Film Hamnet: to see or not to see? Plus The Fifth Step at National Theatre Live Your mileage may vary on Chloé Zhao’s moody adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, but you should see David Ireland’s powerful two-hander about addiction
Members only Theatre Two holiday-adjacent shows you can’t miss this season Reviews of The Christmas Market, Fulfillment Centre, The Dishwashers and Spycraft
Film Wicked: For Good bursts the bubble of the first film Ariana Grande’s layered performance is one of the only bright spots in the dark and dour conclusion to the Wizard of Oz prequel
Theatre The role that got Kristen Thomson to return to the stage The multiple Dora Award-winning actor and writer makes her Coal Mine debut in Abe Koogler’s drama Fulfillment Centre
Theatre Reviews: Elizabeth McGovern plays Ava Gardner, plus three indie offerings Tick, tick... BOOM! and Predictable Holiday Rom-Com, both closing this weekend, are worth celebrating
Theatre Reviews: The Far Side of the Moon, CHILD-ish, Doc Wuthergloom This week’s roundup includes a verbatim show by children, the return of a Canadian classic and a ghoulishly good horror anthology
Film Review: Blue Moon is musical theatre heaven Ethan Hawke delivers a near-legendary performance as lyricist Lorenz Hart; plus: Doubt: A Parable and a ticket giveaway
Paid-members only Theatre Paid-member exclusive: Bright Star’s George Krissa The scene-stealing star of Great Comet, Bright Star and the upcoming & Juliet discusses breaking through, making history at Hallmark and his dream roles
Film Kiss of the Spider Woman adaptation still casts a spell Jennifer Lopez shines in Bill Condon’s uneven adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Kander and Ebb musical
Theatre Thanksgiving roundup: Bright Star, Bremen Town, The Sankofa Trilogy and Concord Floral In which I give thanks to the rich and varied bounty of the Toronto theatre scene
Theatre Fall openings (Part 2): Slave Play, Tell Tale Harbour, Blackbird, The Green Line, Ride the Cyclone Here’s the second part of my openings roundup, with offerings by Canadian Stage, Mirvish, Buddies, Talk is Free and Shifting Ground Collective
Members only Comedy Just for Laughs Toronto: Report #2: Sandra Shamas, Maria Bamford, Sabrina Wu, Jacob Balshin The iconic festival returned with a scaled-back edition and delivered much-needed laughs
Theatre Fall openings (Part 1): MJ, Godot, Octet, The Veil, Romeo Pimp, Enormity The Toronto theatre season is now in full swing, with offerings by Mirvish, Crow’s, Coal Mine and more
Comedy Just for Laughs Toronto: Report #1: the Kimmel fallout James Adomian, Jay Jurden and John Mostyn brought comic catharsis to the first couple days of JFL's return
Members only Theatre 10 theatre artists to watch this fall Here are a few of the actors, writers and directors who will be getting applause this season
Theatre Review: The Welkin packs a wallop Weyni Mengesha’s powerful production of Lucy Kirkwood’s period play deserves to be seen and savoured multiple times
Theatre Reviews: Bachelor Man, Connections A little-known Canadian play about Chinese-Canadians in 1920s Toronto gets remounted, and a new musical set at an airport shows promise
Theatre Bringing historic Asian-Canadian play Bachelor Man back to the stage Veteran theatre artist Brenda Kamino co-directs and performs in Winston Kam’s play more than 30 years after she starred in the premiere
Theatre Reviews: two indie theatre companies make their marks The summer season winds down with strong productions of Oleanna and Pigeon!
Members only Theatre Shakespeare riffs x3: Tiff’ny of Athens, Heratio and Mechanically Inclined Three late summer productions use the Bard as a jumping off point; plus: a ticket giveaway to the new Chelsea Woolley play
Theatre Reviews: Old Times, Rainbow on Mars, SummerWorks The summer season winds down with some Pinter, some performance art and the announcement of a new monthly sketch series
Film TIFF 2025 films for theatre and comedy lovers From docs about John Candy and the famous 1972 Godspell to two takes on Hamlet, there are lots of stage-related movies at this year's festival
Comedy Why is comic Andrew Barr running 100km on a treadmill for 12 hours? The stand-up is raising funds for the rehab centre that helped him get clean and sober
Books Theatre-related reading: Bring the House Down, Theater Kid, Happy Days I review Charlotte Runcie’s very entertaining novel about a scandal at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Paid-members only Theatre Setting the stage for great theatre Set designers Julie Fox, Joshua Quinlan and Tim Hatley discuss transferring shows to bigger houses, West End vs. Broadway costs and the ubiquitous use of video projections
