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Review: HEDDA GABLER at Coal Mine Theatre
by Ilana Lucas - May 19, 2024
Director Moya O’Connell’s take on Henrik Ibsen’s play, in a new version by Liisa Repo-Martel, emphasizes the power of triangles, relationship groupings that seem stable but which are easily unbalanced by such an act of bisection. With a dynamite cast, an accessible adaptation, and the claustrophobic...
Review: HADESTOWN at Ed Mirvish Theatre
by Samantha Wu - May 21, 2024
Back by popular demand for a limited time is the multiple Tony and Grammy Awards winning new musical Hadestown - music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell, directed by Rachel Chavkin - for a limited run at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre until May 26. This modern, politically relevant tale combines two c...
Review: SWAN LAKES AND MINUS 16 at Harbourfront Centre
by Ilana Lucas - May 05, 2024
What did our critic think of SWAN LAKES AND MINUS 16 at Harbourfront Centre?...
Review: SHANIQUA IN ABSTRACTION at Streetcar Crowsnest
by Ilana Lucas - April 15, 2024
Directed by Sabryn Rock, behind Theatre Passe Muraille’s hit Our Place, watson’s show is an 85-minute series of sketches about the joys and frustrations of being a Black woman right here, right now....
Review: SPRING DOUBLE BILL at Toronto Dance Theatre
by Ilana Lucas - April 14, 2024
Toronto Dance Theatre’s Spring Double Bill, highlighting East Asian choreographers of different dance backgrounds, is as welcome as a spring bloom. The two trios run the gamut from serious to irreverent, but both highlight dance as a way to connect, whether between the present and past self, or betw...
Review: EL TERREMOTO at Tarragon Theatre
by Ilana Lucas - April 08, 2024
When the ground beneath your feet starts, to move it's an unmooring, dangerous feeling. That’s the sensation that shakes at the core of Christine Quintana’s complex and refreshing new play, EL TERREMOTO (The Earthquake), which may shake you from your seat—even without the help of the intense rumble ...
Review: UNCLEARING at Harbourfront Centre
by Ilana Lucas - April 08, 2024
As the name suggests, UNCLEARING can be somewhat opaque in its messaging to the audience, but it doesn’t stop it from being a stimulating evening....
Review: HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK at Elgin Theatre
by Ilana Lucas - April 08, 2024
Produced by Côté Danse, Ex Machina and Dvoretsky Productions, THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET is on at the Elgin theatre for five short days, and it’s a respectable addition to Ham Mountain, a visually inventive production that never lets its stage magic overshadow the dancers behind and in front of the curta...
Review: LES MISERABLES at the Princess of Wales Theatre
by Samantha Wu - March 30, 2024
The world's most beloved musical, Les Misérables - directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell based on the Victor Hugo novel, makes a highly anticipated return to the Princess of Wales Theatre for a limited engagement. This new reimagined staging is heralded as a reawakening of the classic for the...
Review: DANA H. at Factory Theatre
by Ilana Lucas - March 25, 2024
When actress Jordan Baker opens her mouth, the voice we hear isn’t hers; it’s the voice of Dana H. playwright Lucas Hnath’s mother, Dana Higginbotham, recorded in a series of interviews and cut together to form a lip sync track. Dana herself speaks her truth as she remembers it, which in this case i...
Past Shows
Alice By Heart
5/30 - 6/1/2024
MIGRAAAANTS
1/13 - 1/28/2024
In Matei Visniec’s dark comedy Migraaaants, we journey with asylum seekers from war and unrest to an over-crowded boat, to an uncertain welcome in an ...
Hermaphroditus at the Toronto Fringe Festival
7/6 - 7/16/2023
Rose Gold Productions and Dead Name Theatre in partnership with Necessary Angel present HERMAPHRODITUS at the 2023 Toronto Fringe Festival. The story follows the titular ...
The Parliament of Poets
7/5 - 7/16/2023
The Parliament of Poets Apollo calls the poets of nations East and West to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern ...
1184
4/21 - 5/1/2022
Coexistence among the Muslim, Jewish and Christian Inhabitants of 12th century Seville are threatened by forces all around as the Caliphate struggles to maintain its ...
The Wager
11/14
Mainstage Theatre Presents Newsies!
5/23 - 5/26/2019
Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged ...
The Rear Window
3/8 - 3/17/2019
Recuperating from a broken leg, photojournalist L.B. Jefferies (Tristan Claxton) spends his days cooped up in his NYC apartment, watching his neighbours through the rear ...
A Very Leila Christmas
12/14 - 12/16/2018
After taking a job at the Rogers Call Center during the Holiday Season, Leila – a newcomer to Canada – is inspired to learn all ...
LET'S GO! A G_DOT PREQUEL
9/27 - 10/8/2017
Set forty years before the events of Beckett’s seminal play and inspired by this significant work, LET’S GO! follows the journey of Gogo and Didi: ...
High Park Noir
7/5 - 7/15/2017
Condo development in High Park will leave its furry inhabitants homeless. If he can get sober, raccoon Detective Dick will expose corruption and save High ...
Secrets of a Black Boy
11/10 - 11/20/2016
SECRETS OF A BLACK BOY follows five young black Toronto men that come together for one last domino game at their community centre that's on ...
The De Chardin Project
11/20 - 12/14/2014
Written by Adam Seybold Directed by Alan Dilworth Starring Maev Beaty & Cyrus Lane DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARD WINNER FOR OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY (INDEPENDENT CATEGORY) ...
The State Of Tennessee
6/20 - 6/29/2013
1983. A young playwright travels to key west, Florida, in an attempt to learn how to write plays better from the greatest playwright of his ...
Panamerican Routes
5/15 - 5/27/2012
An International Festival produced by Aluna Theatre. A new generation of innovative voices from the Latin American Diaspora converges on Toronto from across the Continent ...
Buzz Festival
5/1 - 5/4/2012
May 1st to May 4th 2012 Buzz is a tri-annual work-in-development festival. Artists present fifteen to thirty minutes of new work, be it the re-working ...
Impromptu Splendor
9/25 - 4/29/2012
The National Theatre of the World’s Canadian Comedy Award winning and internationally acclaimed improvised play series Impromptu Splendor celebrates it’s 4th Season by taking a ...
Prisoner of Tehran
4/10 - 4/28/2012
Produced by Contrary Company and the Prisoner of Tehran collective in association with Theatre Passe Muraille and with the generous support of the Donner Foundation. ...
Dancing With Rage
3/6 - 3/31/2012
Mary Walsh unleashes her rage to do battle on a grand scale. A woman who starts to go blind, finally starts to see. A mother ...
Jesus Chrysler
11/29 - 12/11/2011
Produced by Praxis Theatre in association with Theatre Passe Muraille A world premiere by Dora-Award winning playwright Tara Beagan, Jesus Chrysler is an immersive production ...
Ride the Cyclone
11/10 - 12/3/2011
Produced by Theatre Passe Muraille in collaboration with Acting Up Stage Company Written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell Directed by Britt Small and Jacob ...
Buzz Festival
11/1 - 11/5/2011
November 1st to November 5th 2011 Buzz is a tri-annual work-in-development festival. Artists present fifteen to thirty minutes of new work, be it the re-working ...
Those Who Can't Do...
10/6 - 10/29/2011
Produced by Theatre Passe Muraille Written by Erin Fleck Directed by Shari Hollett October 6-October 29 Shame. That’s what haunts high school Ancient Civilizations’, and ...
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Thumbelina: A Little Musical
Wychwood Theatre (5/4 - 6/23)
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Broadway Blockbusters with Ramin Karimloo & Mikaela Bennett
Toronto Symphony Orchestra (6/25 - 6/26) | |
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Fiddler on the Roof
Huron Country Playhouse (6/12 - 6/30) | |
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Swipes Right: Back on the Apps
The Second City (1/8 - 6/29) | |
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Twinkle Twinkle
Wychwood Theatre (6/29 - 7/21) | |
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Harbourfront Centre Celebrates 50 Years of Arts, Culture and Unity with an Exciting Summer Lineup of Anniversary Events and Long Weekend Festivals
Harbourfront Centre (6/1 - 8/28) | |
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SPIN - in concert
Guild Festival Theatre (7/6 - 7/6) | |
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Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity)
Princess of Wales Theatre (8/6 - 8/18) | |
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The Money Tree
Guild Festival Theatre (7/11 - 7/13) | |
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