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The Stratford Festival has joined the Black Business and Professionals Association in celebrating actor Amaka Umeh and Board member David Simmonds, who each received 2022 Harry Jerome Awards at the event on April 30, 2022.

Watch below as Tenor Matthew Polenzani (making his COC debut) sings Alfredo's Act II cabaletta, 'O mio rimorso!' from Verdi's LA TRAVIATA.

Jake Epstein’s been “that guy from Degrassi”, starred in the US National Tours of Spring Awakening and American Idiot, played Spider-Man on Broadway and originated the lead role of Gerry Goffin (Carole King’s husband) in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

Tweed & Company Theatre will officially open their 2022 Season with The Second City’s original sketch comedy show She The People, which will be performed on May 11th and 12th at the Marble Arts Centre in Tweed, and on May 13th and 14th at The Village Playhouse in Bancroft.

On Thursday May 12, 2022 at Koerner Hall, Esprit Orchestra, conducted by Alex Pauk, will feature Claude Vivier’s Orion for large orchestra.

 The Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) has announced the author lineup and programming for MOTIVE presented by Kobo Plus, Canada's newest and largest crime and mystery writing festival, taking place June 3 to 5, 2022 based at Harbourfront Centre.

The WeeFestival of Arts & Culture for Early Years, Toronto's only festival of its kind, will return with live, in-person performances in Toronto, the GTA & Ontario this May 31st to June 12th.

Today, the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival announced the full program for the 26th edition of the city-wide event launching in May, with some projects taking place later in 2022.

Three fan favourites, two riveting dramas, a new production of Verdi’s Macbeth, and an exciting co-production with Vancouver Opera headline the Canadian Opera Company’s 2022/2023 programming.

The Canadian Opera Company marked its return-to-stage after nearly two years with this all-around stunning production of one of Verdi’s most well-known works.

Massey Hall has announced An Evening with Emmylou Harris & The Jayhawks on Monday, August 15, 2022.

Live music is back! With a sense of hope and optimism for the future, Tafelmusik has unveiled its 2022/23 Season, which celebrates beauty through music of the past.

The Canadian Opera Company has announced the Showcase Series, a new slate of programming that spotlights a variety of cultural identities through curating performance opportunities that comprise Toronto's unique cultural landscape.

After a tour of Japan and another of the UK and Ireland, Church's production of Singin’ in the Rain is finally making its North American premiere at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre from September 23 to October 23, 2022.

“What do you do when life disappoints you?” is the question asked in the program of Jake Epstein’s BOY FALLS FROM THE SKY.

ITALIAN MIME SUICIDE, in a new production by Bad New Days playing at The Theatre Centre, is both more tongue-in-cheek and more serious than its name suggests.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child originally cast a spell over the world as an epic two-part event.

Generational trauma, familial obligation, and the futile and inevitable results of “an eye for an eye” justice are given voice in Indrit Kasapi’s powerful TOKA, a Theatre Passe Muraille and lemonTree creations digital co-production currently enjoying its digital premiere.

Luminato Festival Toronto – the city’s international festival of arts and ideas – will return this summer from June 9th to June 19th with a bold line-up of exceptional art which will Reignite Toronto.

Beginning their programming schedule a little earlier this year, SummerWorks will kick-off 2022 programming with the announcement of a significantly expanded Public Works program including three large-scale works considering possibilities for the public realm, emphasizing making the artistic pr

As Canadians continue to embrace the return of live music and in-person connection, Grolsch has announced its official partnership with internationally-renowned Toronto concert venue Massey Hall.

The Shaw Festival’s 60th season will continue with performances of the romantic musical comedy Damn Yankees, psychological thriller Gaslight and surreal tour de force Too True to Be Good.

The RCM has announced its lineup of concerts from May through August, including Live Life Now, Live Music Again @ Koerner Hall, two formidable cellists with two formidable pianists in one weekend Sheku Kanneh Mason with Isata Kanneh Mason Gautier Capuçon with Jean-Yves Thibaudet/ Other classical co

On Thursday, May 19 and Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 8:00pm, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) presents a stunning concert featuring the world premiere of Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri's newest work for soprano and orchestra, In the Half-light, performed by Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan with

Following two seasons of darkened stages, restricted interactions, and limited live theatre, London’s Grand Theatre is lifting the curtain on its 2022/23 season - unveiling a full return to the stage with ten powerful productions, four world premieres, and an exhilarating five-concert series from