Theatre Taking Talk is Free Theatre halfway around the world Artistic producer Arkady Spivak discusses moving three shows from Barrie, Ont. to Auckland, and several holiday openings have been extended through January
Theatre The Top 10 Toronto theatre artists of 2023 Paolo Santalucia, Hailey Gillis, Philip Akin, Peter Fernandes and others delivered five-star work this year
Theatre Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes Reflecting on one full year of reviews, news and interviews about the Toronto theatre scene
Theatre 'Tis the season for holiday shows Reviews of Chris, Mrs., Jack: A Beanstalk Panto and It's a Wonderful Life
Theatre Letters From Max delivers powerful emotions Necessary Angel's production of Sarah Ruhl's Letters From Max illustrates the persuasive power of live theatre
Theatre A Roy Orbison musical, a Pulitzer-winning two-hander and a sizzling Almodóvar short Reviews of In Dreams, Topdog/Underdog, Spaciousness, Six The Musical, Appropriate, Heroes of the Fourth Turning and more
Theatre Soulpepper's 2024 season includes world premieres, reimagined classics, revivals Nick Green's Casey and Diana, Haley McGee's Age is a Feeling and revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire and First Métis Man of Odesa are part of company's 2024 season
Comedy Bonus post: Patti Harrison at Just for Laughs Toronto Strap yourself in – the hour-long set by the biracial, trans comic goes to some unexpected places
Theatre Toronto's new theatre season begins with a bang Reivews of Michael Healey's The Master Plan, daniel jelani ellis's speaking of sneaking and Simon Stephens's Sea Wall
TIFF 2023 TIFF 2023 reviews: two approaches to biopics, one unclassifiable musical A few final notes about some of the movies I saw at the 48th annual film festival
TIFF 2023 TIFF 2023 reviews: Sing Sing and The Critic Experienced stage actors Ian McKellen and Colman Domingo deliver two of the most nuanced performances at the festival
TIFF 2023 TIFF 2023 reviews: Days of Happiness and Seven Veils Two Canadian dramas explore women in the performing arts at career crossroads – but only one succeeds
TIFF 2023 TIFF 2023 review: Swan Song is a thrilling arts doc – with some odd editing choices Chelsea McMullan's absorbing documentary about the lead-up to the National Ballet of Canada's Swan Lake has some weird omissions
Out-of-town Theatre Two rarely performed plays take centre stage at the Shaw Festival Works by James Baldwin and Edith Wharton add novelty – if not great drama – to Niagara-on-the-Lake
TIFF 2023 10 stage-related offerings at TIFF From Ian McKellan as a bitchy gay drama critic to an Atom Egoyan film about an opera director, there are lots of stage-related films at this year's festival
Paid-members only Theatre Taking a chance on theatre and improv Improv ace Rebecca Northan and Shaw Festival veteran Deborah Hay discuss making things up in The Game of Love and Chance and beyond
Theatre Review: Let's Dance stumbles at the Winter Garden New jukebox musical set in the early 1960s reminds you of other, better shows
Theatre SummerWorks reviews: Lady M and i am your spaniel Two Shakespeare-adjacent works at the eclectic performance festival will make you think of the Bard in a whole new way
Members only Theatre Review: King Gilgamesh & The Man of the Wild is thrilling theatre This hybrid tale inspired by the 11th century BCE epic is a raucous, glorious celebration of what it means to be alive
Film Review: Theater Camp is the most fun you'll have this summer Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman's mockumentary about a beleaguered camp in upstate New York has real affection for its underdog characters
Fringe Festival Fringe reviews: Choir!, Our Little Secret, Caezus, Patron's Picks and more On the 35th Toronto Fringe's penultimate day, I weigh in on a few more shows, and list the fest's winners, including Patron's Picks
Theatre Review: Hadestown is hellishly good Anaïs Mitchell's musical often seems to be searching for a central metaphor to unify the show, but that doesn't matter in this rousing, foot-stomping spectacle
Fringe Festival Fringe reviews: Killing Time, A Woman Is..., All of Our Parents Are Asian A crowd-pleasing musical gets lots of bonus points, triple threat performer Kiki Moritsugu spills the tea about her life and career and an Asian comedy duo deliver improv with a unique POV
Fringe Festival Fringe reviews: Good Old Days, James and Jamesy and more Day 4's highlights included Michael Ross Albert's timely new play and a surprisingly moving clown show by two Fringe faves
Fringe Festival Fringe reviews: Blake & Clay's Gay Agenda, Sadec 1965, Mail Ordered and more Day 3 of the Toronto Fringe was my best yet, with hilarious sketch, scathing satire, moving storytelling and a one-of-a-kind opportunity to unleash my inner artist
