Patrick Galligan as Andrew Wyke and Sepehr Reybod as Milo Tindle engage in a deadly game of cat and mouse in Anthony Shaffer's thriller Sleuth at the newly reconfigured Court House Theatre. The production has been reconfigured for the space and is directed by Peter Fernandes.
Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense is the Canadian premiere of the Robert and David Goodale Olivier award-winning stage adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's The Code of the Woosters, directed by Brendan McMurtry-Howlett. Bertie Wooster, played by Jeff Irving, decides to mount a...
A production of Agatha Christie's The Patient directed by Neil Munro Intern Murdoch Schon. The piece is part of the 2027 Directors Project, marking the first time intern directors' work will appear on the Shaw Festival's regular playbill.
A production of Agatha Christie's The Rats directed by Neil Munro Intern Manami Hara. The piece is part of the 2027 Directors Project, marking the first time intern directors' work will appear on the Shaw Festival's regular playbill.
Booty Candy is perfect for 2026. It has just the right blend of hilarity and hyperbole to take your mind off current events and just enough home truths to give a voice to the shared pain, fear and rage of all of us whose very existence is subversive during these turbulent times. At a time when pla…
Multi-Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys lends her soulful and iconic tunes to Hell's Kitchen on stage now at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, directed by Patrick Willingham and Oskar Eustis (artistic director) with book by Kristoffer Diaz. This moving coming-of-age story features the the…
WALDEN is more successful in its exploration of family dynamics than as a work of speculative fiction. However, Icarus Theatre’s production at The Theatre Centre, directed by Erik Richards, still takes off for an engaging 90 minutes of theatre.…
Canadian Opera Company’s season opener La Traviata pulls out all the stops and sets an extremely high bar for the rest of its 26-27 offerings. My companion has been coming to the opera with me for many years, and she was blown away, proclaiming this as one of her all-time faves. “A triumph,” s…
Spring Awakening at Soulpepper Theatre is a well-executed and expertly-crafted sensory delight (though the dark themes this play tackles are far from delightful) that offers an intense, almost cinematic theatre-going experience.…
The Shaw Festival seems to be having a small tribute festival to Shaffer brothers as it is presenting two of their known pieces this season. The dark mystery SLEUTH by Anthony Shaffer is now playing to great acclaim at the Court House Theatre and more recently and the comic drama AMADEUS by Sir Pe…
An embarrassment of artistic riches has yet again convened in Niagara on the Lake for this season’s Shaw Festival. Two very different plays are given world class productions sharing many of the same talents. Last week I attended Anthony Shaffer’s psychological thriller SLEUTH at the intima…
THE GREAT GATSBY is most definitely not your high school lit class. At the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, the music is loud, the dancing is hot, and the passions are hotter.…
Now in performances at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre, Mamma Mia! is a delightfully cheerful and charmingly-quirky musical that had audiences roaring with applause and laughter.…
Reviews of Love, Shakespeare, and Rope; A Comedy Show at the End of the World; and Orbit…
Written and directed by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, this grown-up take on the classic Cinderella fairytale imagines a darkly comic world beyond the story, asking where these characters come from and where they end up long after the heroine puts away her glass slippers. The piece is...
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The Descent of Orpheus Opera Atelier (10/22-10/25) |
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Ladies Night - Drôlement sexy Théâtre Capitole (1/22-1/23) |
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Wine in the Wilderness Canadian Stage (9/19-10/04) |
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Woyzeck ArraySpace (9/29-10/04) |
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ROMANCE IN BLUE AND GOLD Flato Markham Theatre (12/05-12/05) |
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887 - Ex Machine / Robert Lepage The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres (12/10-12/13) |
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A CHRISTMAS CAROl Broadway Musical by Menken Newroads Performing Arts (11/12-11/15) |
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The Tempest Stratford Festival (4/28-10/24) PHOTOS |
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BE MORE CHILL Terminal Theatre (2/02-2/20) |
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Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley LIVE - The Genuine Friends Tour BNZ Theatre (10/10-10/10) |
