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…
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.…
Othello is a production of Shakespeare's tragedy directed by Haysam Kadri, featuring André Sills as Othello, Evan Buliung as the manipulative Iago, and Krystin Pellerin as Desdemona. The play follows Othello, a celebrated military leader whose love for Desdemona is slowly...
A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Graham Abbey and developed in collaboration with Groundling Theatre, opens the Tom Patterson Theatre's 2026 season. André Sills plays Oberon, Sara Topham plays Titania, and Michael Spencer-Davis plays Nick Bottom, with Mike Nadajewski as...
A risqué new comedy inspired by William Congreve's The Way of the World, written and directed by Jovanni Sy, weaving together love, loyalty and ambition. Singaporean socialite Arabella Flynn discovers her former lover Edward Lim intends to marry her younger cousin, Millicent...
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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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BE MORE CHILL Terminal Theatre (2/02-2/20) |
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SERENADES AND SWEETHEARTS 19 on the Park Stouffville (2/11-2/11) |
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ELECTRIC SILENCE Cornell Recital Hall (4/10-4/10) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Theatre Aquarius (11/18-12/20) |
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The Plague Outliers Theatre Collective (11/17-11/29) |
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Guys and Dolls Stratford Festival (4/22-11/14) PHOTOS |
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Heist Theatre Aquarius (4/28-5/15) |
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Radiant Vermin Red Sandcastle Theatre (11/12-11/22) |
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MOZART REQUIEM Meridian Arts Centre (6/19-6/19) |
