16 Ryerson Ave
Toronto, ON M5T 2P3
Theatre Passe Muraille is a theatre in Toronto, ON.
Opera Atelier specializes in 17th- and 18th-century works, and Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg are highly adept at bringing them to life with fidelity to the conventions of the time. Impressively, they manage to do this in a way that never feels tone deaf to mo…
Prophetess is a rabbit hole kind of tale, one that's a chaotic descent into madness. Playing now at the Tarragon Theatre until November 1 2026, this dynamic production is written by Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho) and directed/dramaturged by Mike Payette. Prophetess is the kind of show that is ripe for theatre …
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…
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Reborn is a gripping musical that follows an aspiring actress who lands her dream role in a cult horror film, only to find herself facing an unsettling double that begins to take over her life. Written by Nina Maria, with music by both Nina Maria and Mike Kondakow, the story...
The Iron Mask transforms Alexandre Dumas' classic tale into a vibrant Prohibition-era musical set in 1920s Toronto. In a world where jazz and bootleg liquor reign, the story revolves around twin brothers—one a sinister crime lord and the other a forgotten prisoner—caught in a...
Have you ever told a lie? How bad was it? And how far would you go to keep it a secret? Tom Moran’s critically acclaimed, award-winning solo show arrives in North America after sold-out runs at the Dublin Fringe Festival (2022), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2023), and a celebrated...
Country music and Queer Crip Love. Freedom and Fetishes. Consent and Accountability. A rebel outlaw bursts out of institutional confines on the prairies to find a new home in the big city. Ken Harrower croons original tunes alongside a live country band revealing his real life...
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 life. The Parliament of Poets sends the main character on a Journey to the seven continents to learn from all of the spiritual and wisdom...
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 own survival.1184 occurs at the cusp of the fall of the Muslim empire in Andalusia after 500 years of Convivencia...
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 "newsies." When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike...
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 window of his home. What starts out innocently enough quickly grows into a dangerous obsession, as Jefferies...
After taking a job at the Rogers Call Center during the Holiday Season, Leila – a newcomer to Canada – is inspired to learn all about Christmas. How to do it? The self-described Persian Princess decides to throw a Christmas party…but without cultural knowledge or general...
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: two aspiring and struggling Vaudeville performers in 1913. They receive a call to action from an unknown source, leading them to...
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BE MORE CHILL Terminal Theatre (2/02-2/20) |
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Experience HYPROV: The Ultimate Live Comedy & Hypnosis Show Roy Thomson Hall (11/06-11/06) |
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Cabaret Canadian Stage (2/13-2/28) |
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WonderPhil's PA Day of Magic Wychwood Theatre (11/20-11/20) |
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Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons The Assembly Theatre (11/06-11/15) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Theatre Aquarius (11/18-12/20) |
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Radiant Vermin Red Sandcastle Theatre (11/12-11/22) |
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Heist Theatre Aquarius (4/28-5/15) |
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Battles Ada Slaight Stage, Young People's Theatre (4/26-5/06) |
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The Call Centre of Cthulhu Red Sandcastle Theatre (10/28-11/08) |
