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RICHMOND HILL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

4981 Highway 7, Unit 1, Markham ON L3R 1N1
Richmond Hill, ON L4C 3B7



Review: FUNNY GIRL at Shaw Festival


by Michael Rabice - June 01, 2026

When FUNNY GIRL opened on Broadway it was a smash hit in 1964 and would jettison the career of Barbra Streisand. It became a staple on repertory companies, regional and community theatres and summer stock. But the looming memory of Streisand's iconic performance  on stage and then on screen seemed ...

Review: WORLD ON FIRE at The Assembly Theatre


by Keira Grant - May 30, 2026

On the whole, this intimate and emotionally raw black box presentation was a strong inaugural performance for this company, and I look forward to seeing more fresh grassroots performances from them in the future. ...

Review: CICADAS at Tarragon Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - May 17, 2026

What did our critic think of CICADAS at Tarragon Theatre?...

Review: BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE/ERWARTUNG at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts


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....

Review: STRIFE at Tarragon Theatre


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...

Review: PELLÉAS AND MÉLISANDE at Koerner Hall


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....

Review: THE MOORS at The Theatre Centre


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...

Review: CYRANO at CAA Theatre


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....

Review: THE NEIGHBOURS at Tarragon Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - March 06, 2026

What did our critic think of THE NEIGHBOURS at Tarragon Theatre?...

Review: PEOPLE OF THE CITY at Factory 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...

Past Shows

MATTHIAS THE PAINTER
MATTHIAS THE PAINTER
Mar 11

As a wedding present to the daughter of his most influential teacher, Stravinsky gifts the speedy fantasy entitled Fireworks – an early work that foreshadows the composer’s impending fame....

REFLECTIONS
REFLECTIONS
Dec 18

Under the direction of Maestro Kristian Alexander, the Kindred Spirits Orchestra performs a night of exceptional and evocative music. Tchaikovskys poignant Capriccio Italien is a...

IN SINISTRIS MANIBUS
IN SINISTRIS MANIBUS
Oct 30

Join the Kindred Spirits Orchestra in celebrating the opening concert of the season featuring music that conveys the deepest of emotions. French composer Paul Dukas...

PASSION AND DRAMA
PASSION AND DRAMA
Mar 20

Fervorous melodies of the Roma people captivate through violin pyrotechnics in Pablo de Saratsates Zigeunerweisen. Lost during the plight of the Russian Revolution, Prokofiev reconstructed...

The Muse and the Poet
The Muse and the Poet
Mar 20

Described by the composer himself as a conversation between two instruments instead of a debate between two virtuosos, Saint-Sans elegiac late masterpiece La Muse et...

Videos


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Soulpepper Theatre (6/30-7/12)
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Grand Soft Day in Toronto Grand Soft Day
Young People's Theatre (4/24-5/02)
Shinedown & Coheed and Cambria in Toronto Shinedown & Coheed and Cambria
Coca-Cola Coliseum (7/13-7/13)
10 Days in a Madhouse in Toronto 10 Days in a Madhouse
The Bluma Appel Theatre (6/16-6/21) VIDEOS
Moonstruck in Toronto Moonstruck
Comedy Bar (10/09-10/30)
Something Rotten! in Toronto Something Rotten!
Stratford Festival (5/11-10/31) PHOTOS
AC/DC in Toronto AC/DC
Rogers Stadium (9/16-9/16)
SpongeBob the Musical in Toronto SpongeBob the Musical
Randolph Theatre (8/22-9/20)