Prophetess is a rabbit hole kind of tale, one that's a chaotic descent into madness. Playing now at the Tarragon Theatre until November 1 2026, this dynamic production is written by Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho) and directed/dramaturged by Mike Payette. Prophetess is the kind of show that is ripe for theatre …
The Canadian Opera Company’s remount of its 2014 production of Cosí Fan Tutte, originally directed by Atom Egoyan, brings to bear all of the performance and creative excellence for which the COC is known. However, in the post- #MeToo era, and amidst the Cornell 7 scandal, this 236-year-old work h…
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.…
A one-night-only concert celebrating composer Steve Reich's 90th birthday, featuring the North American premiere of his new work In All Your Ways, co-commissioned by Soundstreams and leading music organisations worldwide, alongside Music for 18 Musicians, one of Reich's most...
Tafelmusik launches its 48th concert season bringing together three composers who challenged the musical conventions of their time. The performance is led by celebrated conductor Jakob Lehmann in his Tafelmusik debut.
The Orion Symphony Orchestra presents original soundtracks from Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, How to Train your Dragon and more...
TD Jazz: Tdot SpecialFeaturingThompson Egbo-Egbo,Joanna Majoko with Andrew Marzotto,Alexis Baro Quartet, andSelcuk Suna QuartetThis concert will be broadcast at 3pm on June 17, 2021 and will be available for viewing online thereafter. Slow-pour a beverage and kick back at home...
LINEUP CHANGE: Kobo Town has replaced Mokoomba.This online concert was originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 14, 2021.Montreal-based Haitian musician Wesli won the 2019 Juno Award for Best World Music Album.Founded and fronted by migr Trinidadian songwriter Drew...
Opera Atelier presents Handels visionary opera, The Resurrection, April 11 - 19, 2020 at Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre. The Resurrection marks the Canadian premiere of Handel's first acknowledged masterpiece in a fully-staged production. Restoring the opera to its original...
Largely self-taught French pianist Lucas Debargue became an international sensation after being unanimously chosen winner of the Moscow Critics Prize at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition. The award goes to "an artist whose incredible gift, artistic vision, and...
Soprano Hibla Gerzmava, star of the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Covent Garden and other major halls, makes her Toronto recital debut, in a program of deeply affecting Russian romances. French art songs, and heart-stopping arias from Anna Bolena, La forza del destino and Norma...
7:30 p.m. The 2018 Ashkenaz Festival opening concert brings together jazz singer Sophie Milman and Russia’s greatest living Roma violinist, Sergei Erdenko, heading an 11-member ensemble performing Yiddish songs that describe the Holocaust in Ukraine. Joining them are Erdenko’s...
“Like A Rolling Stone”, “Born To Run”, “The Times They Are A-Changin”, “Dancing In The Dark” and “Blowin’ In The Wind”. The songs of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen were the soundtracks of two generations, giving voice to protests and hopes. In The Musical Stage Company’s...
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A Very Merry Magic Show Wychwood Theatre (12/19-12/23) |
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Cabaret Canadian Stage (2/13-2/28) |
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The Roll Players Comedy Bar Danforth (6/30-12/29) |
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Fred Penner: The Hero in You Ada Slaight Stage, Young People's Theatre (3/06-3/20) |
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Light in the Darkness - Find the Beauty Grace Church on-the-Hill (12/04-12/04) |
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Jack and Jill and the Beanstalk Wychwood Theatre (12/05-1/17) |
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BE MORE CHILL Terminal Theatre (2/02-2/20) |
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The Plague Outliers Theatre Collective (11/17-11/29) |
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The Happily Ever After Actors Wychwood Theatre (11/07-11/08) |
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Fireside Munsch: A Merry Munsch-Mas Wychwood Theatre (11/28-11/29) |
