaturgy is.

Kaylie MacNeil (Production Design and Technical Arts 1, North Bay, ON) shares her thoughts and experience as a first-year NTS student in the Production Design and Technical Arts program after her first month.