Stage Door Reviews
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
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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,...
Mahabharata, Parts 1 & 2
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written by Ravi Jain & Miriam Fernandes, directed by Ravi Jain with Miriam Fernandes
Why Not Theatre with the Barbican, London, Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
March...
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,...
London, GBR: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
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by Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen, directed by Gordon Greenberg
Menier Chocolate Factory, London, GBR
March 18-May 3, 2025
Dracula: “That is...
London, GBR: My Neighbour Totoro
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by Tom Morton-Smith, directed by Phelim McDermott
Joe Hisaishi & Royal Shakespeare Company with Nippon TV & Improbable, Gillian Lynne Theatre, London,...
London, GBR: Richard II
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Nicholas Hytner
Bridge Theatre, London, GBR
February 18-May 10, 2025
Richard II: “For within the hollow crown
That...
Paris, FRA: Les Caprices de Marianne
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by Alfred de Musset, directed by Philippe Calvario
Saudade Compagnie & Comédie de Picardie, Théâtre des Gémeaux Parisiens, 15, rue de Retrait, Paris,...
Paris, FRA: La Double Inconstance
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by Pierre Carlet de Marivaux, directed by Jean-Paul Tribout
Lucernaire, 53 rue Notre-Dame des Champs, Paris, FRA
March 5-April 27, 2025
Le Prince:...
Paris, FRA: Le Véritable Saint Genest
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by Jean de Rotrou, directed by Pierre Deusy
La Troupe de Bourbon, Théâtre du Nord Ouest, 13 rue du Faubourg Montmartre, Paris, FRA
December 12,...
Stratford-upon-Avon, GBR: Hamlet
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by William Shakespeare, directed by Rupert Goold
Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon, GBR
February 18-March...
Stratford-upon-Avon, GBR: Edward II
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by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Daniel Raggett
Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon Avon, GBR
March 5-April 5, 2025
Lancaster:...
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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by Julien Bilodeau
Canadian Opera Company & Opéra de Montréal, Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
January 31-February 15, 2025
Christine: “Je suis...
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
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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
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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
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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?
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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...
Cock
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by Mike Bartlett, directed by Dylan Trowbridge
Talk Is Free Theatre, Barrie By The Bay Building, Barrie
April 19-27, 2024;
Artists Play Studio,...
Playing Shylock
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by Mark Leiren-Young, directed by Martin Kinch
Canadian Stage with Starvox Entertainment, Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto
October 30-December 8,...