Chris Thomson News

This year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe will see award winning comedian Katie Norris make her solo debut following success with her first foray into solo stand-up comedy.

The album announcement comes with the first single “Calling,” which BrooklynVegan described as “a layered, unfolding ballad with soothing, almost ambient vocals and synths and stirring flutters of trumpet and flugelhorn.” The album was produced by Sun Chung, and will be released on the Libellule Editions imprint of Chung’s Red Hook Records.

 Hindi's Libraries, a literary nonprofit that donates new and gently used children's books to recipients at no cost, has announced Chris Rice-Thomson as the master of ceremonies for its benefit concert featuring singer, songwriter and actor Martin Kaye.

Roy Thomson Hall will present the return of Grammy Award-winning master trumpeter and composer Chris Botti on Thursday, November 3, 2022. Tickets are on sale this Friday, April 8 at 10am ET.

Roy Thomson Hall presents the return of Grammy Award-winning master trumpeter and composer Chris Botti on Friday, March 20. Tickets are on sale today. To purchase, call 416-872-4255, visit roythomsonhall.com/tickets or in-person at the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office (60 Simcoe St., Toronto, ON)

Following its critically acclaimed London run, Olivier Award-winning musical Honk! is finally flying the nest this year, soaring into the Belgrade Theatre 4-8 June.

Today the cast members of the upcoming tour of Honk! The Musical was announced. After a successful run at the Union theatre in 2017, the production went into workshops at The Arts Centre, Hounslow which is where the tour is due to open on May 1st 2019.

Roy Thomson Hall will present the return of one of the biggest-selling American instrumental artists working today, Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer Chris Botti on Saturday, March 18 at 8pm at Roy Thomson Hall.

In three weeks POP Montreal 2016 will be celebrating 15 years in show business. 15 years of presenting amazing music,art and bringing people together in Montreal for a pretty damn good MEGA PARTY! This year's festival will be fun, fresh and exciting.

Simon Russell Beale and Grassroots Shakespeare London performed at London's Guildhall to celebrate Shakespeare 400. Scroll down for a photo of Beale and company!

The Minnesota Orchestra today announced plans for the 2016-17 seasons of three widely varied series: Live at Orchestra Hall, Holiday Concerts, and Jazz in the Target Atrium. Live at Orchestra Hall, a series of popular music, jazz, Broadway classics, movie scores, world music and other genres, is led by Sarah Hicks, principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall. She conducts many of the series' concerts, including the Minnesota Orchestra debut of Twin Cities rapper-vocalist Dessa, R&B group Boyz II Men, and screenings of the films Ratatouille and Star Trek (2009), with scores performed live. Assistant Conductor Roderick Cox conducts several programs during the 2016-17 season, including two specially-designed matinee family concerts for audience members of all ages.

Grassroots Shakespeare London have today announced the full cast for Twelfth Night, their first production as the resident company at Leicester Square Theatre.

Grassroots Shakespeare have added an extra two weeks to their run of Twelfth Night at Leicester Square Theatre following popular demand. The show is part of the Shakespeare 400 celebrations.