Review: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING at Streetcar Crowsnest
Arbery’s play is a fascinating and multifaceted look into the unexamined front of a burgeoning culture war.
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Review: THE LAST EPISTLE OF TIGHTROPE TIME at Tarragon Theatre
Walter Borden at 81 is a powerhouse of a Shakespearean actor.
Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at Canadian Stage
By focusing on the slower, more structured rounds of boxing over the fast-paced hustle of a card sharp, M’Carthy’s production invites us to watch the hands when we really should be watching the eyes.
Review: IN DREAMS at Ed Mirvish Theatre
Roy Orbison's legendary music become the touching soundtrack for In Dreams - a moving new musical from writer David West Read and director Luke Sheppard, the masterminds behind the smash hit musical & Juliet - about cherishing loved ones and the life you have, on stage at the Ed Mirvish Theatre unti
Review: SIX THE MUSICAL at Royal Alexandra Theatre
Divorced, beheaded, died.
Review: WORK.TXT at The Theatre Centre
From its initial roll call of types of audience members, Ellis’ thought experiment becomes a sort of interactive poem that comes both to satirize work and to praise it, a funny sort of feel-good cooperative enterprise that is surprising and delightful.
Review: ASSES.MASSES at The Theatre Centre
Choosing to attend asses.
Review: SPACIOUSNESS at Fort York with Toronto History Museums in Partnership with Soulpepper Theatre
Spaciousness welcomes the audience to experience Toronto’s historic Fort York in a unique and interactive way.
Review: THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT At Shaw Festival
Unearthing a hidden gem is always intriguing- whether it be a true fossil, pirates booty, discarded musical manuscript, or perhaps a virtually unknown play.
Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: FINAL ROUNDUP at Toronto Fringe
This year, the Fringe Festival returned more than half a million dollars to its talented, hardworking artists.
Review: SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER at Sorry Studios
In a small, intimate office space near Queen and Dufferin, Riot King’s production of one of Tennessee Williams’ lesser-performed plays, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, feels like you’ve been invited into someone’s Southern Gothic living room.
Review: ON THE RAZZLE at Shaw Festival
A good story often bears repeating.
Review: BLITHE SPIRIT at Shaw Festival
The perennial festival favorite BLITHE SPIRIT is making a welcome to return to the Shaw Festival stage after 30 years.
Review: THE EFFECT at Coal Mine Theatre
In asking the persistent questions of how much of what we consider love, the personality, and even the soul is of our own making, and how much is just chemical, Mitchell Cushman’s searing production immediately gets under your skin, and it’s no placebo.
Review: SPONGEBOB: THE MUSICAL at Regent Theatre
Before heading to Oshawa’s Regent Theatre for Mansfield Entertainment’s SPONGEBOB: THE MUSICAL, I had never seen a single episode of the cartoon series featuring the ubiquitous bright yellow sea creature with square pants that lives in a pineapple under the sea.
Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: BATCH FIVE
Reviews of Fatal Charade, Levels: The Play, Danielle Tea's Infernal Latte, Mail Ordered, All That Remains, and B-Max and the Re-Revolution at the Toronto Fringe Festival
Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: WEEKEND ROUNDUP at Toronto Fringe
Reviews of Frankenstein(esque), Paz, Featherhead, Our Little Secret, All of Our Parents are Asian, and Constellation Prize at the Toronto Fringe Festival
Review: HADESTOWN Proves You Can Live it Up on Top and Below in Stunning Toronto Production
Four years after its Broadway premiere, Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony-winning musical HADESTOWN, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin, has finally made its way down to Toronto.
Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: DAY 3 at Toronto Fringe
Reviews of BUNNY!, MAGGIE CHUN'S FIRST LOVE AND LAST WEDDING, and THE FAMILY CROW
Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: DAY 2 at Toronto Fringe
Reviews of THE FOURTH R, HERMAPHRODITUS, and HYMNS AND HEARSE
Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: DAY 1 at Toronto Fringe
Reviews of The Life Between Us, JUNE, Corporate Finch, The Woman Who Ate Falafel, and Ms.
Review: CRIPCAB at Buddies In Bad Times
It’s hard to be disabled in the world of the performing arts.
Review: X (DIX) at Streetcar Crowsnest
What did our critic think of X (DIX) at Streetcar Crowsnest?
Review: PERCEPTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY at Streetcar Crowsnest
The joy of theatre is the same as that of travel: the ability to promote multiple ways of seeing and understanding, allowing us to look through another person’s eyes.
Review: NO SAVE POINTS at Outside The March
Outside the March brings another innovative and interactive theatrical experience to Toronto audiences with No Save Points, playing at the Lighthouse ArtScape.
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