June 5, 2026reviewFunny Girl at the Shaw Festival delivers the laughs in a post-Hacks worldAisling Murphy4 min read
June 3, 2026reviewWaiting for Godot at Stratford is tedious and stark – but that’s the pointAisling Murphy4 min read
June 2, 2026reviewThe Hobbit at Stratford is a middling journey through Middle EarthAisling Murphy4 min read
June 1, 2026reviewSomething Rotten! at Stratford is a mind-blowing scramble of egg puns and danceAisling Murphy4 min read
May 29, 2026reviewStratford’s Death of a Salesman is mournful and languid, with an undeniable Willy Loman at its centreAisling Murphy4 min read
May 29, 2026André Sills takes on his biggest Stratford Festival season yet: Othello and Oberon 7 min read
May 28, 2026reviewA Midsummer Night’s Dream is the Stratford Festival’s best Shakespeare in agesAisling Murphy4 min read
May 27, 2026reviewStratford’s Guys and Dolls is a masterpiece of a gangster musicalAisling Murphy4 min read
May 26, 2026reviewStratford’s The Tempest is an eye-popping, imperfect goodbye for outgoing artistic director Antoni CimolinoAisling Murphy4 min read
May 25, 2026reviewShaw Festival’s Sleuth is a highly spoilable thriller – and an auspicious directorial debut for Peter FernandesAisling Murphy4 min read
May 15, 2026reviewTake Rimbaud, a new play about the futility of art, is a manifesto in every sense of the wordAisling Murphy4 min read
May 15, 2026opinionDon’t censor artists on Israel and Gaza – or anything else, for that matterMarsha Lederman4 min read
May 14, 2026Small-scale plays and musicals win big at the 2026 Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards4 min read
May 9, 2026Behind the scenes of a new jukebox musical featuring songs by the Tragically Hip13 min read
May 8, 2026reviewMultidisciplinary climate play cicadas is ambitious and daring, but also a messAisling Murphy4 min read
May 8, 2026The National Arts Centre’s 26-27 offerings will include a global blend of theatre, music and dance4 min read
May 7, 2026Aurora Stewart de Peña listens to the imaginary people in her head when writing her plays4 min read
May 7, 2026reviewHow to Catch Creation at Soulpepper is billed as rom-com, but soars past genre tropesMartha Schabas4 min read
December 10, 2010globe books specialNo gift so rare as a book, Part II: More holiday gift books12 min read
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