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Now You Know brings you real Toronto experiences from some of our most influential and impactful voices, reflecting the breadth and diversity of Toronto’s creative and cultural industries.

Fifteen Dogs, a Crow’s Theatre production, is much more than a canine adventure set in Toronto. It asks the profound question: If dogs were given humanity’s intelligence, would they be happier than us?

Mark Williams wants to bring the city’s communities to the symphony — and vice versa. To do so, the CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra is fostering genuine relationships, opening the doors to Roy Thomson Hall, and revitalizing programming by balancing local and historical.

Conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser has made a career out of pushing orchestral music’s boundaries. As the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s principal education conductor and community ambassador, he’s envisioning shows where the violin and trumpet share a stage with the Indian tabla or with the sounds of reggae — and where everyone is welcome.

Since its 2003 full production debut, Trey Anthony’s trailblazing and award-winning ‘da Kink In My Hair has broken box-office sales records in Canada, the United States, and England. Now — as it returns to Toronto with a brand-new production — the play is bringing back familiar faces.

For ceramist Sami Tsang — whose work will be at Art Toronto — art is an outlet to process internal questions and traumas created by an oscillation between the two cultures in which she grew up.

A graphic designer by trade, Kevin Boothe stumbled on a talent for curation that turned into a career. Through his art gallery, Towards, Kevin exhibits contemporary works that contribute to the city’s place in the global art conversation. He’ll put this focus on display at the upcoming Art Toronto art fair.

Stand-up comedian Allie Pearse’s fascination with relationships and her biographical approach to comedy make for relatable material that encompasses life’s good, bad, but mostly dirty. As she prepares for her final 2022 Just for Laughs Toronto shows, Allie reflects on her comedic journey so far and what’s coming next.

After learning to unapologetically centre his Blackness, Travis Knights is using his tap dance career and passion to help expand his audiences’ worldviews.

To reprise her Broadway role in Toronto’s onstage version of Harry Potter, Sara Farb is back in the city that raised her. It’s an opportunity to not only look ahead at the trajectory of Canadian theatre but also to reflect on the role it’s played in her career.

A multifaceted artist and activist, Sarain Fox is working to amplify the narratives of Indigenous peoples — as told in their own voices.

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