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Heaven is a contemporary dance work choreographed by Sasha Ivanochko, performed naked and without music, rooted in the idea of heaven as a site of union and exploring the tension between connection and isolation through the body. The 20th anniversary remount features performers...
An opening-night celebration hosted by Juno Award-nominated artist Hisham Kelati, featuring stand-up comedy from Rasha Elfeky, Franco Nguyen, Sam Sferrazza, and Martha Chaves. The evening raises funds for The Theatre Centre and includes a pre-show reception, a complimentary...
A stand-up comedy lineup featuring Faith With The Jokes, Lukas Brennan, Jesse Singh, and Ashwyn Singh. Hosted by Janelle Niles of Got Land Comedy.
A sketch comedy showcase featuring Imogen Quest, Sarah Conway, Becky Ablack and Zoe Marín from Small Friend Tall Friend, Anders Yates, and Tiyawnda. Hosted by Anasimone, who produces popular shows across Toronto.
Canadian comic Debra DiGiovanni performs her signature fast-paced comedy at The Theatre Centre for the first time. The show also features sketch comedy duo Hackett & Langdon (Brandon Hackett and Jonathan Langdon) and is hosted by liza paul, artistic director of Comedy is Art.
An improv and sketch showcase featuring performances from Meet Cute, N***A PROV, and RATS! Another Musical?, hosted by Maricris Rivera of the Tita Collective. Meet Cute features A.C. Birch and Stevey Hunter, N***A PROV is an all-Black improv troupe including Tamara Shevon...
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.…
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…
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Sweet Ephemera is a double bill of contemporary dance works presented by DanceWorks, featuring Peel Me by Eilish 미정 Shin-Culhane and pahinga ka muna by Jose Miguel 'Miggy' Esteban. The program explores queer intimacy, cultural memory, and diasporic experience, with performers...
History does not stay buried in The House of Special Purpose, a striking new Canadian musical that arrives in Toronto this June with a haunting, genre-defying exploration of memory, political violence, and the human cost of power. Part ghost story, part fever dream, The House of...
Dora award-winning indie theatre company Riot King Art Market is presenting The Moors by playwright Jen Silverman , playing from April 3rd to 19th in The Theatre Centre’s BMO Incubator Space. A young governess arrives at a mysterious manor on the remote Moors of England after...
Winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Lyrics and Best Book, Company follows a bachelor named Bobby who approaches his 35th birthday with mixed feelings about the idea of getting married. Over the course of dinners, drinks and even a wedding, his...
The Emerging Playwrights Reading Series supports early career playwrights in developing their artistic voices and connecting with professionals in the industry. Selected new works receive a one-week workshop under the guidance of established directors culminating in a public...
When a middle-aged Canadian woman, who is also a hidden Jew, joins the British Special Operations Executive during WW2 as a spy in Occupied France, her male colleague is skeptical she’ll make a difference because she’s a woman – and an ‘old’ one at that. However, she defies...
Year six of the Comedy is Art festival at The Theatre Centre is three nights of can’t-miss comedy with over 20 comics from across Toronto and beyond. Shows include Andrew Phung and Friends, Not Hamilton Improvised, Nkasi Ogbonnah’s Afronaut, and more. Passes and single tickets...
Riot King is back to present the Tony Award-winning play RED from March 28-April 6, 2025 with eight performances at The Theatre Centre in Toronto. RED is a thrilling two-hander, starring Lindsay Merrithew and Brendan Kinnon , about American abstract painter Mark Rothko and the...
GAME OF LIFE is based on the personal story of bluemouth inc artist Lucy Simic; a two-part exploration of mortality, the urgency of time, the holding and letting go of relationships. Expect laughter, dancing and moments that will stay with you long after the night ends. ELEPHANT...
It’s the 20th anniversary of The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, and we’re pulling out all the stops! From March 5-16, 2025, join us at The Theatre Centre and Comedy Bar for an unforgettable celebration of the best live comedy in North America with 70+ incredible acts and 50+...
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Death of a Salesman Stratford Festival (5/05-10/24) PHOTOS |
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THE ART OF SOUND CBC Glenn Gould Studio (6/26-6/26) |
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GRAHAM100 Terminal Theatre (4/30-5/02) |
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Sex in the '80s Canadian Stage (1/16-2/07) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Theatre Aquarius (11/18-12/20) |
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ANNULÉ - Il était une fois... Noël Théâtre Capitole (11/25-11/29) |
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SYMPHONY UNDER THE STARS Collingwood Music Festival (7/11-7/11) |
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Sleuth The Fleck at Harbourfront Centre Theatre (10/16-11/01) |
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Bee Gees Celebration Théâtre Capitole (12/16-1/02) |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Stratford Festival (5/01-9/26) PHOTOS |
