The Fringe Encore Series is a curated showcase presented by Soulpepper Theatre, Obsidian Theatre, Bad Hats Theatre, and the Toronto Fringe Festival, running September 26 to October 11, 2026. Following the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival, the series brings back a selection of...
Closing Time: At Maple Leaf Gardens is a world premiere docu-concert created by Beau Dixon and Frank Cox-O'Connell, who also directs. Part concert, part live documentary, the work is inspired by Leonard Cohen's iconic song "Closing Time" and pays tribute to one of Toronto's most...
Closing Time: At the Matador is a world premiere docu-concert created by Andrew Penner and Frank Cox-O'Connell, presented by Soulpepper Theatre Company as part of a two-part tribute to Toronto's most legendary lost music venues. Inspired by Leonard Cohen's "Closing Time," the...
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.…
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.…
BRAVA: A Cabaret of Devotions is a solo cabaret performance written and performed by professional opera singer Yanik Gosselin, presented as part of the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival. The show blends personal storytelling with songs made famous by legendary divas, drawing on...
The Welkin, a co-production by Soulpepper Theatre Company, Crow's Theatre, and The Howland Company, is a courtroom drama set in rural England in 1759. Directed by Weyni Mengesha, the play features Mayko Nguyen as Lizzy Luke and Bahia Watson as Sally Poppy, along with a large...
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Theatre Aquarius (11/18-12/20) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Nell Campbell Roy Thomson Hall (10/26-10/26) |
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The Roll Players Comedy Bar Danforth (6/30-12/29) |
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Get Down Tonight! Marsh Street Centre (10/14-10/17) |
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The Rainbow Fish Musical Wychwood Theatre (9/19-10/25) PHOTOS VIDEOS |
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Fred Penner: The Hero In You Young People's Theatre (3/06-3/20) |
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Pippin Factory Theatre (11/15-11/21) |
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After Dark The Moonlight Lounge at TacoTaco (10/25-10/25) |
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Creditors Canadian Stage (4/09-5/02) |
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BODIES OF MATTER Terminal Theatre (3/05-3/06) |
