Canadian Stage also incurred losses of $367,876 in 2017, bringing its accumulated deficit to $1,648,343, effectively erasing the small gains it had made in reducing its debts since 2012. Canadian Stage and Soulpepper have arrived at the current moment as a result of different circumstances, decisions and actions, and the intent here is not to equate their situations or trajectories. The cloud of allegations of sexual misconduct and related abuses of power does not hang over Canadian Stage as it does Soulpepper. But it does not appear that Canadian Stage, at least, is ready to shake things up. When asked whether Canadian Stage had considered such alternative leadership models, Baillie and Baylis’s response was startling: as far as they are concerned, their organization already employs one.

Source: thestar January 30, 2018 21:00 UTC