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At age twenty, Trent Arterberry decided that he would drop out of college, get married, buy a house, raise a family and pay for it all as a mime artist!  After all, he reasoned, "how hard could that be?" In his third appearance at the Toronto Fringe Festival, audiences will discover the answer for

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, and Executive Director Barry Hughson, today announced that Sadler's Wells in London, England will co-produce Frame by Frame, a collaboration between renowned theatre artist Robert Lepage and Choreographic Associate and Principal Dan

Rachel Ganz (Writer, Plucked - Summerworks 2016, The Dumb War 2013, Teach Me 2013) and Tanya Rintoul (Director, The Nails - Summerworks 2017, Deceitful Above All Things - Storefront 2017, Good Girl - Fringe 2013 ) met in 2014 while training at The National Theatre School of Canada and have summoned

Sparkling with Oscar Wilde's inimitable wit, Lezlie Wade's production of An Ideal Husband begins previews today at the Avon Theatre.

Last night marked the opening of the Stratford Festival's production of Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN at the Festival Theatre.

From first-time playwright and theatre director Tim Phillips, The Joy of Sax follows the journey of amateur saxophonist Luke, whose playing causes euphoric, toe curling, sweat inducing, spine arching, eye-rolling reactions in anyone within earshot.

Bernard Shaw's celebrated humour is featured in his farcical and funny anti-war O'Flaherty V.

Kaeja d'Dance proudly presents the beloved award-winning 7th annual PORCH VIEW DANCES (PVD), a unique and family friendly on-site production that showcases real people dancing in real spaces.

Artistic Director Nina Lee Aquino presents "Canada at Your Doorstep" the 2018 - 2019 Factory Season; six provocative works that challenge and interrogate popular narratives of Canadian identity.

From ancient Egypt and the world of Cavepeople, to meeting Amelia Earhart, and Amadeus Mozart, Daniel steps into a mysterious history book and gets transported around the world and through the ages.

Premiering at the Fringe Festival, 2018: A Sex Odyssey is a unique take on sci-fi and reality TV - set at the precipice of an apocalypse.

Tanenbaun Pavilion will be the first public presentation of this highly-polished group's most intriguing musical style and sound - combined with their unique format of performing each song or musical composition to a specially-produced short film.

Brutally funny and unflinchingly honest, 'In Stitches' is the latest Fringe hit from Manchester-based comedian Katharine Ferns (MTV, ichannel).

Earlier this evening, the Stratford Festival's Opening Night Performance of THE TEMPEST was promptly canceled and audiences, staff, and performers were evacuated from both the Festival and Avon Theatres in response to what has now been confirmed as a bomb threat.

This summer, the secret confessions of costumed teenage sidekicks will be revealed at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

Soulpepper's production of INNOCENCE LOST: A PLAY ABOUT STEVEN TRUSCOTT is an intense look into a case that changed Canada's judicial system and divided a town.

'It was almost a premonition, when we chose this year's theme last June.

Picture the bawdy humour of cartoons like Big Mouth mixed with the fanciful dance of Pina Bausch, the twins from The Parent Trap as designed by Ru Paul's Drag Race, or a Bette Midler Diva as drawn up by David Lynch: this is the universe The Merkin Sisters are conjuring.

Stephen Greenblatt, one of the world's most popular and celebrated Shakespeare scholars, is making a special stop at the Stratford Festival on June 1 to discuss Shakespeare, politics and his newly released book, Tyrant, with Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, in an event moderated by Paul Kennedy, h

The Stratford Festival's 66th season opens officially on Monday, May 28, with Shakespeare's final masterpiece, The Tempest, featuring Martha Henry as Prospero.

A form-defying drama that intertwines the life of a serial killer, a mother searching for her missing child, and an American academic digging deep into the criminal mind.

On May 25th, Calgary theatregoers will get a sneak peek at The Happiness Equation, a new comedy written by Peter Fenton (Bemused, The Giant's Garden) and Scott White (Bosco & Jones, Top Gun! The Musical).

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the repertoire for MAD HOT BALLET: DISCO.

Love and laughter take centre stage in a raucously funny courtship comedy with a huge, honeyed heart! With spring finally here, the bees are buzzing, the birds are singing and romance is in the air as the racy new comedy The Birds & The Bees hits three Drayton Entertainment stages, running May 23 to

A form-defying drama that intertwines the life of a serial killer, a mother searching for her missing child, and an American academic digging deep into the criminal mind.