Nicole Fairbairn spent most of her adult life in Vancouver but decided to make Toronto her home four years ago and she’s loving every minute of it. She began writing for fun and it’s turned into a great passion. She’s an avid supporter of the arts and enjoys experiencing the many wonderful cultural events this city has to offer. When she’s not writing, Nicole enjoys reading, ice skating, salsa dancing, travelling and hanging out with her cat.
Favourite Place in Toronto: Distillery District with its beautifully restored Victorian buildings, great cafes, stunning galleries, hip boutiques and vibrant theatre scene.
Soulpepper’s production of The Last Wife which was originally produced at Stratford. Hennig’s writing is crisp, fresh and highly entertaining. Her dialogue crackles with intelligence and wit.
There are times when I leave the theatre feeling angry and not because a play has tapped into some important truth or uncovered controversy, but rather because a competent company has presented a less than ...
The writing of Concord Floral is moving, gritty, poetic and honest. With a stellar cast of teenagers who are uniformly strong, this surreal coming-of-age story is a must-see at Canadian Stage.
Cirque du Soleil’s newest show Luzia, transports you through a dreamlike web of an imagined Mexico. The stage is filled with the usual array of luxuriously colored costumes, giant sized insect heads worn as ornate head ware, a full sized human operated horse, a magnificent jaguar puppet, a vibrant natural landscape and an architecturally inspired set which includes stunning rainfalls cascading from the ceiling, and a cenote – a sinkhole which the Mayans believed was a portal to the afterlife.