An Elder's Journey in (Re)verse
An Elder's Journey in (Re)verse by Elder Duke Redbird is a solo poetry performance tracing his long history and cultural experiences on this land. The...
SummerWorks Performance Festival (Across Toronto)
Upcoming Shows
Body Story
Body Story by Xin Ji from New Zealand is a virtuosic solo work exploring complex identities. The work is part of the international programming at...
Collision Project
Collision Project by Unlock Dancing Plaza showcases the experimental performance practices of four Hong Kong artists. The work is part of the international programming at...
Date of Performance
Date of Performance by Maryam Khalili is an Iranian lecture-performance discussing censorship and collective resistance under conditions of isolation and repression. The work features narratives...
Festivals are Scary: Fish Walks by the Lake
Festivals are Scary: Fish Walks by the Lake by Emily Jung and Theresa Cutknife is a mobile performance along the water that brings forward the...
Free Touch
Free Touch by Chou Kuan Jou from Taiwan explores consensual touch in public and private spaces, and the boundaries between our bodies and our memories....
Free Touch: Staging Presence
Free Touch: Staging Presence by Chou Kuan Jou from Taiwan explores consensual touch in public and private spaces, and the boundaries between our bodies and...
Golden Rez Dog
Golden Rez Dog by Marcus Merasty is a somatic investigation into personal, collective, and Indigenous ancestral histories. The work is part of the SummerWorks Performance...
GPO Box No. 211
GPO Box No. 211 by Theatre du Poulet is an object theatre performance drawing from an exchange of letters with an imprisoned Hong Kong artist....
Hello Sunshine!
Hello Sunshine! by Sara Porter is a world premiere solo clown opera about living with invisible disability and a lifelong acute sun allergy. The work...
Historic Building in Downtown Location
Historic Building in Downtown Location by Dawn Jani Birley and Birgit Schreyer Duarte is a housing-market drama, ghost story, and gothic opera exploring urban housing...
Little White Room
Little White Room by Amy Nostbakken, Norah Sadava, and Vicky Araico from Mexico is an Associate Artist project supported over two Festival cycles through the...
Our Other Organ
Our Other Organ by Boaz Barkan from Denmark is a humorous and unsettling dissection of contemporary Jewish identity. The work is part of the international...
Provisions
Provisions by Lester Trips is a physical theatre work combining body horror, speculative fiction, and understated cringe comedy. The work is part of the SummerWorks...
Retina Maneuver
Retina Maneuver by Ping-Hsiang Wang from Taiwan is a lecture-performance presented as a fanatical search for queer understanding through digital archives. The work is part...
Rot Hat
Rot Hat by Montreal-based Nate Yaffe is a world premiere dance and live music performance that moves through historical fiction, speculative ceremony, humour, grief, and...
Secret Ingredients
Secret Ingredients by Keely O'Brien is a participatory theatre project that uses cake to explore human relationships. The work is part of the SummerWorks Performance...
Soft Squishy Things
Soft Squishy Things by Ghost River Theatre is an intimate object-theatre performance exploring isolation, identity, and our human need for connection in the vast emptiness...
SummerWorks Performance Festival 2026: Fight | Flight
SummerWorks Performance Festival returns with 35 projects and 27 live performances across venues and public spaces in Toronto. The 2026 edition includes three world premieres,...
Tandava
Tandava by Nova Bhattacharya and Suvendrini Lena is an Associate Artist project supported over two Festival cycles through the SummerWorks Associate Artists Program. The work...
The Butterfly Who Flew Into the Rave
The Butterfly Who Flew Into the Rave by Oli Mathiesen from New Zealand is a high-octane, hyper-physical dance performance rave from a rising Māori/Indigenous choreographer....
We Move Together or Not at All
We Move Together or Not at All by Sasha Kleinplatz is a durational choreographic installation and sonified greenhouse activated by different soloists. The work is...
Working on My Night Moves
Working on My Night Moves by Julia Croft and Nisha Madhan from New Zealand and Australia is a genre-defying live work that reaches towards multiple...
Review: TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL REVIEW ROUNDUP 2 at Toronto Fringe
Reviews of DADS, Brava: A Cabaret of Devotions, and LADIES' DAY at the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival…
Review: GREY SPACES at Theatre Passe Muraille
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. …
Review: THE REMAINDERS at Toronto Fringe
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.…
Review: UNSUNG: THE ACCIDENTAL VILLAINS OF HISTORY at Toronto Fringe
Unsung: The Accidental Villains of History, welcoming audiences at Theatre Passe Muraille from June 30-July 11, is a charming and entertaining musical with stellar vocals, but lacks essential context for those not well-versed in world history.…
Review: GALEN'S GROCER: THE MUSICAL at Theatre Passe Muraille
Galen's Grocer is an extremely timely, clever and detail-oriented musical that will -- both hilariously and sadly -- resonate with anyone who buys groceries in Canada.…
Review: TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL 2026: REVIEW ROUNDUP 1 at Toronto Fringe
Toronto Fringe Festival: Reviews of War Dog, D.E.I. Another Day, Belly Button, Such Ado!, and Three Descending Notes…
Review: JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE at Shaw Festival
That belovedly droll English valet of old, Jeeves, has resurfaced to the delight of everyone in the the charming play JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE now onstage at The Shaw Festival. After the recent demolition of the Royal George Theatre in Niagara on the Lake Ontario, the Shaw Festival h…
Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Princess Of Wales Theatre
The Outsiders’ Canadian debut, presented with Mirvish Productions, is a seamless, multi-sensory delight that evokes strong reactions from traditionally quiet Toronto audiences. …
Review: 10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE at Bluma Appel Theatre: St. Lawrence Centre For The Arts
Every aspect of 10 Days in a Madhouse, directed by Joanna Settle, exemplified why opera has the power to bring stories to life in ways that no other genre can. Score, libretto, set, costumes, lighting, and vocal and orchestral performances of the highest quality mingled into something that was more …
Review: PUNCH: A NEW MUSICAL - PRESENTED IN CONCERT at Factory Theatre
PUNCH: A New Musical - Presented in Concert is a warm, musical hug to those who feel like they don’t quite belong where they are expected. A favourable mix of originality and familiarity, the production features thoughtfully-crafted music and strong, believable performances.…
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LA BOHEME Terminal Theatre (11/27-11/29) |
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The Tao of the World Stratford Festival (8/02-9/26) PHOTOS |
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The Importance of Being Earnest Stratford Festival (5/19-10/23) PHOTOS |
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The Tempest Stratford Festival (4/28-10/24) PHOTOS |
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Battles Young People's Theatre (4/26-5/06) |
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Pinocchio County Stage (7/25-8/09) |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Stratford Festival (5/01-9/26) PHOTOS |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Theatre Aquarius (11/18-12/20) |
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CINDERELLA by The United European Ballet Company First Ontario Performing Arts Center (11/24-11/24) |
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AC/DC Rogers Stadium (9/16-9/16) |