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…
Reviews of Pedro the Penguin, 1920s Walking Around in a Dream, Olivia O: The Musical, A Conversation With Myself, and Aliya Kanani: A Comedian's Guide to Enlightenment…
Gabrielle Leonore is autistic. For her, life continues at its own steady pace. But, to the rest of the world - a world that simply does not comprehend autism - she's an inspiration. …
Reviews of DADS, Brava: A Cabaret of Devotions, and LADIES' DAY at the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival…
Grey Spaces is a visually-pleasing and highly-ambitious new musical that features strong performances, but lacks clarity and polish. The world premiere musical is playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival from June 30-July 12. …
The Remainders is a touching theatrical love letter to public libraries and to any patron who has ever found a sense of belonging through public libraries.…
Experience Buxtehude’s profound influence on Bach In 1705, the 20-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach journeyed 400 kilometres on foot from Arnstadt to Lübeck to meet and learn from the great composer Dietrich Buxtehude, then aged 70. During Bach’s three-month stay he would have...
Over the course of 40 years, J.S. Bach wrote more than 200 astonishing cantatas, of which only a handful are regularly performed today. Choir Director Ivars Taurins has combed through all 200 to hand-pick a few hidden gems—choruses, arias, and recitatives—that we don’t hear as...
The deep ties between Tafelmusik and New York’s legendary Juilliard School are the spark behind this celebration of the theatrical and extraordinary music of Jean-Philippe Rameau. Violinist Robert Mealy , head of Juilliard’s distinguished Historical Performance program and...
One of the most recognized and popular works in baroque music, J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos encapsulate all the qualities that affirm his brilliance as a composer. Creativity, originality, and boldness are on display in these groundbreaking concertos whose novel...
Tafelmusik launches the new year with a euphoric celebration of Bach in Bach Brandenburgs!, featuring Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, running January 29 to February 1 at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre. Led by the incomparable Rachel Podger, the ensemble delivers an...
TAFELMUSIK AND RACHEL PODGER TAKE THE STAGE JANUARY 29–FEBRUARY 1 IN BACH BRANDENBURGS! TICKETS SELLING QUICKLY Featuring four J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos and the Toronto Premiere of Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E-flat “St. Anne”, arranged for orchestra Toronto, ON (December...
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Creditors Canadian Stage (4/09-5/02) |
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Tuesdays With Morrie Marsh Street Centre (9/22-9/26) |
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So Now You Know: Personal Stories in Motion Harbourfront Centre (10/03-10/03) |
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The Hobbit Stratford Festival (4/21-10/23) PHOTOS |
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DANCER (A MUSICAL IN TEN FURLONGS) Terminal Theatre (10/06-11/01) VIDEOS |
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The Importance of Being Earnest Stratford Festival (5/19-10/23) PHOTOS |
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Grand Soft Day Young People's Theatre (4/24-5/02) |
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Sisters of '78 Theatre Aquarius (9/30-10/17) |
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Bee Gees Celebration Théâtre Capitole (12/16-1/02) |
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A Fine Balance Crow's Theatre (8/25-10/11) |
