Arts·Q with Tom Power

Real-life acting couple Paul Gross and Martha Burns take on one of theatre's most dysfunctional marriages

The two Canadian actors, who've been married for 37 years, are currently co-starring in a new production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Canadian Stage.

Gross and Burns co-star in a new Canadian Stage production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Composite image of Martha Burns and Paul Gross in the Q studio in Toronto. (Vivian Rashotte/CBC)

After nearly 40 years of marriage, the Canadian actors Paul Gross and Martha Burns say they're still learning new things about each other. Currently, they're co-starring as one of theatre's most dysfunctional married couples, George and Martha, in a new production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Canadian Stage. Gross and Burns sit down with Tom Power to tell us what it's like playing this famously toxic couple, and what they're still learning about each other after all these decades.

The full interview with Paul Gross and Martha Burns is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.


Interview with Paul Gross and Martha Burns produced by Ben Edwards.