YesterdayDance Nation’s depiction of adolescent intensity gets lost in its utter weirdness Martha Schabas4 min read
April 17, 2026Opera Atelier’s youngest work centres a love triangle and raises a deep question5 min read
April 17, 2026reviewMary, Mary, Mary, Mary is a disappointing Bible play about the women in Jesus’s orbitAisling Murphy4 min read
April 17, 2026Barry Avrich peeks behind the curtain at Antoni Cimolino’s retirement from the Stratford Festival5 min read
April 16, 2026reviewClyde’s, about the lifelong search for the perfect sandwich, goes skimpy on plot and heavy on drama4 min read
April 15, 2026Sophia Walker’s had a big year. But sandwich dramedy Clyde’s marks a new chapter for the actor4 min read
April 14, 2026In Strife, playwright Matthew MacKenzie takes aim at whitewashed activismAisling Murphy3 min read
April 14, 2026With solo concert, decorated composer Alan Menken brings Disney animation to life4 min read
April 6, 2026reviewZaiba Baig returns to the stage with a pair of – sort of – trans rage plays Aisling Murphy4 min read
April 1, 2026Promoter Michael Cohl on bringing Bat Out of Hell back to Canada and ticket scalping4 min read
March 26, 2026reviewWorld’s Gone Wild marks an edgy new chapter for the Second City in TorontoAisling Murphy3 min read
March 23, 2026reviewCyrano, a lesbian retelling of the 1897 classic play, ought to work – but doesn’tAisling Murphy4 min read
March 20, 2026exclusiveCanadian Stage 2026-27 season to include Cabaret and Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)4 min read
March 17, 2026reviewAn IMM-Permanent Resident explores the painful, personal underbelly of Canadian immigrationAisling Murphy4 min read
March 16, 2026Tarragon’s 2026-27 season will include Kat Sandler’s Yaga plus five world premiere plays3 min read
March 14, 2026Judith Thompson’s Queen Maeve is an inconsistent – but irresistible – plunge into old ageAisling Murphy4 min read
March 11, 2026A year ago, After the Rain felt underbaked and cutesy. With rewrites, it’s an electric new musicalAisling Murphy5 min read
March 11, 2026The Drowsy Chaperone returns to its show tune-loving roots at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto4 min read
March 9, 2026‘It’s a kind of survivor’s guilt’: How an Iranian theatre-maker brought geopolitical conflict to Canadian audiences5 min read
March 6, 2026reviewCross-border snark meets The Pitt in The Surrogate, a blistering drama about a broken healthcare systemAisling Murphy4 min read
March 2, 2026reviewContrasting approaches to movement and meaning define National Ballet’s latest mixed billMartha Schabas4 min read
March 2, 2026Love You Forever and More Munsch brings storybook magic to the Young People’s Theatre stage4 min read
March 2, 2026reviewLittle Willy is a laugh-out-loud parody of Romeo and Juliet – with very little ShakespeareAisling Murphy4 min read
February 27, 2026reviewThe Neighbours is a gutsy, grisly play about the monster living next doorAisling Murphy4 min read
February 26, 2026New Drew Hayden Taylor play investigates Indigenous art fraud – and a fraught mother-daughter relationship3 min read
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