Stage Door News
Toronto: “Stranger Things: The Experience” opens March 31, 2023
Your chance has arrived. Stranger Things: The Experience throws you headfirst into your favorite show —join Eleven, Dustin, Mike, Lucas, Max, and Will for a very special episode starring… you! Venture inside Hawkins Lab for an immersive experience featuring a brand-new Stranger Things storyline.
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Niagara-on-the-Lake: Radio Noir presents “The Return of the Thin Man” at the Ravine Vineyard April 17
We have some additional details regarding the highly anticipated Radio Noir Show at Ravine. We will be presenting the title "The Return of the Thin Man." Step back in time on Monday April 17th for classic Radio Noir, featuring Shaw Festival favourites Peter Millard and Gabrielle Jones as the inimitable Nick and Nora, plus an entire cast of colourful,...
London: The Grand Theatre announces its 2023/24 season
Artistic Director, Dennis Garnhum and Executive Director, Evan Klassen are proud to announce today the Grand Theatre’s 2023/24 playbill - a “Season of Pure Imagination,” on stage from September 2023 through May 2024. The delectable season lineup includes: ten blockbuster titles across two stages, one London Proud world premiere, an exhilarating five-concert...
New York: The National Ballet of Canada is returning to New York City Centre March 30-April 1
It’s been 15 years since The National Ballet of Canada performed on the New York City Center stage. Now, under the artistic leadership of Hope Muir, the Company returns with a showstopper program that spotlights the versatility and breadth of its repertoire. Anchored by the US premiere of Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas, this triple bill also features...
Toronto: Toronto Operetta Theatre presents the Canadian premiere of “La Verbena de la paloma” May 5-7
Toronto Operetta Theatre closes its first full post-pandemic season with the Canadian Premiere of Tomás Bretón’s La Verbena de la Paloma (The Festival of the Dove). Performances at the St Lawrence Centre May 5, 6, 7 (mat), 2023. May 5 will be in the presence of His Excellency Juan Sáenz de Heredia, Consul General of Spain in Toronto. “Rising to the...
Port Dover: The Lighthouse Festival announces its 2023 season
Laughter is coming your way this summer in Port Dover and Port Colborne as Lighthouse Festival raises the curtain on comedy in 2023. Get ready for some of the finest and funniest live theatre in the country with a playbill that brings two world premieres to the stage along with some of Canada's best and brightest writers, directors and acting talent.
Our...
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company presents Puccini’s “Tosca” May 5-27
The Canadian Opera Company’s 2022/2023 mainstage programming concludes with a gorgeous production of the Puccini masterpiece, bringing together big emotions, huge voices, and a riveting storyline. The edge-of-your-seat thriller takes audiences on a dramatic rollercoaster that unfolds over the course of just 24 hours in the story, as the celebrated...
Toronto: New principal cast announced for COC’s “Macbeth” and “Tosca”
The Canadian Opera Company welcomes four new cast members for its spring season, stepping in for sopranos Sondra Radvanovsky and Olga Busuioc who must regrettably withdraw for personal and health reasons, respectively. Bulgarian soprano Alexandrina Pendatchanska and Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska will now share the role of Lady Macbeth in...
Toronto: Shakespeare in Action announces its 2023 season
Our 2023 summer production is Otîhêw, by PJ Prudat. Otîhêw is a Métis-Cree re-imagining of Shakespeare's Othello. The show will run through August in Weston's Memorial Park. Admission is free!
In addition to our summer production, SiA has two new initiatives to announce! "In The Works" is a new initiative that will support the commission of new...
Toronto: RISERx Toronto Met premieres three shows April 12-22
We are delighted to announce the return of RISER to The Theatre Centre, BMO Incubator this spring. Created as a collaborative producing model for independent theatre artists and now celebrating its 10th year, RISER transforms in 2023 through a ground-breaking collaboration with Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Performance. This year, RISERx...
Port Stanley: Port Stanley Theatre Festival announces its 2023 season cast
Port Stanley Festival Theatre is excited to announce the cast of the upcoming 2023 summer season!
"For 2023, we have assembled probably the most talented group of artists in PSFT's history ... a fabulous collection of diverse talents featuring both well known audience favorites and exciting newcomers." PSFT Artistic Director Simon Joynes
To...
St. Catharines: Avanti Chamber Singers present “Considering Matthew Shepard” April 22-23
Avanti Chamber Singers is thrilled to make its debut performance at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre with Considering Matthew Shepard, our most ambitious work to date. Featuring narration, numerous soloists, and a small chamber ensemble, our presentation of this choral work marks the start of an exciting new era for Avanti Chamber Singers.
In...
Toronto: The Assembly Theatre presents a dramatic reading of “Better Place” on April 7
THE ASSEMBLY THEATREʼs live action comic book reading series COMIC BOOKS LIVE!!! returns Friday April 7 2023 with a special one-night only (and thanks to Covid, 2-years delayed) book launch and dramatic reading of graphic novel BETTER PLACE by local creators Duane Murray and Shawn Daley.
In association with Top Shelf Productions, the beloved Parkdale...
Toronto: Hart House Theatre presents “The Gray: A Wilde Musical in Concert” April 20-22
Hart House Theatre is thrilled to announce an in-concert version of the new work The Gray: A Wilde Musical. With book, music, lyrics, & direction by emerging artist and U of T student Anthony Palermo, Hart House Theatre is delighted to support the next stage of this new musical's development. We are overjoyed to be able to produce the second iteration...
Stratford: “Richard III” starring Colm Feore is coming to Cineplex Theatres
The Stratford Festival’s latest film, Richard III, featuring Colm Feore in the title role, will première in Cineplex theatres across Canada on April 16, with encore screenings on April 17. Directed for the stage by Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino and for the screen by Barry Avrich, the production shines new light on Shakespeare’s tale of lethal...
New York: Broadway production of the play “Room” postpones indefinitiely
The upcoming Broadway bow of Room by Emma Donoghue has been indefinitely postponed. A "shortfall in capitalization" and "the withdrawal of a lead producer" have been cited as the reason. Previews were set to begin at the James Earl Jones Theatre April 3 for a limited engagement to open April 17 and run through September 17.
Tony winner Adrienne...
Ottawa: The Great Canadian Theatre Company announces its 2023/24 season
The Great Canadian Theatre Company has announced a full subscription season with 5 new mainstage productions, through which five Canadian playwrights share their humourous, heartfelt, provocative, and playful visions of how we relate, what we mean to each other, and how much we need to be together. The theatre is also revamping their subscription...
Toronto: Native Earth Performing Arts presents the world premiere of “Niizh” April 12-30
Niizh, written by Joelle Peters, is a coming-of-age comedy inspired by YA romance novels read as a teen that will have its world premiere as part of the current Native Earth Performing Arts season, April 12-30, 2023 at Aki Studio.
Set on a reserve in Southwestern Ontario, the play follows the youngest of the ‘Little’ family, Lenna Little, who prepares...
Toronto: “Skyline’s The Limit” is The Second City’s 87th mainstage revue
Toronto's favourite comedy institution, The Second City, today unveiled details about its 87th Mainstage Revue, Skyline’s The Limit, in celebration of its 50th anniversary in Canada. Stacked with the city’s best improv and comedy actors including PHATT al, Andy Assaf, Andy Hull, Nkasi Ogbonnah, Hannah Spear, and Jillian Welsh, the show is the first...
Toronto: “Body So Fluorescent” plays Buddies in Bad Times April 13-23
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre partners with madonnanera and b current theatre to close its 2022-23 season with the mainstage debut of the acclaimed solo show Body So Fluorescent, co-created by Amanda Cordner and David di Giovanni. Featuring a stunning performance by award-winning performer Amanda Cordner (Sort Of, The Expanse, Baroness von Sketch Show),...
Toronto: Necessary Angel presents “NEW” by Pamela Mala Sinha April 25-May 14
Alan Dilworth, Artistic Director of Necessary Angel Theatre Company, today announced the Toronto cast of New by Pamela Mala Sinha. Produced in association with Canadian Stage and Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, New will run from April 25 to May 14, 2023 at Canadian Stage’s Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley St, Toronto, ON. Opening night is April...
Toronto: Theatre Passe Muraille presents “Never the Last” April 8-16
In April, Theatre Passe Muraille is pleased to present the Toronto Premiere of the Delinquent Theatre Production NEVER THE LAST, on stage April 8 – 16 in the Passe Muraille Mainspace.
Created by Christine Quintana and Molly MacKinnon, NEVER THE LAST follows the passionate relationship between Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté - one of the most innovative...
Stratford: SpringWorks Digital presents “Postcards – Digital ShortWorks” March 25-April 30
March 25th shepherds in our month-long online presentation of POSTCARDS. Like its predecessor tapashta, POSTCARDS is a digital ShortWorks Festival Showcase where artists across all disciplines are tasked to express themselves on a singular theme. Thirty-three artists from across Canada and beyond have created seventeen videos, ranging from two to...
Stratford: The Stratford Festival and Intermission Magazine launch IBPOC Critics Lab
The Stratford Festival and Intermission Magazine are partnering to launch a development lab for theatre critics who are Indigenous, Black or people of colour. The IBPOC Critics Lab will offer a group of emerging theatre critics a seven-week curriculum taught by industry leaders, and will include a residency at the Stratford Festival.
The initiative...
Ottawa: OperOttawa announces its 2023/24 season
Founding Artistic Director Norman E. Brown of OperOttawa, and its Board of Directors are thrilled to announce our 2023-2024 Season.
The season, consisting of three productions will use only female upper voices in all roles, will engage local singers and musicians, will be semi-staged with costumes, some sets and props, will have professional soloists,...
Toronto: The Toronto Fringe Festival announces the winner of the 2023 24-hour Playwriting Contest
Announcing the Winner 2023 Toronto Fringe 24-Hour Playwriting Contest: Waiting for Her by Brynn Cutcliffe. Congratulations to Brynn, who will receive a bursary and the opportunity to consult with a director or dramaturg, thanks to the generosity of The Pat and Tony Adams Freedom Fund for the Arts!
In second place is A Monster by Ronit Rubinstein,...
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre presents the world premiere of “The Hooves Belonged to the Deer”
Mike Payette, Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre and Managing Director Andrea Vagianos are delighted to announce the world premiere of The Hooves Belonged to the Deer, in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. The play, written by Makram Ayache and directed by Peter Hinton-Davis, runs in the Mainspace from March 28 – April 23, 2023 (opening...
Toronto: Pleiades Theatre announces three staged readings to honour the company’s 25-year histor
The company’s 25th anniversary season, PERSPECTIVES, POWER, and PRIVILEGE is a curated program of staged readings that reflect on plays of past seasons, delve into new work, and allow for meaningful dialogue between Toronto and the GTA’S independent performing arts companies that share a mandate with Pleiades of culturally-focused play development.
After...
Toronto: New production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” opens the spring season of the COC on April 28
Ruthless ambition, supernatural forces, and cold-blooded violence collide in the Canadian Opera Company’s thrilling new Macbeth featuring epic sets and costumes, and the powerhouse vocals of Quinn Kelsey and Sondra Radvanovsky. Verdi’s operatic adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy sets the timeless cautionary tale to a relentlessly paced score...
Tweed: Tweed & Company named as one of Ontario’s top festivals and events
On March 8th, at the Niagara Falls Marriott, Tweed & Company Theatre attended the annual Festival and Events Ontario awards gala and got a great surprise. The company, now in its 15th season, was named one of the Top 100 Festivals and Events in Ontario for the second time in their history.
These Top 100 recipients represent festivals and events...
Toronto: Blue Bird Theatre Collective and Canadian Stage present “Maanomaa, My Brother” April 11-30
In April, Canadian Stage is thrilled to partner with Blue Bird Theatre Collective to present the World Premiere of a new creation by Tawiah M'Carthy and Brad Cook with Anne-Marie Donovan, MAANOMA, MY BROTHER, on stage at the Berkeley Street Upstairs Theatre April 11 - 30, 2023. (Media night: April 14)
Written and performed by Tawiah M'Carthy and...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Shaw Festival posts significant fundraising results for 2022
For the first time since March 2020, an audience gathered today in the Festival Theatre lobby and joined patrons, donors and company members watching online to hear the financial results of the 2022 season. During the Shaw Festival’s Annual General Meeting, Treasurer Greg Prince announced the Shaw Festival attained operating revenues of $35.7 million...
Toronto: Theatre Myth Collective presents the world premiere of “Inge(new)” May 25-June 4
Theatre Myth Collective proudly presents the World Premiere production of Inge(new) – In search of a musical, presented at the Red Sandcastle Theatre in Toronto, May 25 – June 4, 2023. Book/Additional Lyrics by Evan Tsitsias. Music by Rosalind Mills. Lyrics by Alexis Diamond. Additional Music/Lyrics by Julia Appleton. The production will be directed...
Toronto: The Musical Stage Company will livestream “RETOLD” March 22-24
If you missed out on securing a ticket to RETOLD, good news! The Musical Stage Company is thrilled to announce that the sold out run of RETOLD will be live streaming the March 22, 23, and 24 performances. We're very excited to offer audiences another way to experience this imaginative triptych of short original musicals based on the works of internationally...
Hamilton: Theatre Aquarius announces its 2023/24 season
Theatre Aquarius is thrilled to announce our 50th Season with a spectacular line-up, featuring both classic and new works by some of the country's most exciting talents! This is a season of laughter, recognition, shared dreams, and the journey home. With some very exciting announcements along the way, we promise an unforgettable 2023-2024 Season.
"We...
Toronto: Theatre Direct presents the Forward March Festival 2023: unDONE March 25-26
Forward March Festival: unDONE invites artists and audiences to let go of what has been, and redefine how we connect with each other and our community.
This year, our line-up features four new outdoor site-specific plays in development created by emerging artist companies and commissioned by Theatre Direct. The four performances take place one...
Banff: The Banff Centre announces collaboration with the NAC for Opera in the 21st Century Program
Banff Centre, in collaboration with the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, is excited to announce the 2023 Opera in the 21st Century multi-disciplinary program. The partnership will see the first module of the program taking place over two weeks at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, with the second module providing three weeks of programming at Banff...
Toronto: Harbourfront Centre presents the world premiere of “Homelands” from Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
Harbourfront Centre presents the world premiere of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s Homelands, a meditation on the connection between Indigenous women, their lands and waterways since time immemorial. On stage April 14 and 15, 2023, at 7:30pm at Harbourfront Centre Theatre, the performance is part of the international contemporary dance series Torque. Choreographed...
Toronto: Against the Grain presents a boldly re-imagined production of “Bluebeard’s Castle” March 29-April 1
Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) proudly presents the critically- acclaimed production of Bluebeard’s Castle reinterpreted by London’s visionary opera creators Theatre of Sound as an exploration of a couple living with dementia and featuring operatic superstar Gerald Finley as Bluebeard, in his only Canadian appearance for 2023.
Originally premiering...
Toronto: Factory Theatre presents the world premiere of “Vierge” April 8-30
An extraordinary new dramedy about faith, community, and sex from one of Canada’s most exciting emerging writers, Rachel Mutombo, Factory Theatre is thrilled to present the world premiere of VIERGE. Directed by Natasha Mumba, VIERGE stars Yvonne Addai, JD Leslie, Kudakwashe Rutendo and Shauna Thompson, and onstage from April 8 to April 30, 2023 at...
Toronto: Marvel vs DC Roast Battle one-year anniversary spectacular is at the Comedy Bar March 25
Comic book carnage awaits at Marvel Vs DC Roast Battle’s One Year Anniversary Spectacular!
Nerd favorite comedy show Marvel vs DC Roast Battle celebrates a whole year of shows with the One Year Anniversary Spectacular Saturday March 25th 11pm at Comedy Bar Danforth!
Marvel vs DC Roast Battle is a monthly show that gives the traditional roast...
Toronto: Soulpepper presents Chekhov’s “The Seagull” April 6-30
A story of unrequited love, creative jealousy, guns and vodka. This spring, Soulpepper Theatre Company brings Anton Chekhov’s timeless tragicomedy The Seagull to the stage as part of Act I of their 2023 season. The acclaimed adaptation of the play by English playwright Simon Stephens will be directed by Toronto theatre scene veteran Daniel Brooks...
Toronto: Studio 180 presents the world premiere of “The Chinese Lady” May 2-21
Studio 180 Theatre with fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company today announced that acclaimed stage and screen actors Rosie Simon (Star Trek: Discovery) and John Ng 伍健琪 (CBC’s Kim’s Convenience) will star in the Canadian premiere of The Chinese Lady by American playwright Lloyd Suh. Produced in association with Crow’s Theatre, The Chinese Lady will...
Toronto: EveryBODY On Stage and the World Theatre Day Summit happen March 27
EveryBODY On Stage, the world leader in advocacy for representation of all body types in the arts, has announced the inaugural World Theatre Day Summit presented LIVE at Toronto’s legendary El Mocambo entertainment venue on Monday, March 27.
This summit will bring together industry professionals for World Theatre Day to address anti-fat bias in...
New York: Jewelle Blackman extends run in Broadway’s “Hadestown”
Lillias White, Tom Hewitt and Toronto native Jewelle Blackman will all stay way down in Hadestown a little longer after extending their runs in the Tony-winning Broadway musical, currently running at the Walter Kerr Theatre. White and Hewitt will remain with the production through June 4, while Blackman will now stay through June 25.
The company...
Toronto: Nightwood Theatre and Bad Muse Collective present “Love You Wrong Time” April 5-23
Nightwood Theatre is thrilled to present Bad Muse Collective’s production of Love You Wrong Time at select pop-up locations from April 5 - 23, 2023. This brand new work – created and performed by Maddie Bautista and Deanna H. Choi, directed and created with Erin Brubacher, and visually designed by Helen Yung – delivers a hilarious, no-holds-barred...
Toronto: David Mirvish announces the 2023/24 main Mirvish theatre subscription season
The 2023/24 Main Mirvish Theatre Subscription will feature seven spectacular musicals – new works from acclaimed theatre artists, new Broadway and West End hits, and revivals of beloved classics.
The season begins with the Toronto premiere of the Tony Award-winning SIX in a new Canadian sit-down production that will begin at Edmonton’s Citadel...
New York: “Come From Away” Broadway cast members reunite for homecoming production in Gander
Original Broadway cast members of Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s Come From Away have joined the company for director and Newfoundlander Jillian Keiley's new production of the Tony nominated musical. Running July 7-September 3 at the Joseph R Smallwood Arts & Culture Centre in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, the production will open July 22.
Starring...
Toronto: Rick Miller’s “BOOM X” has its Toronto premiere at Crow's Theatre May 10
Welcome to the age of Pac-Man, Star Wars and Much Music!
Kidoons and WYRD Productions in association with Crow's Theatre, Theatre Calgary, and The 20K Collective are thrilled to present the Toronto premiere of Rick Miller’s BOOM X, The Music, Culture and Politics of Generation X, at Crow’s Theatre, May 10-28, 2023.
BOOM X begins at Woodstock...
Toronto: Bustle & Beast present “Anahita’s Republic” at Factory Theatre March 17-April 2
Award-winning theatre company Bustle & Beast presents: Anahita’s Republic
World premiere of a timely, provocative exploration of women’s rights, freedom, family and power by Iranian-Canadian playwright Hengameh E. Rice
On the eve of a crucial secret meeting of leaders of Iran’s women’s movement, a young woman clad in the head and body covering...
Stratford: The Stratford Festival’s “Richard III” is coming to Cineplex cinemas starting April 16
The Stratford Festival is excited to share that for a limited time the Festival’s 2022 production of Shakespeare’s Richard III is coming to select Cineplex locations across Canada.
See www.cineplex.com
Richard III - Stratford Festival On Film
His succession plan will slay you. Charismatic, cunning and utterly ruthless, Richard, Duke of Gloucester...
Toronto: “You and I” for ages 1½ to 3 returns to Young People Theatre March 15-26
Young People’s Theatre’s (YPT’s) much-loved You and I returns to the Studio Theatre for a very special limited engagement. Created by celebrated theatre veteran Maja Ardal and directed by former YPT Artistic Director Allen MacInnis, You and I is a multi-sensory, playfully interactive adventure specially designed for “walking babies” – ages 18 months...
Toronto: The Assembly Theatre presents “Comic Books Live!!!” March 3 & 4
THE ASSEMBLY THEATRE Launches a brand new variety show chock-full of comedy, cosplay and comic books with COMIC BOOKS LIVE!!!
In association with Excelsior! Collective , the beloved Parkdale home of independent performance, The Assembly Theatre launches a new bi-quarterly variety show Comic Book Live!! Torontoʼs only variety show/ live action comic...
Stratford: Here For Now Theatre announces its 2023 summer season
On Monday, March 1st, HERE FOR NOW THEATRE announced their exciting 2023 SEASON of SIX CANADIAN ONE ACTS to be presented June 28th- September 23rd, in Stratford Ontario at a BRAND NEW beautiful outdoor venue behind the STRATFORD PERTH MUSEUM.
This SEASON OF MERCY focuses on the importance of recognizing that we are all imperfect beings in the messiness...
Toronto; Soulpepper announces a summer season of song from opera to Motown
Soulpepper Theatre Company wants to fill your summer with music, fun and good times.
With three mainstage presentations, a brand-new courtyard music series, and a thrilling partner presentation we want to remind people of the magic of live music and shared experiences.
The mainstage programs in Act II begin with a remount of one of Soulpepper’s...
Toronto: Bad Dog Theatre and Sex T-Rex present Blockbuster Week March 24-31
Bad Dog Comedy Theatre and Sex T-Rex are thrilled to announce the return of Blockbuster Week from March 24 to 31, 2023 - a festival of improvised comedies celebrating movies and television in a live, unscripted setting.
Some of the best improvisers in Toronto perform hilarious and irreverent takes on film and television genres, popular hits, and...
Toronto: Mirvish to demolish CAA Theatre to make way for 76-storey tower
A downtown Toronto theatre built more than a century ago has been slated for demolition.
Mirvish’s CAA Theatre, located at 651 Yonge St., is among a number of businesses along the Yonge Corridor is set to be demolished and redeveloped into a 76-storey mixed-use tower in the coming years.
Abraham Plunkett-Latimer, a community planner for Toronto...
Hamilton: Theatre Aquarius presents “The Gig” by Mark Crawford March 8-25
Theatre Aquarius is thrilled to present the world premiere of The Gig, a thought-provoking comedy written by Mark Crawford and directed by Morris Panych.
The Gig follows the story of three drag queens who are hired to perform at a private function, the catch? It just happens to be a campaign fundraiser for a rookie Conservative politician. Politics,...
Ottawa: The National Arts Centre postpones previews of “Fall on Your Knees”
The National Arts Centre has taken the unusual step of postponing previews of the two-part performance of Fall on Your Knees by several days.
Preview performances for Part one: Family Tree were originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 8. Part Two: The Diary was set to follow on Thursday, March 9.
They have now been rescheduled to Monday, March...
Toronto: Opera Atelier presents a fully-staged production of Handel’s “The Resurrection”
Opera Atelier announces the much anticipated finale of its 2022/23 season Handel’s The Resurrection, on stage April 6 and 8 at 7:30pm and April 9 at 2:30pm at Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning. The Resurrection marks the Canadian premiere of Handel’s first acknowledged masterpiece in a fully-staged production for a live audience....
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival’s presentation of Why Not Theatre’s “Mahabharata” begins previews
The long-awaited contemporary adaptation of Mahabharata, the four-thousand-year-old Sanskrit epic, begins previews with Mahabharata: Karma (Part 1) on February 28, followed by Mahabharata: Dharma (Part 2) on March 1, at The Shaw’s Festival Theatre. On March 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 25 and 26, both parts will be presented along with Khana, a community...
Kitchener: “Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers, and Little Brothers” plays the Conrad Centre March 1-11
Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers was developed and first produced by b current (Toronto, ON) in 2019. Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers is produced by permission of the Playwright and Marquis Literary (Colin Rivers).
Winner of the 2019 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance of an Individual...
Toronto: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert presents the Canadian premiere of “L’Amant anonyme” by Joseph Bologne
Our first post-pandemic season – devoted to Mozart and his Peers - closes on Sunday, 19 March 2023 at 2:30 pm with L’Amant Anonyme, the only surviving opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. “We are delighted to present the professional Canadian Premiere of Bologne’s comic opera,” says VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert’s General Director, Guillermo...
Stratford: Stratford Festival’s “Three Tall Women” nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards
We are delighted to announce that our film of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women has been nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards.
Martha Henry, whose remarkable performance as A was captured for the film just weeks before her death from cancer, is nominated for Best Lead Performer in a TV Movie.
Barry Avrich of Melbar Entertainment Group is...
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company announces its 2023/24 season
The Canadian Opera Company announced its 2023/2024 season today featuring a slate of exciting new productions and rare musical gems that showcase the most celebrated of international stars, as well as incredible homegrown talent.
“The Canadian Opera Company is a beacon for the very best in operatic storytelling and experience,” says COC General...
Cambridge: Drayton Entertainment opens its 2023 season with “American Son” on April 5
As Drayton Entertainment prepares for the launch of its 2023 Season, it is ratcheting up the tension with American Son – a smart and utterly engrossing drama that explores the inherent challenges of raising children in a society grappling with race and identity.
This topical, thoughtful, and timely play is poised to be a landmark production in...
Toronto: The musical “Rock of Ages” opens in Toronto on February 23
Rock of Ages, one of Broadway’s longest running hit musicals, will explode onto the Toronto theatre scene at the Elgin Theatre from February 23 to May 20, 2023. A gnarly concoction of power rock and hilarious comedy, this reimagined version of the iconic ‘80s-inspired production promises top tier talent and a night that won’t be forgotten. Tickets...
Toronto: Torquil Campbell’s “True Crime” returns to Crow’s Theatre May 1-7
Crow’s Theatre is thrilled to welcome the return of rocker and provocateur Torquil Campbell (STARS) with TRUE CRIME, his show-stopping stage debut which originally premiered in Streetcar Crowsnest’s inaugural season.
First chronicled in Vanity Fair’s “The Man in the Rockefeller Suit” in 2008, TRUE CRIME is the story of real world con man, the notorious...
Toronto: “Hamilton” extended through August 20, 2023
Producer Jeffrey Seller and David Mirvish announce today that a new block of tickets for HAMILTON is now available for performances through August 20, 2023. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday February 25 at 10:00 a.m. online at www.mirvish.com and on the Mirvish App.
There is a maximum purchase limit of 8 tickets per account for...
Toronto: “First Métis Man of Odesa” has its world premiere in Toronto March 31
Punctuate! Theatre is excited to announce the world premiere of First Métis Man of Odesa in Toronto. First Métis Man of Odesa runs March 30 - April 8, 2023 (opening March 31) at The Theatre Centre.
First Métis Man of Odesa is a love story. A love story about a couple. A love story about Ukraine. This love story spans continents, a pandemic, war,...
Toronto: “Emilio’s A Million Chameleons” is touring Ontario in February and March
Developed in association with Tarragon Theatre, Canada’s home for ground-breaking contemporary plays, Emilio's A Million Chameleons is a family-friendly 45-minute-long musical spectacular perfect for kids and adults alike!
Emilio runs a circus act with a million chameleons to entertain with music, magic, and amazement. His favourite chameleon of...
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre’s “Sweeney Todd” and “The Curious Voyage” open in Buenos Aires tonight
"The Curious Voyage" es una obra site specific en 3 espacios no convencionales funciona como prólogo a la versión inmersiva de “Sweeney Todd” en distintos espacios de Timbre 4.
En idioma original inglés en Timbre 4 Sin subtitulado*, funciones gratuitas Experiencia inmersiva por la Compañía Talk is Free Theatre de Canadá Estreno: Domingo 19 de febrero...
London: “Homes: A Refugee Story” has its world premiere at the Grand Theatre next week
What is it like to live through a civil war? This is the question that audiences will experience first-hand at the world premiere of Homes: A Refugee Story – playing on the Grand Theatre’s Auburn Stage February 21st through March 5th. The one-person play is led by award-winning director, Haysam Kadri, and stars Lebanese-Canadian film, television,...
Kingston: Theatre Kingston presents “Een” by Rosemary Doyle March 3-25
Follow the journey of Tanya college-age girl who goes to Ireland to meet her maternal grandmother for the first time. We will learn of the secrets of four generations of this family and come to understand the reasons that their lives have spun into such a tale as this.
EEN is the Irish suffix for Little, think Maureen (Little Mary) Colleen (Little...
New York: Eric McCormack will star in “The Cottage” on Broadway July 7 to October 29
Sandy Rustin's comedy The Cottage will play a limited engagement at Broadway's Hayes Theater this summer. Directed by Tony winner Jason Alexander (Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Seinfeld), the production will begin previews July 7 prior to an official opening July 24.
The cast will feature Emmy winner Eric McCormack (Will & Grace, The Music Man), Tony...
Toronto: Mirvish presents Cliff Cardinal’s “The Land Acknowledgement, or As You Like It” beginning March 10
David Mirvish presents the acclaimed Crow's Theatre production of The Land Acknowledgement, or As You Like It, the final show in the Off-Mirvish season. Written by and starring Cliff Cardinal, the production will play March 10 - April 2, 2023, at the CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge Street.
ABOUT THE PLAY:
In September 2021, just as theatres were starting...
Toronto: Black Shoulders Legacy Awards announces inaugural recipients
The Black Shoulders Legacy Award steering committee is honoured to announce the 2023 winners: Robert Ball (Toronto/Stratford), Ghislaine Doté (Vancouver/Montreal), Peter Fernandes (Toronto), Dela Ruth Hini (BC) and Anthony Santiago (Calgary).
Each recipient has been awarded a $5,000 honorarium towards training and other opportunities to enhance...
Toronto: Théâtre français de Toronto presents its first site-specific show “Le Concierge” March 8-26
Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin, in association with the Théâtre français de Toronto (TfT) and Dopolavoro Teatrale presents LE CONCIERGE (The Caretaker): an immersive, wordless play, performed by Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin, and presented 'In Situ', at École secondaire catholique Saint-Frère André, from March 8 to 26, 2023
The theatrical experience: The...
Port Dover: Lighthouse Festival replaces “Sakura: The Last Cherry Blossom Festival” with “Bed & Breakfast”
There is an old saying in the theatre world about how the show must go on despite any possible hindrances. If a cast member is ill, you call in the understudy. If a sound system malfunctions, the actors just talk louder. If the theatre catches fire, the production is moved to the front lawn and continues… You catch our drift.
The same cannot be...
Toronto: 2019 Fringe play “An Atlas, a Necktie & Other Concerns” to become a film
& Other Concerns is a short film about a restless 30+ woman grappling with life’s big choices who enlists her three oddly unhelpful friends to free herself from a surreal escape room.
& Other Concerns actually began life as a play “An Atlas, A Necktie & Other Concerns” (created and directed by Lauren Greenwood) and debuted at the 2019 Toronto Fringe...
New York: Alexis Gordon will understudy the role of Ma for “Room” on Broadway
Londoner Alexis Gordon is headed for Broadway.
Gordon, who starred as Ma in Emma Donoghue’s stage adaptation of her novel, Room, at the Grand Theatre and Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre, will understudy Tony Award-winner Adrienne Warren in the upcoming Broadway production.
The play, already produced in the U.K., at London’s Grand Theatre...
Toronto: Outside the March’s “Lessons in Temperament” has become a film
Announcing a special, one-night-only screening of Lessons in Temperament, programmed by Hot Docs. Don’t miss your opportunity to see James Smith’s beautiful, urgent reflection on balance, imperfection and the power of storytelling. Now distributed by LevelFILM.
10% of ticket proceeds are being donated to Stella’s Place, a Toronto charity providing...
Toronto: Theatre Smith-Gilmour presents “Metamorphoses 2023” March 21-April 9.
A bold, mime-inspired reimagining of a canonical literary text, THEATRE SMITH-GILMOUR is proud to announce its original, audacious production of METAMORPHOSES 2023, adapted from the legendary epic poem by Ovid for the stage and directed by Michele Smith. This extraordinary work of art features several talented performers, including Rob Feetham, Dean...
Orangeville: Theatre Orangeville has assembled a special StageTOScreen streaming package for Black History Month
In celebration and recognition of Black History Month - Theatre Orangeville has put together a 3-show package, available on our innovative StageTOScreen online video streaming service.
This unique package showcases 2 previously recorded shows featured on YOUR stage at Theatre Orangeville;
Things My Fore-Sisters Saw
Josiah
Both these shows...
Toronto: March 8 is Hogwarts House Pride Night at “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
Wizzo! Celebrate your Hogwarts House Pride on March 8 at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre.
Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw houses are the four living and learning communities for Hogwarts students, named after the wizarding school’s four founders. Ravenclaws are wise, creative, and brimming with wit....
Toronto: DanceWorks presents the “e-motion” tour of three works from Ballet Edmonton
DanceWorks presents e-motion tour, featuring work by three outstanding choreographic voices from Ballet Edmonton, as a triple-bill program. The event opens with Persistence of Memory by celebrated choreographer and Ballet Edmonton Artistic Director Wen Wei Wang, and follows with two new works by a pair of exciting fresh voices in contemporary ballet,...
Hamilton: Sky Gilbert’s new play “Inside” runs March 10-25
In February 2022, Sky Gilbert’s self-directed play Pat and Skee was produced by Theatre Aquarius in The Studio. The Hamilton Spectator’s Gary Smith raved, calling it “a brilliant addition to the local theatre season”, and singled it out as the best of the year.
Gilbert is back with a very different sort of play. INSIDE is a very gay, two-hander...
Toronto: “Rubble” by Suvendrini Lena plays Theatre Passe Muraille February 25-March 18
Our next show, Rubble by Suvendrini Lena (a Theatre Passe Muraille and Aluna Theatre Co-Production), begins with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha’s viral poem, Running Orders, where an ordinary family receives a call:
Run.
You have 58 seconds from the end of this message.
Your house is next.
…
It doesn’t matter
that 58 seconds isn’t long enough
to...
Toronto: Anosh Irani’s “Behind the Moon” opens March 2 at the Tarragon Theatre
Mike Payette Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre and Managing Director Andrea Vagianos are delighted to announce the world premiere of Behind the Moon. The play, written by Anosh Irani and directed by Richard Rose, runs in the Extraspace from February 21 - March 19, 2023 (opening March 2).
This is the newest work from the award-winning author...
Barrie: Next up at Talk Is Free Theatre is “Tell You a Story” by Vanessa Smythe April 26-29
“How can we find the magic in our lives? Because we need it, in order to keep going.”
Part poetry, part stand-up, and part serenade, Vanessa Smythe shares poignant, funny, and deeply personal stories about the people we dreamed we’d be – and the memories that remind us of who we truly are. Wry and unafraid to poke fun at herself, Vanessa’s show...
Toronto: Pulitzer Prize winner “Fairview” runs at Canadian Stage March 4-26
After its stunning sell-out NYC debut, Canadian Stage and Obsidian Theatre are proud to mount the first Canadian production of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama FAIRVIEW, on stage at the Berkeley Street Theatre March 4 – 26, 2023.
In FAIRVIEW, the Frasier household is preparing for Grandma’s birthday party, but not everything...
Toronto: Announcing the #HAM4HAM lottery in Toronto – 40 tix for each performance at $10 each
Producer Jeffrey Seller and David Mirvish announce a digital lottery for HAMILTON tickets will begin in conjunction with the show’s first performance (February 22) in Toronto at the Princess of Wales Theatre. 40 tickets will be available for every performance for $10 each. The lottery will first open at 10:00 AM Friday, February 10 and will close...
Stratford: “Death and the King’s Horseman” premieres on Stratfest@Home February 9
The Stratford Festival’s filmed performance of Death and the King’s Horseman will debut for streaming world-wide on Thursday, February 9, 2023 via Stratfest@Home. Wole Soyinka’s theatre masterpiece joins a collection of works curated for Black History Month, featuring Black stories told by Black artists. Additional titles in this collection include:
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Toronto: “Things I Know to Be True” extended to February 26 by popular demand
David Mirvish and The Company Theatre announce today that due to popular demand the Canadian premiere production of Andrew Bovell’s drama, Things I Know to be True, directed by Philip Riccio will extend performances through February 26, 2023. Tickets for the new week of performances is now on sale online at www.mirvish.com and on the Mirvish App.
Things...
Toronto: “Hadestown” tickets on sale February 10 – runs July 5 through August 20
Tickets for Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will go on sale to the public on Friday February 10 at 10:00 a.m., online at www.mirvish.com and on the Mirvish App. There is a maximum purchase limit of 8 tickets per account for the engagement. Ticket...
Ottawa: The undercurrents Festival begins today
The undercurrents Festival starts today.
MAINSTAGE LINEUP
• Beth-Anne, Ottawa (February 16-18)
Created by Nicholas Leno and Monica Bradford-Lea. Middle part ponytail. Meet Beth-Anne, a horse loving girl who can’t work up the confidence to ask her crush on a date, even after practicing on magazine cutouts of sexy male models. So, in an effort...
Toronto: “Salome” inspires a new film from Atom Egoyan
Filming is set to begin next week in Toronto on Seven Veils, a new feature film from acclaimed filmmaker Atom Egoyan (Chloe, The Sweet Hereafter, Remember) and Rhombus Media, starring Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout, Mank, Les Misérables). Seyfried plays Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, who has been given the daunting task of remounting her former...
Hamilton: Illusionist Nick Wallace will present his show “A Work of Fiction” at venues around Ontario
Illusionist Nicholas Wallace presents his latest show, A Work of Fiction, at venues across Ontario.
Award winning illusionist Nick Wallace combines magic and storytelling in exploring the murky waters of truth and fiction.
Charming, unassuming and approachable – but at the same time deeply mischievous and unpredictable. It’s no wonder he has...
Toronto: SummerWorks announces a new leadership team
SummerWorks’ Board of Directors are proud to announce the organization's next chapter with a new co-leadership model, which includes Michael Caldwell as Artistic Director and Morgan Norwich as Managing Director. Caldwell and Norwich will move into these new positions at SummerWorks in March. Current leader Laura Nanni will end her tenure as Artistic...
Millbrook: The box office is now open at 4th Line Theatre
Tickets on sale for the 2023 Summer Season now!
Purchase tickets or redeem gift certificates by calling the box office at 705-932-4445, toll-free at 800-814-0055, online at www.4thlinetheatre.on.ca or in person at 9 Tupper Street, Millbrook.
The Tilco Strike
Written by D'Arcy Jenish
June 27 - July 22, 2023
Directed by Cynthia Ashperger
Tuesday...
Kitchener: Green Light Arts brings “Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers” to Kitchener March 1-11
Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers was developed and first produced by b current (Toronto, ON) in 2019. Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers is produced by permission of the Playwright and Marquis Literary.
Winner of the 2019 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance of an Individual in the...
New York: Architects of Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre revamp Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center
There's a Canadian signature on a beam of one of New York City's most iconic buildings: the newly revamped David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, home to the New York Philharmonic.
Gary McCluskie, a principal architect with Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects, can show you exactly where the signature is. He put it there...
Toronto: Mirvish presents the Canadian premiere of “Things I Know to Be True” February 1-19
David Mirvish and The Company Theatre, one of Toronto’s most acclaimed independent theatre companies, present the Canadian premiere of the acclaimed Australian family drama, Things I Know to Be True, written by Andrew Bovell and directed by Philip Riccio.
Things I Know to Be True stars Tom McCamus, Seana McKenna, Alanna Bale, Michael Derworiz,...
Toronto: Against the Grain’s “Bound” is back – watch online or download the album
Against the Grain Theatre is thrilled to bring you this BOUNDary breaking story once again, as both Film and Digital Album.
You heard right: BOUND is back and better than ever! We are excited to announce both the release of BOUND as a Digital Album and an encore presentation of the BOUND Film for your streaming delight.
For those who are new...
Toronto: Shakespeare in the Ruff announces the cast or its reading of “Queen Margaret” by Jeanie O’Hare on February 26
Join us on February 26 for the second annual Ruff’s Winter Tale, presented this season with the generous support of Crow’s Theatre. Each year, RWT acts as the official launch of our season and initiates our interrogation of the themes, characters, and stories we are focusing on for the year.
For 2023, our season exploring Shakespeare’s Richard...
London: Grand Theatre announces an operating surplus and the departure of Artistic Director Dennis Garnhum
Two significant announcements bookended today’s 2021/22 Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Grand Theatre. Anita Shah, President of the Grand Theatre Board of Directors, began the meeting by announcing an operating surplus of $14,486 for the 2021/22 year – bringing the theatre’s accumulated surplus to a total of $599,110. Closing the meeting, Dennis...
Orangeville: “Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story” plays Theatre Orangeville February 8-26
We have been busy here at the Theatre, preparing to open our upcoming production of Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story. Coming to YOUR Theatre starting in preview performances + Opening Night NEXT WEEK, Beneath Springhill is exactly what you might need this winter to warm your heart and mind.
Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story
Based...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival unveils its casting for the 2023 season
Artistic Director Tim Carroll unveils the Shaw Festival's 2023 casting and creative teams for the Festival Theatre, Royal George Theatre, Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre, BMO Stage, as well as the newly added Spiegeltent – a beautifully styled outdoor cabaret venue of wood, canvas, mirrors and stained glass. “It’s a new season and time to experience...
Toronto: Against the Grain Theatre will develop Thomas King’s “Indians on Vacation” into an opera
Against the Grain Theatre proudly announces Indians on Vacation, a new opera based on the novel by Thomas King composed by Ian Cusson with a libretto by Royce Vavrek. AtG, in partnership with Edmonton Opera and supported by the Yukon Arts Centre. While still in development, we are commissioning the work to be premiered in 2025.
Originally developed...
Toronto: The Howland Company announces full casting for “Prodigal” running February 21-March 12
The Howland Company announced today full casting details for the world premiere of PRODIGAL, written by The Howland Company’s Paolo Santalucia (Casimir and Caroline, Three Sisters). Produced by The Howland Company, in association with Crow’s Theatre, PRODIGAL will run from February 21 to March 12, 2023 at the Guloien Theatre in Streetcar Crowsnest,...
Toronto: Theatre Gargantua presents “The Flight” February 10-18
Theatre Gargantua is pleased to announce the premiere of The Flight, at Factory Theatre’s Mainspace, from Friday, February 10 to Saturday, February 18, 2023. This original, new work, written and performed by acclaimed theatre artist Beryl Bain (Queen Bess Productions), and directed by the fiercely creative Marcel Stewart (b current Performing Arts),...
Toronto: Harbourfront Centre presents the Ontario premiere of “Les corps avalés” February 24-25
Harbourfront Centre presents the Ontario premiere of Compagnie Virginie Brunelle’s striking union between contemporary dance and classical music with Les corps avalés, February 24 and 25, 2023, at 7:30pm at Fleck Dance Theatre, as part of the international contemporary dance series, Torque. Choreographed by Virginie Brunelle, the work showcases Brunelle’s...
Toronto: Canadian Stage and dance Immersion present “Cabaret Noir” February 9-11
In February, the CS Platforms series – designed to introduce audiences to some of the world’s most vanguard artists - continues with Montréal artist Mélanie Demers’ CABARET NOIR, co-presented with dance Immersion at the Berkeley Street Theatre February 9-11.
A MAYDAY Production co-presented by dance Immersion and Canadian Stage, CABARET NOIR is...
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre presents “Redbone Coonhound” February 7-March 5
Mike Payette Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre and Managing Director Andrea Vagianos are delighted to announce Redbone Coonhound, continuing its rolling world premiere at Tarragon Theatre in co-production with Imago Theatre (Montreal). The play, written by real-life couple Amy Lee Lavoie and Omari Newton and inspired by a first-hand experience,...
Hamilton: Theatre Aquarius announces the cast of the new musical “Maggie” playing April 19-May 6
Theatre Aquarius and Confederation Centre of the Arts are celebrating Robbie Burns Day by announcing the extraordinary 18-member cast of MAGGIE, a new musical produced in association with Michael Rubinoff and Johnny Reid.
Set between 1954 and 1976, MAGGIE tells the inspirational tale of a Scottish single mother of three boys, living in the mining...
Toronto: Storytelling Toronto presents a StoryFusion Cabaret in honour of Black History Month on February 18
Acclaimed Storyteller Sheila Arnold (VA., US) returns to Toronto to present the world premier of Sweat – a ground-breaking short story by Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient Zora Neale Hurston, where 1920s feminism comes to fruition in the heart of the Harlem Renaissance. The piece is beautifully complemented with original musical composition and arrangement...
Toronto: “I love the smell of gasoline” by Claren Grosz runs March 8-19 at Daniels Spectrum
Nightwood Theatre is delighted to present Pencil Kit Productions’ I love the smell of gasoline with support from Aluna Theatre at Aki Studio, March 8–19, 2023. Overhead projection meets performative research essay meets personal narrative as Creator-Performer Claren Grosz attempts to reconcile her Alberta oil-industry roots with the current environmental...
Toronto: Bustle & Beast present the world premiere of “Anahita’s Republic” March 17-April 2
Anahita’s Republic is a provocative and timely new play that grapples with the past and present situation in Iran, where strong, educated and committed women work under the constant threat of harassment and imprisonment to advance their rights and the well-being of their countries.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Anahita is a woman who refuses to wear the hijab...
Niagara Falls: Niagara Falls set to host 4-part comedy series “The Best Medicine”
Is laughter truly the best medicine?
David Green likes to think so. The Niagara-based comedian is putting that adage into practice next month with a four-part comedy series aimed at promoting mental health and wellness.
Green, who runs the Garden City Comedy Festival, has partnered with Sheri Hawkins of Mainly Niagara to present The Best Medicine,...
New York: “Room” by London, Ont.-based Emma Donoghue opens on Broadway April 17, 2023
In her first Broadway role following her Tony-winning success in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Adrienne Warren will star in Emma Donoghue's Room at the James Earl Jones Theatre this April. Performances will begin April 3, with opening night set for April 17. The limited engagement will continue through September 17.
Based on Donoghue's 2010 best-selling...
Toronto: Factory Theatre’s “You Can’t Get There From Here, Vol. 3” launches this February
You Can’t Get There From Here is returning by popular demand with its 3rd volume of audio dramas! This season will feature four commissioned audio experiences from award-winning playwrights Monica Garrido, Catherine Hernandez, Elvira Kurt, and Aurora Stewart de Peña.
This season, audiences are in for a scary good time. Each episode will take listeners...
Stratford: Announcing free Stratford Festival lectures in Toronto
Eager for the 2023 season to begin? Get your Shakespeare fix now.
Immerse yourself in Shakespeare with these fabulous free lectures, held at the Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Hall.
Shakespeare Lectures: Prof. Misha Teramura on Richard II
Thu Mar 09, 2023
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
60 mins
Join us for a lecture by Prof. Misha Teramura...
St. Catharines: Foster Festival announces casting for “Danny & Delilah” running March 15-26
The Norm Foster Theatre Festival has announced the casting for the world premiere of Foster’s play Danny & Delilah playing March 15-26, 2023.
Danny & Delilah
March 15-26
By Norm Foster
Directed by Marcia Kash
World Premiere! March 15 - 26, 2023
Mandeville Theatre at Ridley College, St. Catharines
2pm & 7:30pm performances available
When...
Toronto: Native Earth presents “Firewater Thunderbird Rising” February 16-19
Friday Creeations and Native Earth Performing Arts are proud to present Firewater Thunderbird Rising, a stunning multi-disciplinary, land-based contemporary dance show featuring a new documentary piece created by Christine Friday, from February 16-19, 2023 at Aki Studio in Toronto.
Firewater Thunderbird Rising is the transformative spirit of dance...
Toronto: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre announces programming for the 44th Rhubarb Festival
Canada’s longest-running new works festival is back for its 44th year this February. In a new four-day format, The Rhubarb Festival transforms Buddies into a hotbed of experimentation, exploring new possibilities in art-making and performance. This year’s festival, curated by festival director Clayton Lee, brings together both local and international...
Toronto: Canadian Stage presents “Are we not drawn onward to new erA” February 9-11
In February, theatrical innovative takes center stage at the Bluma with an exclusive engagement of the acclaimed Belgian company Ontroerend Goed’s juggernaut international hit Are we not drawn onward to new erA, in a Toronto Premiere presentation February 9th – 11th.
Fresh off a hit run at the Public Theatre’s Under the Radar Festival, the influential...
London: Rick Miller’s “Boom X” comes to the Grand Theatre February 7-25
In January of 2019, Kidoons’ Rick Miller followed up his hit show BOOM with BOOM X, the GenX sequel that spans the years 1970-1995. It’s the second in a trilogy of solo multimedia performances, which collectively span 75 years of history, politics, culture, and technology on our planet.
BOOM X picks up where BOOM left off, at Woodstock in August...
Toronto: Young People’s Theatre presents a stage adaptation of Chris Hadfield’s “The Darkest Dark” February 20-April 2
A groundbreaking adaptation of Commander Chris Hadfield’s internationally bestselling children’s book, The Darkest Dark, is set to take flight at Young People’s Theatre (YPT) this February. In this highly anticipated world premiere, director Jim Millan (Broadway’s record-breaking The Illusionists), writer Ian MacIntyre (The Beaverton, Degrassi: Next...
Orangeville: Theatre Orangeville presents “Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story” February 8-26
We have been busy here at the Theatre, preparing to open our upcoming production of Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story. Coming to YOUR Theatre this February, Beneath Springhill is exactly what you might need this winter to warm your heart and mind.
Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story
Based on the Arts Club Theatre Company...
Ottawa: The National Arts Centre presents “Is God Is” February 8-18
The National Arts Centre presents Is God Is by Aleshea Harris February 8-18.
“Make your daddy dead,” a mother demands of her twin daughters from her deathbed, in the electrifying 2016 Obie and Relentless Award winner from Aleshea Harris.
In Is God Is, twin sisters Anaia and Racine are on a quest for peace. And they are willing to kill for it....
Collingwood: Subscriptions and single tickets on sale for Theatre Collingwood’s 2023 season
We are thrilled to be back open and selling tickets for our 2023 theatre season! And it is going to be a great one!
Starting off the year is our ANNUAL GIRL’S NITE OUT COMEDY NIGHT in celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8th & 9th in the Normandy Room at The Collingwood Legion. We have added a ton more fun this year so don’t wait….this...
Toronto: Casting announced for The Second City’s 87th Mainstage Revue
On the cusp of commemorating 50 years in Canada, legendary comedy institution The Second City is proud to announce the cast and crew of The Second City Toronto’s 87th Mainstage Revue. Three-time Second City alumna and Canadian Comedy Award winner Kirsten Rasmussen makes her directorial debut with a familiar cast that includes PHATT al, Andy Assaf,...
Toronto: “Fifteen Dogs” has been extended at Crow’s Theatre through February 12
Crow’s Theatre is delighted to announce the holdover of FIFTEEN DOGS, adapted and directed by Marie Farsi, based on the novel by André Alexis. Toronto loves their dogs, and they want more of FIFTEEN DOGS! Added performances for the week of February 7 to 12, are on sale now!
This thought-provoking play tells the story of 15 dogs who are granted...
Haliburton: Ontario Trillium Grant will support new ways of bringing opera to Haliburton County
MPP Laurie Scott (Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock) met with the Highlands Opera Studio (HOS) team last week to learn more about how their two-year, $92,100 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) will support new and innovative ways to experience and raise awareness for opera. According to Scott, this investment...
Toronto: “The Incredible Adventures of Baron Munchausen” is at the Red Sandcastle Theatre May 3-21
Join us for the premiere of The Incredible Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Twisted Dog Theatre. This classic character ascends to theatrical heights with video, animation, puppetry, and a live actor all onstage in an intimate storefront theatre that will surely be an epic interactive adventure for families with children of all ages.
Who is Baron...
Toronto: Theatre Passe Muraille presents “Okay, you can stop now” February 4-11
Kicking off Winter 2023 programming at Theatre Passe Muraille is Okay, you can stop now, from creator and choreographer Shakeil Rollock. On the Mainstage from February 4 to 11. Okay, you can stop now is a Theatre Passe Muraille and Shakeil Rollock co-production presented in association with b current performing arts.
“Shakeil is a fascinating artist...
Toronto: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert presents Cherubini’s “Médée” on February 19
Opera in Concert continues in its quest to present rare operas seldom if ever heard in Canada. Cherubini’s Médée is a classic example of our commitment to this vision and to supporting emerging Canadian artists.
Composed by Luigi Cherubini in 1797, Médée is the second in our series devoted to an exploration of operas by Mozart and His Peers during...
Kingston: “Cliff Cardinal's CBC Special” visits Theatre Kingston February 3-12
You’re listening to the radio in your kitchen. The program moves from the host to the story, the story to the song. An evening of words and music with internationally-lauded writer and performer Cliff Cardinal as he performs original, dark and catchy folk songs; miraculous stories of familial resilience; legends of Turtle Island survival; and new...
Toronto: The Toronto Fringe’s 24-Hour Play Contest runs January 28-29
We're launching into the winter with a welcome back to the 24-Hour Playwriting Contest – with some updates! This year the contest takes place online at the end of this month.
The prize for the selected winner will be a $1000 bursary, and the opportunity to meet with a dramturg or director to consult with about their work, thanks to the generous...
Toronto: “Same Difference”, an immersive mixed-media installation, runs at The Theatre Centre February 15-25
The Theatre Centre announces SAME DIFFERENCE, a mixed-media installation and digital performance produced by Theatre Conspiracy (Vancouver) by multi-disciplinary artist David Mesiha. This intimate and immersive experience takes place from February 15-25, 2023 at The Theatre Centre.
This boundary-pushing piece utilizes mirrors, immersive projection...
Toronto: Next up at Théâtre français de Toronto is “Flush” running Februray 1-5
It’s snowing. The wind is tireless. Corinne knocks on the door of a small house lost in the prairies. She needs to rent a room for her goldfish and herself. Is it possible to share such a tight space with a little girl who’s obsessed with grasshoppers, a wise fool who won’t speak and a grandmother who can no longer endure music? In this somber comedy,...
Toronto: DanceWorks presents the world premiere of “Liminal” February 1-4
Exploring the nature of change and what it means to evolve over time, DanceWorks kicks-off the new year with the world premiere of Liminal, a 60-minute dance performance created and performed by Throwdown Collective. Performed by creators and gifted dance artists Zhenya Cerneacov, Mairéad Filgate and Brodie Stevenson, Liminal examines time and perception...
Toronto: Shakespeare in the Ruff will present “Richard III” this summer
Join us under the Withrow willows this summer for Richard Three, written by William Shakespeare and Ruff’s own Patricia Allison. Richard Three marks the first time Ruff has revisited a play (we first produced a Richard III ten years ago in 2013), but we promise that this Richard will be unlike anything you’ve seen before. Directed by Patricia Allison...
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre presents “Redbone Coonhound” February 7-March 5
Out for a walk in their West End neighbourhood, Mike and Marissa—an interracial couple—meet a dog with an unfortunate breed name: Redbone Coonhound. This small detail unleashes a cascading debate between them about race and their relationship that manifests as a series of micro-plays, each satirizing contemporary perspectives on modern culture. Through...
Toronto: Obsidian Theatre and Tapestry Opera present “Of the Sea” March 25-April 1
Following previous announcements that Obsidian Theatre and Tapestry Opera have come together to commission a new Black Canadian opera - and the first ever in Obsidian’s history - to be presented by TO Live in March of 2023, the companies are thrilled to share complete details of their upcoming collaboration, OF THE SEA.
A powerful work of operatic...
Toronto: Parry Riposte presents “Dressed as People” March 7-18
Winner of the 2021 Ottawa Fringe Online Audience Choice & Outstanding Solo Performance awards, Dressed as People – a Triptych of Uncanny Abduction finds a school haunted by troubled children; an encounter with the unknown on open waters; the mysterious disappearance of a friend in the woods. Three different characters, time periods, spine-tingling...
Toronto: Canadian Stage presents “Miigis” by Red Sky Performance January 22-29
In our 22.23 season at the Berkeley Street Theatre in the new year, Canadian Stage presents the World Premiere of MIIGIS: UNDERWATER PANTHER, from Canada’s leading contemporary Indigenous performance company, Red Sky Performance. The fourth collaboration between the two organizations, MIIGIS: UNDERWATER PANTHER is onstage January 22 – 29.
Directed...
Toronto: PlayME announces its 2023 season of podcast theatre
PlayME from CBC Podcasts celebrates the best of Canadian Theatre on a national and international scale. The project helps raise the profile of Canadian playwrights by highlighting Canada's best, award-winning theatre shows through a series of podcasts, making it accessible to audiences worldwide. PlayME from CBC Podcasts is transforming the way we...
Toronto: “Buster Canfield Performs Eldritch Evocations with Cards” runs January 27-28
Step right up! A night of wry sorcery, thaumaturgy and old time marvelosity, inspired by the ghoulish wonder of the Eldritch Theatre Tarot Deck.
Miracle Monger, and mystical charlatan, Buster Canfield will astound and amaze you with a night of vintage black magic, performed entirely with playing cards and nefarious spirits drawn from the Goblin...
St. Catharines: Ali Hassan launches his tour of “Does This Taste Funny?” in St. Catharines
Before appearing on television and radio, Ali Hassan worked for over a decade in the culinary industry.
“I was very, very focused on becoming a chef on television. That was that was everything for me,” he said.
While he hasn’t been able to make that dream come true yet, he said he has been able to “create a pretty happy life” for his wife and...
Stratford: Stratford Summer Music and SpringWorks PuppetWorks bring “World in a Weekend” to Stratford January 13-14
After hosting a successful first rendition of their World in a Weekend festival last summer, Stratford Summer Music and SpringWorks PuppetWorks! are bringing more music, dance and puppetry to Stratford next week.
Stratford Summer Music general manager Kendra Fry said bringing the festival back in January is meant to inspire joy and give locals...
Ottawa: Cliff Cardinal brings “As You Like It” to the GCTC January 17-29, 2023
From Cliff Cardinal, creator of Huff, Stitch and CBC Special, comes a new realization of William Shakespeare's As You Like It. Known for his cutting humour, Cardinal's take on the Bard's classic brings renewed energy to this twisting comedy about the trials of love and mistaken identity. Cardinal's unpredictability is in full force in this new adaptation....
London: “Elf” becomes the Grand Theatre’s highest-grossing show
Elf: The Musical didn’t set a record for ticket sales at the Grand Theatre, but the holiday show that delighted more than 30,000 through December is its highest-grossing show ever.
It also helped raise $65,523 for the London Food Bank, the donations collected in the lobby after each show.
“For the Grand, the holiday season is about bringing...
Toronto: The Chekhov Collective presents “The Fiancée” March 1-5
The Fiancée is part of The Chekhov Collective’s Page to Stage Theatrical Readings of Literary Works. This is their fourth presentation of an Anton Chekhov short story onstage.
“I really like the page to stage format. I feel more connected to the actors, and even with simple stage actions, the images were vivid and complete.” -Audience member of...
Toronto: Cast announced for “Fifteen Dogs” running January 10-February 5
We are howling with delight about the stellar ensemble that will bring the titular dogs to life in this paw-some new play adapted and directed by Marie Farsi, former Associate Artistic Director at Crow's Theatre and director of our critical and audience hit Ghost Quartet. The cast of FIFTEEN DOGS hits the stage on January 10th. Don’t delay, book tickets...
Toronto: Theatre critic Lynn Slotkin lectures on “Influential Jewish Playwrights: What Comes First, Being a Playwright or a Jew?” January 16-30
The renowned Toronto theatre critic Lynn Slotkin will deliver a three-part lecture, "Influential Jewish Playwrights: What Comes First, Being a Playwright or a Jew?” via Zoom for the Miles Nadal Jewish Cultural Centre.
Start date: Monday, January 16 2023.
Schedule:
On Monday from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM.
From 1/16/2023 until 1/30/2023
Location:...
Toronto: Arts and culture on the Bloor Street Culture Corridor in January 2023
Happy New Year! We are delighted to ring in 2023 with you all, as we celebrate a fresh start with lots of offerings on display from our partners. Make it your resolution to experience more arts and culture in your life and plan your visit to the Bloor St. Culture Corridor!
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