Hi! Bonjour! Привет!

I'm Aisling ("Ash-ling") Murphy. My pronouns are she/her.

I'm based in Toronto, ON. I'm a breaking news reporter at CP24 and senior editor at Intermission Magazine. I used to write for the Toronto Star. I offer freelance services in translation (French-English), copyediting/proofreading/document design, and dramaturgy.

For CP24/CTV inquiries, please email me at aisling.murphy@bellmedia.ca.

For Intermission Magazine inquiries, use aisling@intermissionmagazine.ca.

For anything else, use aisling.aly.murphy@gmail.com.

Bio

Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Aisling is a journalist, theatre critic, and occasional playwright. She primarily writes about Toronto's arts and culture scene and Taylor Swift.

Aisling is a breaking news reporter at CP24, the senior editor at Intermission Magazine, and president of the Canadian Theatre Critics Association. She previously wrote for the Toronto Star. Her writing was featured a bunch of places prior to joining the Toronto Star team, including The Fulcrum and Maclean's.

In 2020, Aisling's first play, Feast, was developed with the Tarragon Theatre Young Playwrights Unit in Toronto; following the closures spurred by COVID-19, Feast was granted an #ArtApart grant by the National Theatre School of Canada. Feast was then developed at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Djanet Sears. Feast is featured as a short case study in the Routledge anthology Undergraduate Research in Theatre.

Aisling graduated Magna Cum Laude with her Honours BA in Theatre from the University of Ottawa in June 2021. She has an MA in Theatre, Drama, and Performance Studies from the University of Toronto.

She's a Taurus (if that wasn't abundantly clear) and she has a tabby cat named Fig and a grey kitten named June. She lives in East York.

Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ sparkles with self-reflection and synth
October 2022 — Toronto Star

Review: ‘The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale’ at Soulpepper is as good as its title and just as charming
October 2022 — Toronto Star

Interview: ‘This is what theatre is supposed to be:’ How Paula Vogel’s ‘Indecent’ remembers a century of dramatic censorship
October 2022 — Toronto Star

Interview: ‘We don’t wear heels in the Arctic’: How Inuit model Willow Allen uses TikTok to showcase life in the north
October 2022 — Toronto Star

Interview: YouTube megastar Daniel Howell reflects on a life online
October 2022 — Toronto Star

Review: The Shark Is Broken at Mirvish
October 2022 — Intermission Magazine

Recap: Taylor Swift reflects on her journey to filmmaking at TIFF 2022
September 2022 — Toronto Star

Travel: ‘Come From Away’ comes home to Newfoundland
September 2022 — Toronto Star

Investigation: Why Luminato Festival abruptly cancelled an exhibit by an Indigenous collective
August 2022 — Toronto Star

Interview: Sarah Gadon appears in Coal Mine's eighth season
August 2022 — Toronto Star

Interview: Eric Peterson’s a TV star, but theatre acting is his favourite
July 2022 — Toronto Star

Review: ‘A Perfect Bowl of Pho’ at the Toronto Fringe is a delectable hit
July 2022 — Toronto Star

Interview: How Cynthia Dale spends a typical Sunday
June 2022 — Toronto Star

Interview: How Maisie Peters wrote Canada's new pop anthem
May 2022 — Toronto Star

Interview: Blind actress Shayla Brown makes her Toronto stage debut
April 2022 — Toronto Star

Memoir: Sarah Kane's Been Dead for 23 Years. I Still Don't Know How to Thank Her.
February 2022 — Intermission Magazine

Memoir: Dear Evan Hansen at TIFF
September 2021 — Intermission Magazine