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On the whole, this intimate and emotionally raw black box presentation was a strong inaugural performance for this company, and I look forward to seeing more fresh grassroots performances from them in the future.
What did our critic think of CICADAS at Tarragon Theatre?
Even if you are lukewarm to early 20th-century avant-garde music and don’t care for Schoenberg’s serial composition music-baby, you are sure to be won over by the brilliance of these performers and the creative team.
Anyone who’s spent ten minutes online in the past decade knows that we live in an age of anger and polarization when it comes to the issues and identities we hold dear.
Opera Atelier’s 2025-2026 production of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas and Mélisande is a departure from the company’s production modus operandi that will leave a lasting impression on audiences and signal a new era of innovation for Opera Atelier.
In Jen Silverman’s The Moors, the slightly deranged love child of the Brontës, Waiting For Godot, and Six, Emilie the governess (Blessing Adedijo) arrives at a manor amidst the titular plains to find that nothing is quite as she expected.
When it comes to adaptations of French playwright Edmond Rostand’s romantic tragedy Cyrano de Bergerac, you can take your pick of the nose.
What did our critic think of THE NEIGHBOURS at Tarragon Theatre?
Bad Dog Theatre’s new improv show at Factory Theatre revolves around a storyteller who shares three short stories from their lives about what it means to be a person in Toronto.
Master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett brings the beautiful handcrafted marionettes of the Daisy Theatre to Canadian Stage’s Berkeley St.
I grew up with Robert Munsch stories.
Many of us have, at some point in our lives, operated on the basic assumptions that our chosen communities, particularly those aligned by basic ideology, had our best interests at heart and would look out for each other.
Erin Shields’ beautiful YOU, ALWAYS, directed by Andrea Donaldson at Canadian Stage’s Berkeley Street Theatre, is a kaleidoscopic, fragmented look at all moments of a sibling relationship, from childhood to maturity and everything in between.
The fish leads a more exciting life when it jumps out of the water to visit mischief on the birds.
TranscenDance Project is starting off the new year by offering an invitation into the unknown with a remount of their intoxicating interactive production of Ophis.
Niagara on the Lake will always be known for it's quaint lakeside charm, full of shops, restaurants, and tourists.
Within a week, Toronto audiences had the opportunity to see two musicals which parody that scourge of November to January television, the Hallmark Christmas Movie.
“Since we surveyed, mapped, explored, and planted a flag,” writes Robert Lepage in his director’s note to THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON, “our interest in the moon seems to have greatly diminished.
What did our critic think of SPOTLIGHT AT THE SECOND CITY at Second City? For its October Spotlight series, the featured acts were $20 Sandwich and Sarah Bennett.
What did our critic think of TICK.
Tim Burton, praise Hecate in his name.
Are the kids all right? It’s hard to say, but it’s easy to leave the show with hope for the future, and an appreciation of intergenerational artistic collaboration.
Ting’s performance art piece-cum-concert is part life confessional, part experimental violin recital, and part meditative state.
The extreme minimalism did not land for me or my guest, but it was clear that other members of the audience loved it.
With compelling performances by Toronto theatre stalwarts, this tight, heartbreaking production might inspire you to call your grandparents and tell them that they matter.
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MOZART REQUIEM Meridian Arts Centre (6/19-6/19) |
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WonderPhil's PA Day of Magic Wychwood Theatre (11/20-11/20) |
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HARMONY OF THE WORLD Meridian Arts Centre (3/06-3/06) |
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Disney and Pixar's Finding Nemo Young People's Theatre (11/26-12/27) |
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Mistletoe & Mistakes The Moonlight Lounge at TacoTaco (12/06-12/06) |
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HYPROV Is Back in Fredericton! A Night of Hypnosis, Improv & Comedy HYPROV Is Back in Fredericton! A Night of Hypnosis, Improv & Comedy (11/17-11/17) |
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The Descent of Orpheus Opera Atelier (10/22-10/25) |
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Sex in the '80s Canadian Stage (1/16-2/07) |
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Battles Young People's Theatre (4/26-5/06) |
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Matilda The Musical Theatre Aquarius (3/10-4/04) |
