Stage Door Reviews 2022
The Best Productions of 2022
Toronto:
This year saw the passing of veteran actor Keith Dinicol at age 69 and of renowned director Majdi Bou-Matar at age 47. Dinicol was known as a mainstay at the Stratford Festival playing more than 100 roles during his 29 seasons there where...
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
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music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, book & lyrics by Tim Rice, directed by Laurence Connor
Michael Harrison & David Mirvish, Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto
December 16, 2022-February 18, 2023
Narrator: “Some folks dream of the wonders...
White Christmas
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music & lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by David Ives & Paul Blake, directed by Kate Hennig
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
November 26-December 23, 2022
Phil: “The best things happen while you’re dancing”
I felt...
Moby Dick
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written and directed by Yngvild Aspeli
• Plexus Polaire, Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront, Toronto
December 13, 15 & 16, 2022;
• NYU Skirball, New York, NY
January 12-14, 2023;
• Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
January...
’da Kink in My Hair
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by Trey Anthony, directed by Weyni Mengesha
Soulpepper & TOLive, Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
December 9-23, 2022
Novelette: “Love the kink”
In 2005 Trey Anthony’s first play ‘da Kink in My Hair had the honour of being the first...
Peter’s Final Flight
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by Matt Murray, directed by Tracey Flye
Ross Petty Productions, Elgin Theatre, Toronto
December 8, 2022-January 7, 2023
Captain Hook: “I did it my way”
It’s hard to believe but Peter’s Final Flight is the last panto that Ross Petty...
Red Velvet
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by Lolita Chakrabarti, directed by Cherissa Richards
Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw, Toronto
November 25-December 18, 2022
Aldridge: “When I looked back I could see a trail of footprints and they were all mine. And...
O Christmas Tea
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by Aaron Malkin & Alastair Knowles, directed by David MacMurray Smith
James & Jamesy, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
December 10, 2022
James: “We are our own rescuers”
James and Jamesy’s O Christmas Tea is the perfect holiday show....
our place
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by Kanika Ambrose, directed by Sabryn Rock
Cahoots Theatre & Theatre Passe Muraille, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
November 19-December 3, 2022
“Ooo decide ooo d’yah pon refugee an ooo just illegal? ... Dem mek up de rules fi suit...
Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical
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book by Amanda Whittington, directed by James Grieve
Mirvish Productions, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
December 1, 2022-January 15, 2023
“The rock ’n’ roll of 1752”
Fisherman’s Friends is the name of a Cornish folk music group...
Post-Democracy
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by Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Mainspace, Toronto
November 17-December 4, 2022
Bill: “You have to curb yourself”
Hannah Moscovitch’s new play Post-Democracy, now receiving its Toronto...
The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale
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by Haley McGee, directed by Mitchell Cushman
Soulpepper Theatre Company with Outside the March & the red light district, Young Centre, Toronto
October 21-November 6, 2022
“The formula to determine the cost of love”
Haley McGee returns...
Indecent
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by Paula Vogel, directed by Joel Greenberg
David Mirvish & Studio 180, CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge Street, Toronto
October 20-November 6, 2022
“From ashes they rise”
David Mirvish is presenting the Toronto premiere of Indecent (2015)...
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
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by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Rouvan Silogix
Crow’s Theatre & Modern Times Stage Company, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
October 14-November 6, 2022
Tiger: “This place is lousy with ghosts. And the new ones are irritating
On...
Driving Miss Daisy
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by Alfred Uhry, directed by Marti Maraden
Drayton Entertainment, St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, St. Jacobs
October 7-22, 2022
Hoke: “I ain’ no dog and I ain’ no chile and I ain’ jes’ a back of the neck you look at”
Drayton Entertainment...
Un.Deux.Trois.
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written & directed by Mani Soleymanlou
Orange Noyée & Théâtre français du CNA, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
October 13-16, 2022
“Vous nous avez tous instrumentalisés”
In terms of the forces required, Mani Soleymanlou’s...
Singin’ in the Rain
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music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Arthur Freed, book by Betty Comden & Adolph Green, directed by Jonathan Church
Mirvish Productions, Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto
September 29-October 23, 2022
“What a wonderful feeling"
If...
The First Stone
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by Donna-Marie St. Bernard, directed by Yvette Nolan
New Harlem Productions & Great Canadian Theatre Company, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
October 6-16, 2022;
Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa
April 13-23, 2023
“If...
The Shark is Broken
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by Ian Shaw & Joseph Nixon, directed by Guy Masterson
Mirvish Productions, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
September 30-November 6, 2022
Robert Shaw: “We need a bigger boat”
The Shark is Broken is currently making its North American...
Public Enemy
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by Olivier Choinière, translated and adapted by Bobby Theodore, directed by Brendan Healy
Canadian Stage, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
September 23-October 8, 2022
James: “This is the end of civilization
Québécois playwright...
Cockroach
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by Ho Ka Kei, directed by Mike Payette
Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
September 22-October 9, 2022
“Katsaridaphobia”
Expectations were high for the play Cockroach since it is the first play of the first season...
Bad Parent
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by Ins Choi, directed by Meg Roe
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre & Prairie Theatre Exchange, Young Centre, Toronto
September 20-October 8, 2022;
• Historic Theatre, The Cultch, Vancouver
October 13-23,...
Uncle Vanya
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by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Liisa Repo-Martell, directed by Chris Abraham
Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
August 25-October 2, 2022
“The country – where good intentions go to die”
Anton Chekhov’s...
1939
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by Jani Lauzon & Kaitlyn Riordan, directed by Jani Lauzon
Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
September 11-October 29, 2022
Countess: “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none” (All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 1, Scene 1)
Much...
The Foursome
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by Norm Foster, directed by Jamie Williams
• Norm Foster Theatre Festival, St. Catharines Golf & Country Club, St. Catharines
September 6-7, 2022;
• Brock Golf Course, Fonthill
September 8, 11, 14, 15 & 17, 2022;
• Twenty Valley...
Death and the King’s Horseman
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by Wole Soyinka, directed by Tawiah M’Carthy
Stratford Festival, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford
August 27-October 29, 2022
Elesin: “Memory is the Master of Death”
Since it was first published in 1975, Death and the King’s Horseman...
Spit
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by Noelle Brown, directed by Seana McKenna
Here For Now Theatre, Falstaff Family Centre, Stratford
August 25-September 4, 2022
Nicole: “Small world, small Ireland”
Here For Now Theatre is currently presenting the world premiere...
The Miser
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by Molière, translated & adapted by Ranjit Bolt, directed by Antoni Cimolino
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
August 26-October 29, 2022
Fay: “Millennials may be woke but they’re broke”
To celebrate the 400th birthday...
Just to Get Married
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by Cicely Hamilton, directed by Severn Thompson
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
August 21-October 16, 2022
Georgiana: “What's to happen to me if I don't marry – what's to be the end of me?”
One of the great...
The Doctor’s Dilemma
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by G.B. Shaw, directed by Diana Donnelly
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
August 20-October 18, 2022
Ridgeon to Jennifer: “Convince me that his life is more important than the worst life I am now saving”
This...
Chitra
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by Rabindranath Tagore, directed by Kimberly Rampersad
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
June 19-October 8, 2022
Chitra: “It is the labour of a life time to make one’s true self known and honoured”
The Bengali...
Gem of the Ocean
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by August Wilson, directed by Philip Akin
Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
August 19-October 9, 2022
Aunt Ester to Citizen: “You think you supposed to know everything. Life is a mystery. Don’t you know life is a mystery?”
When...
Wishful Seeing
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by Maja Ardal, directed by Kim Blackwell
4th Line Theatre, Winslow Farm, Millbrook
August 4-27, 2022
“The fact that the accused was a woman made the case even more sensational” (Wishful Seeing, Prologue)
The second show of 4th Line...
Notre Dame de Paris
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music by Richard Cocciante, book & lyrics by Luc Plamondon, directed by Gilles Maheu
Nicolas & Charles Talar & Tandem.mu, National Arts Centre, Ottawa
August 2-6, 2022;
Place des Arts, Montreal
August 9-20, 2022
Gringoire: “Et...
The Fourposter
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by Jan de Hartog, directed by Laurel Smith
Classic Theatre Festival, Arts Court Theatre, Ottawa
August 5-28, 2022
Michael: “I have the choice between bed and the madhouse. I prefer bed”
In October 2020 the Classic Theatre Festival,...
It Runs in the Family
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by Ray Cooney, directed by Alex Mustakas
Drayton Entertainment, Huron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend
July 21-August 6, 2022;
Hamilton Family Theatre, Cambridge
August 12-28, 2022
Dr. Bonney: “Ahoy in front and avast behind”
Drayton...
Girls & Boys
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by Dennis Kelly, directed by Lucy Jane Atkinson
Here For Now Theatre Company, Falstaff Family Centre, Stratford
July 28-August 7, 2022;
Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
January 27- February 19, 2023
Woman: “I met...
Forty-Seven
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by Deanna Kruger, directed by Rebecca Cuthbertson
Here For Now Theatre Company, Falstaff Family Centre, Stratford
July 21-31, 2022
Trish: “It’s hard being a person”
The doughty Here For Now Theatre Company has embarked on its third...
Wingfield Unbound
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by Dan Needles, directed by Douglas Beattie
Douglas Beattie Theatrical Productions Ltd., Player’s Backstage, Stratford Perth Museum, Stratford
July 25, 2022
Editor: “Knowing history makes us able to concentrate on making new mistakes”
From...
Gaslight
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by Johnna Wright & Patty Jamieson, directed by Kelli Fox
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 27-October 8, 2022
Bella to Jack: “You and I speak different languages”
The Shaw Festival is currently presenting...
Detroit
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by Lisa D’Amour, directed by Jill Harper
Coal Mine Theatre, 1454 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
July 10-August 7, 2022
Sharon: “Does anyone talk to their neighbors anymore?”
Steppenwolf gave Lisa D’Amour’s play Detroit its world premiere...
Everybody
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by Branden Jacob-Jenkins, directed by László Bérczes
Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
June 17-October 8, 2022
Everyman: “O, Deth, thou cummest whan I had thee leest in mynde”
The Shaw Festival is currently presenting...
Little Women
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by Jordi Mand, directed by Esther Jun
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
July 7-October 29, 2022
Mrs. March: “Conceit spoils the finest genius”
The Schulich Children’s Play at the Stratford Festival this year is Jordi Mand’s...
The Drawer Boy
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by Michael Healey, directed by Gil Garratt
Blyth Festival, Harvest Stage, Blyth
June 22-July 16, 2022
“Each be other’s comfort kind” (from “At the Wedding March” by Gerard Manly Hopkins)
The Blyth Festival is currently presenting...
Wingfield’s Folly
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by Dan Needles, directed by Douglas Beattie
Douglas Beattie Theatrical Productions Ltd., Player’s Backstage, Stratford Perth Museum, Stratford
July 17, 2022
Walt: “They realize that I cooperate best when I don’t know what’s going on”
On...
Wingfield’s Progress
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by Dan Needles, directed by Douglas Beattie
Douglas Beattie Theatrical Productions Ltd., Player’s Backstage, Stratford Perth Museum, Stratford
July 10, 2022
“Elegance in Harmony with Nature”
On July 10 Rod Beattie performed Wingfield’s...
All’s Well That Ends Well
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Scott Wentworth
Stratford Festival, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford
July 7-October 29, 2022
First Lord Dumaine: “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together” (Act 4, Scene 3)
The...
My Hero
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by Norm Foster, directed by Simon Joynes
Port Stanley Festival Theatre, Grace Auditorium, Port Stanley
June 17-July 9, 2022
Corinne: “If I want to cavort, I’ll cavort”
Norm Foster is already known as Canada’s most prolific and most...
Letter from Wingfield Farm
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by Dan Needles, directed by Douglas Beattie
Douglas Beattie Theatrical Productions Ltd., Player’s Backstage, Stratford Perth Museum, Stratford
July 3, 2022
Editor: “There’s a lot to read in a weekly newspaper”
A one-time event of...
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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by Jack Thorne, directed by John Tiffany
David Mirvish, Sonia Friedman, Colin Callender & Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
June 19, 2022-July 2, 2023
Dumbledore: “Those we love never truly leave...
2 Pianos 4 Hands
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written & directed by Ted Dykstra & Richard Greenblatt
The Marquis Entertainment Inc. & Talking Fingers, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
June 12-July 17, 2022
“We’re the two best pianists in the neighbourhood”
2 Pianos 4 Hands...
Chicago
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music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse, directed by Donna Feore
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
June 3-October 30, 2022
Mama Morton: “In this town, murder is a form of entertainment”
If...
Hamlet
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Pasyk
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
June 2-October 28, 2022
Hamlet: “I have of late – but wherefore I know not – lost all my mirth” (Act 2, Scene 2)
It is great to see...
Richard III
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Antoni Cimolino
Stratford Festival, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford
June 4-October 30, 2022
Richard III: “What do I fear? myself? there’s none else by” (Act 5, Scene 3)
June 4th is an historic...
Wildfire
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by David Paquet, translated by Leanna Brodie, directed by Soheil Parsa
Factory Theatre, Toronto
June 2-19, 2022
Claudine: “Come to think of it, you’re exactly like my cookies”
Imagine a combination of Aeschylus, Samuel Beckett and...
Damn Yankees
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music & lyrics by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, book by George Abbott & Douglass Wallop, directed by Brian Hill
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 28-October 9, 2022
Mr. Applegate to Gloria: “Go home. Get Married....
Too True to Be Good
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by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Sanjay Talwar
Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 29-October 8, 2022
The Elder: “The only trustworthy dogma is that there is no dogma”
The Shaw Festival is currently presenting...
Distant Early Warning
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by Justin Miller, directed by John Turner
Pearle Harbour & Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
May 19-29, 2022
“I don’t want to set the world on fire” (popular song, 1941)
Imagine that there was an...
Lessons in Forgetting
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by Emma Haché, translated by Taliesin McEnaney with John Van Burek, directed by Ash Knight
Pleiades Theatre, Young Centre, Toronto
May 12-22, 2022
Elle: “Oui, mais à part moi, tu ne te souviens de rien”
Pleiades Theatre is currently...
The Herd
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by Kenneth T. Williams, directed by Tara Beagen
Tarragon Theatre with Citadel Theatre & NAC Indigenous Theatre, Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto
May 11-29, June 7-12, 2022
“In the beginning was the apocalypse”
The Tarragon Theatre...
Is God Is
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by Aleshea Harris, directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Obsidian Theatre Company, Necessary Angel Theatre Company & Canadian Stage, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
May 11-22, 2022;
• National Arts Centre, Ottawa
February 9-18, 2023
Racine:...
The Magic Flute
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by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, directed by Anna Theodosakis
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
May 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19 & 21, 2022
Pamina und Tamino:
“Wir wandeln durch des Tones Macht
froh durch des Todes düst’re...
A Northern Lights Dream
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music and libretto by Michael Rose, directed by Guillermo Silva-Marin
Toronto Operetta Theatre, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
May 5-7, 2022
Mrs. Duke: “Just let the world unfold”
Toronto Operetta Theatre’s first live production...
La Traviata
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by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Arin Arbus
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
April 23, May 1, 3, 7, 12, 18 & 20, 2022
Alfredo: “Io vivo quasi in ciel”
The Four Seasons Centre has not hosted an opera live and in...
The Huns
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by Michael Ross Albert, directed by Marie Farsi
One Four One Collective & The Spadina Avenue Gang,
Assembly Theatre, 1479 Queen Street West, Toronto
April 29-May 8, 2022;
Regency Square, Brighton, GBR
May 21-29, 2022
Pete:...
Three Women of Swatow
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by Chloé Hung, directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster
Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Theatre Extraspace, Toronto
April 27-May 20, 2022;
May 15-25, 2022 online
Grandmother: “I’m not in the mood for biblical homicide”
Three Women of...
Grow
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music by Colleen Dauncey, lyrics by Akiva Romer-Segal, book by Matt Murray, directed by Dennis Garnhum
Grand Theatre, Spriet Stage, London
April 22-30, 2022
Ruth: “Kindness makes things grow”
The new Canadian musical Grow has been...
Toka
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written and choreographed by Indrit Kasapi, directed by Cole Alvis
Theatre Passe Muraille & lemonTree creations, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
April 20-23, 2022 online
Mrs. Noka: “Forgiveness is our only salvation”
Indrit Kasapi’s...
Pipeline
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by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Weyni Mengesha
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Yonge Centre, Distillery District, Toronto
April 14-May 8, 2022
Nya: “I’m sinking.... Like I just can’t even fight this pulling down”
Soulpepper’s first...
The House of Bernarda Alba
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by Federico García Lorca, translated by David Johnston, directed by Soheil Parsa
Aluna Theatre & Modern Times Stage Company, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
April 14-May 15, 2022
Bernarda: “Needle and thread for women, horse...
The Antipodes
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by Annie Baker, directed by Ted Dykstra
Coal Mine Theatre, 1454 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
April 6-May 15, 2022
Sandy: “No dwarves or elves or trolls”
The Coal Mine Theatre is currently presenting The Antipodes by American playwright...
Orphan Song
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by Sean Dixon, directed by Richard Rose
Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Mainspace, Toronto
April 1-24, 2022
Mo: “Louse not meat”
Orphan Song by Sean Dixon was originally meant to have its world premiere in April 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic,...
Le Club des éphémères
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by Alain Doom, directed by Dillon Orr
Le Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario & Le Théâtre français de Toronto, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
March 30-April 9, 2022;
Salle Trisac, Collège Boréal, Sudbury
April 20-23, 2022
“Si tu ne...
Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers
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by Makambe K. Simamba, directed by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
• Tarragon Theatre & Black Theatre Workshop, Tarragon Extraspace, Toronto
March 17-April 10, 2022 in person,
March 22-April 10, 2022 online;
• Theatre Aquarius, Dofasco...
Room
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by Emma Donoghue, directed by Cora Bissett
Grand Theatre, Covent Garden Productions & Mirvish Productions, Grand Theatre, London
March 11-19, 2022;
Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto
April 7-May 8, 2022
“Mind over matter”
On...
Rinaldo
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by George Frideric Handel, directed by Tom Diamond
The Glenn Gould School, Royal Conservatory of Music, Koerner Hall, Toronto
March 16 & 18, 2022
Rinaldo: “Or la tromba in suon festante / Mi richiama a trionfar”
The first full-length...
Mercy
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by Drew Carnwath, directed by Rosemary Doyle
Theatre Kingston, Baby Grand Theatre, Kingston
March 10-26, 2022
Jordan: “Not forgiveness, not compassion”
To celebrate Theatre Kingston’s 30th season the company has programmed the world...
Fantasma
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music by Ian Cusson, libretto by Colleen Murphy, directed by Julie McIsaac
Canadian Opera Company, Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front St. East, Toronto
March 9, 10 & 12, 2022
Manon: “Let’s make some wonderful memories”
With...
Light
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by Rosa Laborde, directed by Jackie Maxwell
Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Mainspace, Toronto
March 8-13, 2022 in person
March 15-27, 2022 online
Michael Sontag: “It’s okay not to be okay”
Rosa Laborde, known for such tense, sombre...
Gloria
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by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by André Sills
ARC with Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw St., Toronto
March 4-20, 2022
Lorin: “Why are people only interested in someone if they die?”
Great comedies like Aristophanes’...
Things My Fore-Sisters Saw
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written and directed by Leslie McCurdy
Li’l Ol’ Me Productions, Theatre Orangeville, Orangeville
March 3-13, 2022
“This land is your land, this land is my land”
Leslie McCurdy premiered her solo play Things My Fore-Sisters Saw in...
Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land)
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by Ho Ka Kei, directed by Jonathan Seinen
Saga Collectif, Architect Theatre & Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
February 23-26, 2022 online
Iphigenia: “I’m trapped in a cycle of sacrifice – having been spared from one I now inflict it...
This Is How We Got Here
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written and directed by Keith Barker
Native Earth Performing Arts, Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
February 12-19, 2022
Paul: “This worried the fox. He had never lost his own story before”
By scheduling Keith...
She’s Not Special
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written by Fatuma Adar, directed by Fatuma Adar & Graham Isador
HomeMadeIt Productions & Pressgang Theatre with Pandemic Theatre, Next Stage Theatre Festival, Toronto
February 7-13, 2022 online
Fatuma: “You like it when I check your...
Solstice d’hiver
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by Roland Schimmelpfennig, translated by Camille Luscher & Claire Stavaux, directed by Joël Beddows
Groupe de la Veillée, Théâtre Prospero & Théâtre français de Toronto, Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs, 26 Berkeley Street, Toronto
February...
Heart of a Dog
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written and directed by Mohammad Yaghoubi, translated by Mahsa Ershadifar & Mohammad Yaghoubi
Nowadays Theatre Company, Next Stage Theatre Festival, Toronto
January 31-February 13, 2022 online
Zina: “No human can interfere with the...
Stories of a Dish
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by Himanshu Sitlani, directed by Neha Poduval
Nautanki Bazaar, Next Stage Theatre Festival, Toronto
January 19-February 13, 2022 online
Julia Child: “People who love to eat are always the best people”
When live theatre performances...
The Complex
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written by Chantal Forde, directed by Mandy Roveda
It’s Not a Pivot Productions, Next Stage Theatre Festival, Toronto
January 19, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 & 30, 2022 online
“In The Complex there is always more than meets the eye”
The...