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NATIVE EARTH'S AKI STUDIO

585 Dundas St. E.
Toronto, ON



Review: THE NEIGHBOURS at Tarragon Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - March 06, 2026

What did our critic think of THE NEIGHBOURS at Tarragon Theatre?...

Review: PEOPLE OF THE CITY at Factory Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - March 05, 2026

Bad Dog Theatre’s new improv show at Factory Theatre revolves around a storyteller who shares three short stories from their lives about what it means to be a person in Toronto. After each tale, the team of improvisers serves up a set of improv based on—or, at least, tangentially related—to ob...

Review: LITTLE WILLY at Canadian Stage


by Ilana Lucas - March 05, 2026

Master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett brings the beautiful handcrafted marionettes of the Daisy Theatre to Canadian Stage’s Berkeley St. location for a run of LITTLE WILLY, an anarchic riff off Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in the same vein as 2022’s Little Dickens....

Review: LOVE YOU FOREVER AND MORE MUNSCH at Young People's Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - February 25, 2026

I grew up with Robert Munsch stories. If you grew up in Canada, it’s likely you did, too—or you’ve read them to your children, or grandchildren. ...

Review: EUREKA DAY at Coal Mine Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - February 25, 2026

Many of us have, at some point in our lives, operated on the basic assumptions that our chosen communities, particularly those aligned by basic ideology, had our best interests at heart and would look out for each other. ...

Review: YOU, ALWAYS at Canadian Stage


by Ilana Lucas - February 18, 2026

Erin Shields’ beautiful YOU, ALWAYS, directed by Andrea Donaldson at Canadian Stage’s Berkeley Street Theatre, is a kaleidoscopic, fragmented look at all moments of a sibling relationship, from childhood to maturity and everything in between....

Review: MISCHIEF at Tarragon Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - February 03, 2026

The fish leads a more exciting life when it jumps out of the water to visit mischief on the birds. That’s what Emily (Nicole Joy-Fraser), a 288-year-old spirit, tells Brooke (Lisa Nasson), a young Mi’kmaq woman who Emily feels is treading water instead of emerging from it....

Review: OPHIS at The Great Hall


by Samantha Wu - January 13, 2026

TranscenDance Project is starting off the new year by offering an invitation into the unknown with a remount of their intoxicating interactive production of Ophis. Taking over the multifple rooms and floors of The Great Hall, audience members are invited to don a mask and follow along as dancers tel...

Past Shows

6 Visitors & 7 Stories
6 Visitors & 7 Stories
Dec 10 – Dec 12, 2025

Toronto Film School’s Acting for Film, TV & the Theatre students are bringing 6-7's meme-inspired energy to the stage with two thematically rich theatrical productions: 6 Visitors,...

Animal Farm
Animal Farm
Sep 16 – Sep 18, 2025

A group of Toronto Film School acting students is set to step into the hooves, paws, trotters and claws of the creatures inhabiting Animal Farm...

Black Ballerina
Black Ballerina
May 23 – May 25, 2025

Native Earth Performing Arts is proud to present Black Ballerina by Syreeta Hector from May 23-25, 2025 at Aki Studio in Toronto. Based on Syreeta...

POZ
POZ
Apr 22 – Mar 27, 2025

After a sold out run at Toronto Fringe, winning Best New Play, Patron’s Pick, and named Toronto Star Critic’s Pick, POZ is back for one...

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