Review: WAIT UNTIL DARK at Shaw Festival
by Michael Rabice - Aug 5, 2025
Heightened senses, a world of darkness and a band of conniving criminals all make up the fabric of the 1960's thriller WAIT UNTIL DARK. The Shaw Festival in Niagara on the Lake is presenting Frederick Knott's suspenseful drama in a new adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher that slowly builds to a nail-biting climax sure to intrigue audiences.
WAIT UNTIL DARK Brings Suspense to The Shaw Festival Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 26, 2025
The Shaw Festival's 2025 season intensifies with Wait Until Dark, now in previews at the Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake. This suspense-filled production of Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Frederick Knott’s classic thriller is directed by Sanjay Talwar and runs through October 5.
Grand Theatre Reveals Key Artists For 2025/26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 17, 2025
The Grand Theatre Box Office is officially unlocked for the upcoming 2025/26 Season's Spriet Series after months of exclusive access for season ticket subscribers. Learn more about the season's artists and see how to purchase tickets!
Nominations Announced For The 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Awards
by Joshua Wright - May 28, 2025
The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) has announced nominations for the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D’Andrea Foundation. The Awards will be presented on Monday, June 30 at Toronto’s Meridian Hall.
Review: MAHABHARATA at Canadian Stage
by Ilana Lucas - Apr 16, 2025
The god Krishna (a dryly funny Neil D’Souza) asks this of one side of an all-consuming inter-family war, cousins against cousins, in the second half of Why Not Theatre’s two-part production of MAHABHARATA, the Sanskrit epic of fate, death, and cycles of violence, now presented by Canadian Stage after premiering at the Shaw Festival in 2023.
MAHABHARATA Comes to Canadian Stage in April
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2025
Canadian Stage will conclude the 24.25 season with the Toronto premiere presentation of Why Not Theatre's two-part epic, MAHABHARATA. Learn more about the show here!
Kate Hennig, Stacey Kay, and More Join the Grand Theatre's 2024-25 Season
by Stephi Wild - Aug 15, 2024
With just over two months left until the opening production of the Grand Theatre’s 2024/25 Season: A Time for Play, the theatre has announced the names of the over one-hundred artists and creative team members who will make up the company of Rachel Peake’s first programmed season as Artistic Director.
LONDON ASSURANCE Begins Previews at Stratford Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2024
Slip into a riotous world of Victorian satire as London Assurance takes to the Festival Stage. Directed by Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, the production is brimming with sexual innuendo, word play and farcical comedy.
Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Soulpepper
by Ilana Lucas - Jun 24, 2024
Tennessee Williams’ sprawling classic about what happens when the unstoppable force, fading, fluttering Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Amy Rutherford), meets the immovable object of her brother-in-law, pragmatic, animalistic Stanley Kowalski (Mac Fyfe) proves a night of searing theatre, with Weyni Mengesha’s effectively musical direction providing an electric backdrop for a simmering contest of wills.