Stage Door Reviews 2025

The Winter’s Tale

Monday, November 17, 2025
The Winter’s Tale

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choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, music by Joby Talbot
National Ballet of Canada & The Royal Ballet, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
November...

The Comeuppance

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
The Comeuppance

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by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Frank Cox-O’Connell
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Young Centre, Distillery District, Toronto
November 6-23,...

Ava: The Secret Conversations

Monday, November 10, 2025
Ava: The Secret Conversations

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by Elizabeth McGovern, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Mirvish Productions presents Karl Sydow’s production, CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge Street, Toronto
November...

Le Malentendu

Saturday, November 8, 2025
Le Malentendu

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by Albert Camus, directed by Karine Ricard
Théâtre français de Toronto, The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street West, Toronto
November 5-15, 2025
La...

CHILD-ish

Saturday, November 1, 2025
CHILD-ish

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by Sunny Drake, directed by Andrea Donaldson
Tarragon Theatre with the CHILD-ish Collective, Tarragon Theatre Extraspace, Toronto
October 29-November...

The Mikado – Revisited

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
The Mikado – Revisited

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by Arthur Sullivan, directed by Guillermo Silva-Marin
Toronto Operetta Theatre, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
October 24-26, 2025
Chorus: “If...

Flight Risk

Sunday, October 26, 2025
Flight Risk

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by Meg Braem, directed by Brenley Charkow
Drayton Entertainment, Hildebrand Schoolhouse Theatre, St. Jacobs
October 23-November 9, 2025
Hank:...

Goblin:Oedipus

Monday, October 20, 2025
Goblin:Oedipus

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created by Rebecca Northan & Bruce Horak with Ellis Lalonde
Spontaneous Theatre, Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
October 18-November...

Orfeo ed Euridice

Friday, October 17, 2025
Orfeo ed Euridice

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by Christoph Willibald Gluck, directed by Robert Carsen
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
October 9-25, 2025
Chorus: “Trionfi...

Bright Star

Monday, October 13, 2025
Bright Star

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music, lyrics & book by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, directed by Jacob Wolstencroft
David & Hannah Mirvish & Garner Theatre Productions, CAA Theatre,...

Bremen Town

Friday, October 10, 2025
Bremen Town

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written & directed by Gregory Prest
Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Mainspace, 30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto
October 8-26, 2025
Frau Esel: “Why does...

Slave Play

Saturday, October 4, 2025
Slave Play

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by Jeremy O. Harris, directed by Jordan Laffrenier
Canadian Stage Company, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
October 1-November 2, 2025
Kaneisha:...

Blackbird

Thursday, October 2, 2025
Blackbird

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by David Harrower, directed by Dean Deffett
Talk Is Free Theatre, Hope United Church, 2550 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
October 2-18, 2025
Una: “How...

Roméo et Juliette

Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Roméo et Juliette

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by Charles Gounod, directed by Amy Lane
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
September 27-October 18, 2025
Roméo: “Allons… tu...

Tell Tale Harbour

Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Tell Tale Harbour

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by Adam Brazier, Edward Riche, Bob Foster & Alan Doyle, directed by Brian Hill
David and Hannah Mirvish & Confederation Centre of the Arts, Royal Alexandra...

Octet

Monday, September 22, 2025
Octet

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music & lyrics by Dave Malloy, directed by Chris Abraham
Crow’s Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre & The Musical Stage Company, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw...

The Veil

Sunday, September 21, 2025
The Veil

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by Keith Barker & Thomas Morgan Jones, directed by Helen Juvonen
Thought For Food Productions with Crow’s Theatre & Guild Festival Theatre, Streetcar...

Waiting for Godot

Saturday, September 20, 2025
Waiting for Godot

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by Samuel Beckett, directed by Kelli Fox
Coal Mine Theatre, 2076 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
September 18-October 12, 2025
Vladimir: “All mankind...

The Art of War

Saturday, August 23, 2025
The Art of War

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by Yvette Nolan, directed by Keith Barker
Stratford Festival, Studio Theatre, Stratford
August 20-September 27, 2025
Newman: “There are no words...

Murder-on-the-Lake

Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Murder-on-the-Lake

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by Rebecca Northan & Bruce Horak, directed by Rebecca Northan
Spontaneous Theatre, Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
August...

Wait Until Dark

Monday, August 18, 2025
Wait Until Dark

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by Frederick Knott, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, directed by Sanjay Talwar
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
July 5-October 5,...

Blues for an Alabama Sky

Friday, August 15, 2025
Blues for an Alabama Sky

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by Pearl Cleage, directed by Kimberley Rampersad
Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
August 14-October 4, 2025
“Feeling’ tomorrow...

Dear Liar

Thursday, August 14, 2025
Dear Liar

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by Jerome Kilty, directed by Marla McLean & Graeme Somerville
Shaw Festival, Spiegeltent, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 18-September 27, 2025
Mrs....

Major Barbara

Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Major Barbara

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by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Peter Hinton-Davis
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
July 6-October 5, 2025
Undershaft:...

Gnit

Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Gnit

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by Will Eno, directed by Tim Carroll
Shaw Festival, Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
July 5-October 4, 2025
Mother: “When you begin sentences...

The Wind Coming Over the Sea

Sunday, July 27, 2025
The Wind Coming Over the Sea

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by Emma Donoghue, directed by Gil Garratt
Blyth Festival, Blyth Memorial Theatre, Blyth
June 28-August 12 & September 25-October 5, 2025
“O hear...

Steel Magnolias

Friday, July 25, 2025
Steel Magnolias

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by Robert Harling, directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster
Capitol Arts Centre, Capitol Theatre, Port Hope
July 19-August 3, 2025
Shelby: “I would...

Bluebirds

Monday, July 21, 2025
Bluebirds

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by Vern Thiessen, directed by Iain Moggach
Theatre on the Ridge, Scugog Shores Museum Village, Port Perry
July 10-27, 2025
Maggie: “Beauty and...

Hidden Treasures: My Narrator / The Death of Me

Friday, July 18, 2025
Hidden Treasures: My Narrator / The Death of Me

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by Norm Foster, directed by Jane Spence
Lighthouse Festival, Lighthouse Festival Theatre, Port Dover
July 10-26, 2025;
Roselawn Theatre,...

Humour Me

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Humour Me

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by Beverley Cooper, directed by Miles Potter
Here For Now Theatre Company, Here For Now Theatre, 24 St. Andrew Street, Stratford
July 11-26, 2025
Question:...

The Frogs

Sunday, July 13, 2025
The Frogs

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music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Burt Shrevelove adapted by Nathan Lane, directed by Griffin Hewitt
Talk Is Free Theatre, Spiegeltent, Shaw...

Doris and Ivy in the Home

Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Doris and Ivy in the Home

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by Norm Foster, directed by Liz Gilroy
Port Stanley Festival Theatre, Grace Auditorium, Port Stanley
June 20-July 12, 2025
Ivy: “We don’t like...

Emilio’s A Million Chameleons

Monday, July 7, 2025
Emilio’s A Million Chameleons

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by Adam Francis Proulx, directed by Byron Laviolette
The Pucking Fuppet Co., Toronto Fringe Festival, Young Centre, Toronto
July 4, 5, 10 & 12,...

The Adding Machine

Friday, July 4, 2025
The Adding Machine

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by Elmer Rice, directed by Alice Fox Lundy
Leroy Street Theatre, Toronto Fringe Festival, Puppy Sphere, 639 Queen Street East, Toronto
July 2-13,...

Forgiveness

Saturday, June 28, 2025
Forgiveness

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by Hiro Kanagawa, directed by Stafford Arima
Stratford Festival, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford
June 18-September 27, 2025
“And whenever you...

Sense and Sensibility

Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Sense and Sensibility

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by Kate Hamill, directed by Daryl Cloran
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
June 19-October 25, 2025
Gossip 1: “And so the young...

Forget About Tomorrow

Saturday, June 21, 2025
Forget About Tomorrow

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by Jill Daum, directed by Peter Pasyk
Here For Now Theatre Company, Here For Now Theatre, Stratford
June 20-July 6, 2025
Tom: “The season of...

The Winter’s Tale

Wednesday, June 18, 2025
The Winter’s Tale

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by William Shakespeare, directed by Antoni Cimolino
Stratford Festival, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford
May 30-September 27, 2025
Polixenes:...

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Saturday, June 14, 2025
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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music & lyrics by David Yazbek, book by Jeffrey Lane, directed by Tracey Flye
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 29-November 23, 2025
Lawrence:...

Anne of Green Gables

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Anne of Green Gables

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written and directed by Kat Sandler
Stratford Festival, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 31-November 16, 2025
“How sadly things had changed since...

How the Other Half Loves

Sunday, June 8, 2025
How the Other Half Loves

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by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Jeremy Webb
Thousand Islands Playhouse, Springer Theatre, Gananoque
May 31-June 22, 2025
Frank: “A team that plays...

Handsome but Charmless

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Handsome but Charmless

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written and directed by Kyle Golemba
Capitol Theatre Arts Centre, Sculthorpe Theatre, Port Hope
June 3-8, 2025
Princeton: “I don’t know how I...

Stick Around

Sunday, June 1, 2025
Stick Around

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by Rebecca Northan, directed by Kevin Kruchkywich
Here For Now Theatre Company, Here For Now Theatre, 24 St. Andrew Street, Stratford
May 30-June...

Macbeth

Thursday, May 29, 2025
Macbeth

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by William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Lepage
Stratford Festival with Ex Machina, Avon Theatre, Stratford
May 28-November 22, 2025
Macbeth:...

As You Like It

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
As You Like It

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by William Shakespeare, directed by Chris Abraham
Stratford Festival, Festival Theatre, Stratford
May 26-October 24, 2025
Duchess: “Here feel...

Tales of an Urban Indian

Sunday, May 25, 2025
Tales of an Urban Indian

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by Darrell Dennis, directed by Herbie Barnes
Talk Is Free Theatre, Hope United Church, 2550 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
May 23-31, 2025
Kye7e: “Choice...

Comfort Food

Friday, May 23, 2025
Comfort Food

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by Zorana Sadiq, directed by Mitchell Cushman
Crow’s Theatre with Zorana Sadiq, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
May 18-June 8, 2025
Bette:...

Anything Goes

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Anything Goes

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music & lyrics by Cole Porter, book by P. G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton, directed by Kimberley Rampersad
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May...

Tons of Money

Monday, May 19, 2025
Tons of Money

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by Will Evans & Valentine, directed by Eda Holmes
Shaw Festival, Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 24-October 5, 2025
Louise: “I...

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Sunday, May 18, 2025
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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by Selma Dimitrijevic & Tim Carroll, directed by Selma Dimitrijevic
Shaw Festival, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
May 25-October 4, 2025
Aslan:...

Eugene Onegin

Friday, May 9, 2025
Eugene Onegin

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by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, directed by Robert Carsen
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
May 2-24, 2025
Onegin: “One cannot...

Pride and Prejudice

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Pride and Prejudice

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by Kate Hamill, directed by Rebecca Northan
Grand Theatre, London, ON
May 2-17, 2025
Elizabeth: “The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied...

A Strange Loop

Friday, May 2, 2025
A Strange Loop

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by Michael R. Jackson, directed by Roy Hogg
The Musical Stage Company, Soulpepper Theatre Company, Crow’s Theatre & TO Live, Young Centre, Toronto
April...

Wozzeck

Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wozzeck

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by Alban Berg, directed by William Kentridge
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
April 25-May 16, 2025
Captain: “Er läuft ja...

Shedding a Skin

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Shedding a Skin

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by Amanda Wilkin, directed by Cherissa Richards
Nightwood Theatre with Buddies in Bad Times, Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto
April 24-May 4, 2025
“A...

Garden of Vanished Pleasures

Sunday, April 27, 2025
Garden of Vanished Pleasures

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by Cecilia Livingston & Donna McKevitt, directed by Tim Albery
Soundstreams, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
April 24-27, 2025
“I stand at the...

Job

Friday, April 25, 2025
Job

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by Max Wolf Friedlich, directed by David Ferry
Coal Mine Theatre, 2076 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
April 24-May 18, 2025
Jane: “When everything’s...

Benevolence

Friday, April 18, 2025
Benevolence

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written and directed by Kevin Matthew Wong
Tarragon Theatre with Why Not Theatre & Broadleaf Creative, Tarragon Theatre Extraspace, Toronto
April...

David and Jonathan

Monday, April 14, 2025
David and Jonathan

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by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, directed by Marshall Pynkoski
Opera Atelier, Koerner Hall, Toronto
April 9-13, 2025
David: “Auprès de Jonathas,...

A Public Display of Affection

Thursday, April 3, 2025
A Public Display of Affection

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by Jonathan Wilson, directed by Mark McGrinder
Studio 180 with Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
March 28-April 20,...

Trident Moon

Sunday, March 9, 2025
Trident Moon

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by Anusree Roy, directed by Nina Lee Aquino
Crow’s Theatre & the National Arts Centre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
March 7-30,...

Performance Review

Friday, March 7, 2025
Performance Review

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by Rosamund Small, directed by Mitchell Cushman
Outside the March, Morning Parade Coffee Bar, 256 Crawford Street, Toronto
March 5-30, 2025
Small:...

The Gondoliers

Saturday, March 1, 2025
The Gondoliers

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music by Arthur Sullivan, book & lyrics by W.S. Gilbert, directed by Guillermo Silva-Marin
Toronto Operetta Theatre, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
February...

Hypothetical Baby

Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Hypothetical Baby

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by Rachel Cairns, directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster
Nightwood Theatre with The Howland Company, Factory Theatre, Toronto
February 25-March 8,...

The Merchant of Venice

Saturday, February 22, 2025
The Merchant of Venice

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by William Shakespeare, directed by Julia Nish-Lapidus
Shakespeare BASH’d, The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street West, Toronto
February 13-23, 2025
Shylock:...

People, Places and Things

Friday, February 21, 2025
People, Places and Things

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by Duncan Macmillan, directed by Diana Bentley
Coal Mine Theatre, 2076 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
February 13-March 9, 2025
Mark to Emma: “You’re...

Fat Ham

Thursday, February 20, 2025
Fat Ham

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by James Ijames, directed by Philip Akin
Canadian Stage, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
February 19-March 16, 2025
“I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo
What...

Kim’s Convenience

Sunday, February 9, 2025
Kim’s Convenience

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by Ins Choi, directed by Weyni Mengesha
Soulpepper Theatre Company & American Conservatory Theatre & Adam Blanshay Productions, Young Centre, Toronto
February...

La Reine-garçon

Friday, February 7, 2025
La Reine-garçon

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by Julien Bilodeau, directed by Angela Konrad
Canadian Opera Company & Opéra de Montréal, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
January 31-February 15, 2025
Christine:...

Josiah

Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Josiah

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by Charles Robertson, directed by Jim Garrard
Thousand Miles of Bricks Productions, Alumnae Studio Theatre, 70 Berkeley Street, Toronto
January...

Perfect on Paper

Monday, February 3, 2025
Perfect on Paper

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by Marcia Johnson, directed by Vanessa Sears
Talk Is Free Theatre, UPlift Black, 12 Dunlop St East, Barrie
January 31-February 8, 2025
Beatrice:...

Beyonsea and the Mothers

Friday, January 31, 2025
Beyonsea and the Mothers

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written and directed by Teneile Warren
Green Light Arts, Conrad Centre, Kitchener
January 30-February 9, 2025
Beyonsea: “Children understand...

Madama Butterfly

Monday, January 27, 2025
Madama Butterfly

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by Giacomo Puccini, directed by Jordan Lee Brown
Canadian Opera Company, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
January 24-February 16, 2025
Cio-Cio San:...

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Friday, January 24, 2025
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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by Edward Albee, directed by Brendan Healy
Canadian Stage, Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
January 23-February 16, 2025
George: “Now, I think we’ve...

Winter Solstice

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Winter Solstice

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by Roland Schimmelpfennig, translated by David Tushingham, directed by Alan Dilworth
Necessary Angel Theatre Company with Canadian Stage & Birdland...

For Both Resting and Breeding

Sunday, January 19, 2025
For Both Resting and Breeding

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by Adam Meisner, directed by Maja Ardal
Talk Is Free Theatre, 164 Cowan Avenue, Toronto
January 17-31, 2025
ISH84: “The past is just a guessing...

Wights

Friday, January 17, 2025
Wights

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by Liz Appel, directed by Chris Abraham
Crow’s Theatre, Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto
January 15-February 9, 2025
Danny: “Saying...

Last Landscape

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Last Landscape

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conceived and directed by Adam Paolozza
Bad News Days with Common Boots Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
January 14-26, 2025
“In...

Countess Maritza

Sunday, January 5, 2025
Countess Maritza

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by Imre Kálmán, directed by Guillermo Silva-Marin
Toronto Operetta Theatre, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto
December 27, 2024, and January 3 & 4,...