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One of the highlights of Tafelmusik's 2019/20 season is sure to be Bach's St John Passion, a profound work based on text from the gospel according to St John, March 26 to 29, 2020 at Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning.

SECRET LIFE OF A MOTHER is a simple, sweet, agonising, and intimate work of autobiographical theatre by some of Toronto's best theatre talent.

For the first time in decades, a fully staged production of Richard Wagner's Parsifal will be presented in Canada, opening the Canadian Opera Company's monumental 2020/2021 season with a company premiere at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

The Canadian Opera Company's HANSEL AND GRETEL, directed by Joel Ivany, is a spectacularly detailed production; unfortunately, the sheer amount of things happening at every moment overwhelms the gorgeous music and talented cast.

In the opening scene of THIS WAS THE WORLD, on now at Tarragon Theatre, a law professor (R.

Showgirls Kyla Musselman and Jennifer Thiessen, hailing from Toronto and New York City respectively, are back with more banter for an epic third season of Tits and Teeth Podcast! 'It's a great privilege to be in our third season, and to have our reach grow,' says Thiessen.

Canadian violinist Emmanuel Vukovich has been fascinated by Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival story for over twenty years.

EVERY BRILLIANT THING is the heart-filled story of one individual's relationship to mental health.

Nightwood Theatre is pleased to announce its production of All the Little Animals I Have Eaten by Karen Hines, running March 24-April 12, 2020.

The theatre shook with applause for Jully Black last night as she opened the musical CAROLINE, OR CHANGE at the Winter Garden Theatre.

Everyday magic comes alive in a new production that transplants Hansel and Gretel's adventures from a wooded forest setting to modern-day Toronto.

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Incoming Music Director Gustavo Gimeno has set the tone for his first five years with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) by launching a 2020/21 season that personifies his expansive artistic vision, intellectual curiosity and sense of adventure.

Six-time Canadian Comedy Award winner, Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show is back! For our March show, host David Shore welcomes special guests, former Much Music VJ and Yummy Mummy Club founder/publisher, Erica Ehm and former Premier of Ontario and Interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

It might not be the most gut-busting show from the company, but The Second City's new romance-themed show is still a fun, funny, and healthier alternative to stuffing your face with chocolates this Valentines Day.

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced that Greta Hodgkinson's final performances as Principal Dancer will be in Marguerite and Armand, onstage February 29 - March 7.

Opera Atelier's esteemed Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski C.

Electric & Eclectic on Wednesday February 26, 2020 will include works by two renowned composers and an emerging Canadian composer, as well as solo performances.

The Stratford Festival's Laboratory is a hive of activity at the moment, with a number of Canadian theatre artists coming to Stratford to develop their work.

Lucius is an exuberant, charismatic serial killer who claims to have found God while incarcerated.

Coming to the Grand Theatre's Spriet Stage this February is award-winning playwright Tara Beagan's Honour Beat-an honest and touching story of two sisters who come together by their mother's side as she faces the end of her life.

The Royal Conservatory of Music regrets to announce that, due to health issues, American pianist Murray Perahia has made the difficult decision to cancel his upcoming tour, which includes his Toronto appearance at Koerner Hall on February 25.

The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (TOsketchfest) returns March 4 a?" 15, 2020 for its 15th Anniversary, making it Toronto's longest running comedy Festival.

The Grand Theatre has announced a cross-Canada tour of its production of Cabaret in 2020-21.

Prolific writer Sandy Daley, known for her riveting short film 'Daddy's Not Around: D.