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Feature: Ilana Lucas Picks the Top Toronto Theatre 2025
by Ilana Lucas - Jan 5, 2026

In a world where AI increasingly tries to consume and simulate real human experiences, theatre sometimes feels like one of the last gasps of being in a room together. When we watch a show with others, respiration synchronizes, empathy increases, and information retention improves. It’s one of my favourite feelings.

En Garde Arts Unveils 2025-2026 Season With Premieres By Hansol Jung & Dustin Wills and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 12, 2025

En Garde Arts has revealed its upcoming 2025-2026 Season that includes two world premieres and five projects in development including two new commissions. Learn more!

KING GILGAMESH to be Presented at Soulpepper Theatre This Fall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 6, 2025

Following performances in Toronto, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Halifax, the award-winning hybrid theatre-music production King Gilgamesh will return to Soulpepper Theatre. Learn more!

The Brick !?:NEW WORKS 2025 Begins This April
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 1, 2025

The Brick has announced ?!: New Works Festival, running April 8-26, 2025 at The Brick Theater (579 Metropolitan Ave). The festival will present 32 artists across 15 unique lineups over 3 weeks.

Seven Artists-in-Residence to Join Goodman Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 19, 2024

Goodman Theatre has welcomed seven early-career artists who will join the Theatre for its 99th season as directing fellows and playwrights-in-residence. Learn more about the artists!

2024 Orchard Project Performance Labs And Artists Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 25, 2024

The Orchard Project has announced the artists and companies selected to participate in its 2024 Summer Performance Lab program.

SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD & More Nominated for 44th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 28, 2024

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts revealed the 228 nominations for the 44th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards. See the full list!

Photos: First Look At THE POISONER At La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 16, 2024

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is presenting Uncommon Productions’ production of The Poisoner, written by first-time playwright M. M. Haney and directed and developed by two-time Obie Award-winning director Lee Sunday Evans (Oratorio for Living Things). See photos from the production. 

La MaMa to Present THE POISONER Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 11, 2024

Discover the thrilling new production, THE POISONER, presented by La MaMa and brought to life by Uncommon Productions. Experience a unique blend of drama and suspense in this captivating play.

Soulpepper Theatre Presents KING GILGAMESH & THE MAN OF THE WILD, July 25- August 6
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 6, 2023

Soulpepper Theatre will present the Canadian premiere of King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild, a delightful new hybrid theatre-music production that brings the epic tale of Gilgamesh to life on stage. Directed by Seth Bockley, and featuring Ahmed Moneka and Jesse LaVercombe alongside celebrated Arabic-Maqam fusion band, Moneka Arabic Jazz, King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild will be presented July 25 to August 6, 2023 at the Michael Young Theatre, Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Review: KING GILGAMESH & THE MAN OF THE WILD at Jungle Theater
by Jared Fessler - Jan 7, 2023

What did our critic think of KING GILGAMESH & THE MAN OF THE WILD at Jungle Theater?

KING GILGAMESH & THE MAN OF THE WILD World Premiere to be Presented by La MaMa & Under the Radar Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 3, 2023

La MaMa and The Public’s Under the Radar Festival will present King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild, bringing to New York audiences a moving one-act production that fuses live music with storytelling to share co-creator’s Ahmed Moneka's personal journey as an Iraqi actor-refugee in North America.

Cabinet Of Curiosity Presents THE ICICLE PICNIC: JOURNEY FOR THE SUN, January 11-15
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 16, 2022

Cabinet of Curiosity, the Chicago-based theater and events company, has announced their first annual pageant The Icicle Picnic.

La MaMa Announces 61st Season Featuring 40 Productions From 8 Nations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 24, 2022

La MaMa ETC’s 61st season will feature world-premieres by John Kelly, Erik Ehn, Elizabeth Swados, Witness Relocation/Dan Safer, Bobbie Jene Smith and Ping Chong, along with the live, in-person stage debut of Split Britches’s 2021 digital production LAST GASP and the first-ever revival of Maria Irene Fornes’ EVELYN BROWN.

Roy Cockrum Foundation to Fund Plays in the Goodman's 2022/2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2022

Goodman Theatre announced that The Roy Cockrum Foundation will support productions in the 2022/2023 Season—the final slate of plays planned by its outgoing Artistic Director, Robert Falls—including Swing State by Rebecca Gilman and The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov.

Trap Door Theatre Presents THE MARTYRDOM OF PETER OHEY
by Stephi Wild - Dec 9, 2021

Director Nicole Wiesner brings her signature Trap Door style to adapt and direct this obscure Mrożek farce. One of Poland's most celebrated playwrights, Sławomir Mrożek wrote this absurdist piece as a subtle critique of the political system of the time.

Goodman Theatre to Present Seven Readings of New Works By Goodman Playwrights Unit Members
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 15, 2021

Goodman Theatre's commitment to new work and emerging artists continues as dates are set for in-person readings of seven new works produced by Playwrights Unit members from the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 cohorts.

The Orchard Project Announces 2021 Labs, Projects, and Participants
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 2, 2021

The Orchard Project today announced its 2021 programs as well as the names of participating artists and companies.