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Coal Mine Theatre, Toronto's acclaimed off-off-Broadway stage, makes its long-awaited return with the Canadian premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker's THE ANTIPODES.

Everyone’s favourite lovelorn duellist is returning to the Shaw Festival.

In 2021 The Musical Stage Company celebrated an extraordinary summer, bringing live musical experiences to over 6000 Torontonians: the company presented BLACKOUT, an incredible new Canadian musical under the stars in the glorious High Park Amphitheatre; they produced another sell-out series of PORCH

Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino and Executive Director Anita Gaffney have agreed to stay on as the Stratford Festival’s leadership team at the request of the Board of Governors.

With the support from Canadian Heritage, Shakespeare in Action is producing a free three-day event inside Central United Church, just in time for its 200th anniversary in Weston! Guests will have the chance to roam through the halls of the Church and experience art and live performance as they plea

For the second year in a row, the Canadian Opera Company's Fine Wine Auction, presented in partnership with Iron Gate Auctions, will take place online from April 5 – 12, 2022, allowing wine lovers from all across the country to acquire some of the world's finest vintages.

During the mid-afternoon proceedings, Treasurer Greg Prince announced to an online audience of patrons, donors and company members that the Shaw Festival attained gross revenues of $26,632 million and posted an operating surplus of $113,891 in 2021.

Jake Epstein's long awaited (and twice delayed) exuberant and bittersweet musical love letter to show business, Boy Falls From the Sky, originally scheduled to play at the CAA Theatre will move to the Royal Alexandra Theatre and play April 19 to May 29.

The Canadian Opera Company reopens the doors to the recently renovated Canadian Opera Company Theatre with Fantasma, a new work by composer former COC Composer-in-Residence Ian Cusson and playwright Colleen Murphy.

Alumnae Theatre presents its first live performance since March 2020, NESTED.

Massey Hall has announced that Rose Cousins will be Cowboy Junkies' very special guest on Tuesday, April 7 at Massey Hall.

Harbourfront Centre will present the Ontario premiere of Only You, an exhilarating new duet from Montreal-based choreographer Anne Plamondon, on stage April 8 and 9, 2022, at 7:30pm at Fleck Dance Theatre, as part of the contemporary dance series Torque.

Interweaving both dance and music, DanceWorks presents Morphs, a mesmerizing work by Fila 13 Productions, led by multi-award winning choreographer Lina Cruz, and featuring five extraordinary Canadian dancers and a musical performer.

After delaying its world premiere production in response to rising concerns over COVID-19, The Assembly Theatre will now present Two Minutes to Midnight by award-winning Toronto playwright, Michael Ross Albert (Tough Jews, Dora Award nomination - Outstanding New Play) in April 2022.

On the heels of receiving 8 Canadian Screen Award nominations for the legacy defining project 21 BLACK FUTURES launched in February 2021 on CBC Gem, Obsidian Theatre is excited to announce a vital new training and mentorship program supporting Black theatre creators, YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK.

Massey Hall presents internationally renowned food writer and TV cook, Nigella Lawson on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 for An Evening with Nigella Lawson.

Andrey Tarasiuk, Artistic Producer of Pleiades Theatre, today announced the English language world premiere of Lesson in Forgetting by Emma Haché, commissioned by Pleiades and translated by Taliesin McEnaney with John Van Burek, running live on stage from May 3 to 22 at the Young Centre for the Per

Did you know March 1st is Ron Weasley’s birthday?  Gregory Prest, who will play the role of Ron Weasley for Cursed Child Toronto shares with us how he is preparing a little to step into the role.

David Mirvish, The Grand Theatre, London ON, and UK’s Covent Garden Productions, will present the North American premiere of the stage adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s international best-selling novel, and Oscar-, Canadian Screen Award-, Golden Globe- and BAFTA-winning film, Room.

Tafelmusik will partner with Concerts in Care Ontario on a national initiative that brings the beauty of music of the past to seniors across Canada, from British Columbia to Quebec.

Canadian opera star Jane Archibald delivers a tour-de-force vocal performance in a program of sparkling coloratura arias from throughout the history of opera and beyond—from George Frideric Handel to Leonard Bernstein.

Throughout the 21/22 season, Canadian Opera Company is capturing the vibrant, resilient, and inspiring spirit of Toronto with The Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre: City Sessions Presented by TD Bank Group.

Throughout the 21/22 season, Canadian Opera Company is capturing the vibrant, resilient, and inspiring spirit of Toronto with The Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre: City Sessions Presented by TD Bank Group.

Today, the Toronto Biennial of Art (the Biennial/TBA) announced an extensive series of free public programs during the 10-week Biennial that will take place from March 26 to June 5, 2022.

Single tickets are now on-sale for all of the Canadian Opera Company's 2022 in-person programming.