by Keira Grant - April 27, 2026
Even if you are lukewarm to early 20th-century avant-garde music and don’t care for Schoenberg’s serial composition music-baby, you are sure to be won over by the brilliance of these performers and the creative team....
by Ilana Lucas - April 24, 2026
Anyone who’s spent ten minutes online in the past decade knows that we live in an age of anger and polarization when it comes to the issues and identities we hold dear. Stories abound about families who can no longer speak to each other or even share a meal, with jagged cracks in the foundations o...
by Keira Grant - April 17, 2026
Opera Atelier’s 2025-2026 production of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas and Mélisande is a departure from the company’s production modus operandi that will leave a lasting impression on audiences and signal a new era of innovation for Opera Atelier....
by Ilana Lucas - April 17, 2026
In Jen Silverman’s The Moors, the slightly deranged love child of the Brontës, Waiting For Godot, and Six, Emilie the governess (Blessing Adedijo) arrives at a manor amidst the titular plains to find that nothing is quite as she expected. Branwell, her supposed employer and warmhearted correspond...
by Ilana Lucas - March 24, 2026
When it comes to adaptations of French playwright Edmond Rostand’s romantic tragedy Cyrano de Bergerac, you can take your pick of the nose....
by Ilana Lucas - March 06, 2026
What did our critic think of THE NEIGHBOURS at Tarragon Theatre?...
by Ilana Lucas - March 05, 2026
Bad Dog Theatre’s new improv show at Factory Theatre revolves around a storyteller who shares three short stories from their lives about what it means to be a person in Toronto. After each tale, the team of improvisers serves up a set of improv based on—or, at least, tangentially related—to ob...
by Ilana Lucas - March 05, 2026
Master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett brings the beautiful handcrafted marionettes of the Daisy Theatre to Canadian Stage’s Berkeley St. location for a run of LITTLE WILLY, an anarchic riff off Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in the same vein as 2022’s Little Dickens....
by Ilana Lucas - February 25, 2026
I grew up with Robert Munsch stories. If you grew up in Canada, it’s likely you did, too—or you’ve read them to your children, or grandchildren. ...
by Ilana Lucas - February 25, 2026
Many of us have, at some point in our lives, operated on the basic assumptions that our chosen communities, particularly those aligned by basic ideology, had our best interests at heart and would look out for each other. ...
Past Shows
Canadian Stage presents the Canadian Premiere of CLYDE’S, a new play by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage. Set in a struggling truck stop sandwich...
In this kitchen, redemption is always on the menuClyde runs a truck stop sandwich shop, staffed by ex-convicts looking for a shot at redemption. Despite...
A puppet-powered parody of Romeo and JulietAfter a sold-out run of Little Dickens in 2022, world-renowned Canadian artist Ronnie Burkett returns to Canadian Stage with his irreverent army...
A portrait of sisterhoodIn the wake of shocking news, sisters Liz and Delia unravel a lifetime of memories, traveling across space and time to trace...
A fresh perspective on a literary touchstoneNora appears to be the perfect wife, but beneath the surface she harbours a secret that threatens to unravel...
Toronto’s Favourite Holiday Panto Returns!Get ready to root for the underdog and boo the baddies! This year, the legendary outlaw tale takes on a bold...
Get ready for a night at the theatre that your kids will never forget! Abandon the rules of a stuffy theatrical experience - the panto...
Borders divide, the cosmos unitesCanadian legend Robert Lepage returns to Canadian Stage after sold-out productions of 887 and Needles and Opium.Set against the Cold War's fierce U.S.-Soviet rivalry,...
Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, ‘Night, Mother is a raw and deeply moving exploration of family, control, and the quiet despair that...
The most talked about play of the decadeWelcome to Slave Play, a sharp, provocative, and wildly entertaining theatrical sensation that has sparked conversations from Broadway to...
Star-crossed lovers under the night skyImmerse yourself in the thrilling world of Shakespeare’s most touching tragedy, brought vividly to life by director Marie Farsi (Fifteen Dogs,...
Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen, Alanis Morisette, and MORE!Canada's top musical theatre performers take you on an unforgettable journey through Canada’s songbook. With reimagined...
Canadian Stage presents Amy Herzog's acclaimed adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic, featuring Hailey Gillis as Nora. Directed by Brendan Healy, this fresh take on the...
1939, co-written by Jani Lauzon and Kaitlyn Riordan, explores the intricate dynamics of a fictional Residential School in Northern Ontario during King George VI's anticipated...
The influential Belgian company Ontroerend Goed visits Toronto for three nights only with a conceptually daring, visually stunning performance of environmental apocalypse - with a...
A MAYDAY Production Co-Presented by Dance Immersion and Canadian Stage. Created, directed, and choreographed by Mélanie Demers with the precious collaboration of the interpreters.The cast...
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