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Toronto: Mitch Wood presents “My Impression of a LONDON Show!” March 27
Comedy sensation Mitch Wood, who has accumulated an enormous social media following, including over 18 million likes on TikTok, will present Mitch Wood! My Impression of a LONDON Show! on Thursday, March 27 at The Rivoli in Toronto before heading to Leicester Square Theatre in London, England on April...
Toronto: Cast and creative team announced for “Shedding a Skin” running April 22-May 4
Nightwood Theatre Artistic Director Andrea Donaldson and Buddies in Bad Times Artistic Director ted witzel today shared a cast and creative team update for their highly anticipated April – May production of Shedding a Skin by Amanda Wilkin.
The Canadian premiere of Shedding a Skin will be directed...
Kingston: Theatre Kingston presents “Parent’s Night” by George F. Walker March 14-29
Parent's Night is a scathing, bold and hilarious look at the inside of an elementary school classroom. Turning his incisive eye towards the crumbling education system, Walker finds an exciting new arena for the trademark characters that only he can create — flawed, dynamic, and fully human. John, heartbroken...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Attendance at the Shaw Festival’s 2024 season rises to 239,542
An audience made up of Shaw Festival board and company members, patrons and donors gathered today in the Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre for the Shaw Festival’s Annual Meeting.
Treasurer Greg Prince announced the Festival’s 2024 season reached operating revenues of $39 million – The Shaw's largest...
Toronto: World Theatre Day for Children and Youth is March 20 and World Theatre Day is March 27
Ahead of World Theatre Day for Children and Youth on March 20, 2025, and World Theatre Day on March 27, 2025, Canada celebrates theatre’s impact and contribution to Canadian society.
More specifically, The Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and L’Association des théâtres francophones...
Burlington: Southern Ontario Lyric Opera presents “Lucia di Lammermoor” March 8
On Saturday, March 8th at 7:30pm, Southern Ontario Lyric Opera will present Donizetti’s tragic love story, Lucia di Lammermoor. Tenor Joel Ricci stars as Edgardo and rising Canadian soprano, Holly Chaplin makes her SOLO debut in the title role. In the tour de force role of Enrico, Canadian Baritone...
Toronto: Crow’s Theatre and Obsidian Theatre presents “FLEX” April 15-May 18
Less than a year ago Toronto celebrated the announcement of the first official WBNA team outside of the US - The Toronto Tempo. Now, Crow’s Theatre and Obsidian Theatre come together to produce the Canadian Premiere of Candrice Jones’ adrenalin-fueled play about a young girl’s dream to join the WNBA...
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company presents “Eugene Onegin” May 2-24
Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin is one of opera’s most romantic masterpieces, an all-too-poignant case of too little, too late that has swept generations of audiences away with its soaring arias and rousing choral numbers. When the bookish Tatyana and worldly Onegin fall in love at first sight, her joy...
Hamilton: Theatre Aquarius announces its 2025/26 season
Welcome to Theatre Aquarius' 2025/2026 Season!
Subscriber advance for additional single tickets available starting June 2, 2025.
Theatre Aquarius subscribers are guaranteed the absolute best price for the season with preferred seating and unlimited free ticket exchanges.
Subscribers receive...
Toronto: “Made in Italy” comes to the CAA Theatre May 24-June 8
Made in Italy, Farren Timoteo’s tour-de-force solo show packed with disco, fantastic singing and a host of hilarious characters, has played to over 100,000 audience members at theatres across Canada. It is finally making its Toronto debut at CAA Theatre from May 24 through June 8, 2025.
Farren recently...
Toronto: “Feast” by Guillermo Verdecchia opens at the Tarragon Theatre April 9
Mike Payette, Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre and Executive Director Lisa Li are excited to announce the Toronto premiere of Feast. The piece written by Governor General’s Award winner Guillermo Verdecchia is running in the Mainspace from April 1 - 27, 2025, opening April 9.
The world is burning...
Orangeville: Mark Crawford’s “Bed and Breakfast” plays at Theatre Orangeville March 13-30
Welcome - we invite you to 'stay' with us for an evening and see Bed and Breakfast.
Brett and Drew want to move out of their tiny downtown apartment, but they just lost their seventh bidding war in Toronto.
When Brett unexpectedly inherits the historic family home in a quiet tourist town, the...
Toronto: The National Ballet of Canada has been nominated for Olivier Awards for the first time
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, shared today that for the first time, the company has been nominated for two Olivier Awards for Best New Dance Production and Outstanding Achievement in Dance.
Nominated for Best New Dance Production is Frontiers:...
Ajax: KhaRå Martin presents “Coming Home - The Musical” March 15-29
In celebration of International Women’s Month, acclaimed writer and director KhaRå Martin, Canadian Screen Award winner and host of Black Community Mixtapes on CTV, presents Coming Home, a moving musical tribute to Black women’s resilience, artistry, and impact.
This stunning production tells the...
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company presents “Wozzeck” April 25-May 16
Alban Berg's Wozzeck is a landmark of 20th-century opera. Shaped by the composer's personal experiences, the opera captures the disorienting and dehumanizing experience of war through the stark tale of a soldier’s slow descent into madness. This spectacular co-production comes to life through the extraordinary...
Port Hope: Casting announced for Capitol Theatre Port Hope summer season
Rob Kempson, Artistic Director of the Capitol Theatre Port Hope, has shared casting details for the four mainstage productions of the A Place to Call Home summer season: Alice in Wonderland, Waitress, Steel Magnolias and the world premiere of Rez Gas.
“This year’s mainstage season is full of stories...
London, ON: The Grand Theatre announces its 2025/26 season
Artistic Director Rachel Peake and Executive Director Lyndee Hansen are thrilled to unveil the Grand Theatre's 2025/26 season, titled “You Are Here.” This adventurous lineup features six remarkable productions, including, Tony, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize winning shows, four of which will be built,...
Toronto: Opera Atelier presents Charpentier’s “David and Jonathan” April 9-13
Opera Atelier presents the Toronto premiere of the company’s internationally acclaimed production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s French Baroque masterpiece, David and Jonathan, at Koerner Hall’s TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, from April 9-13, 2025. Fully staged and choreographed by Opera...
Toronto: “Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of)” returns to Toronto July 22-August 17 – tickets on sale March 7
Due to popular demand, PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF) by Isobel McArthur, last season’s sold-out, irreverent and hilarious smash-hit comedy will return to Toronto’s CAA Theatre for a strictly limited engagement, July 22 to August 17, 2025.
Tickets will go on sale at 10AM on Friday March 7, 2025 at...
Tweed: Tweed and Company is named one of the Top 100 Events by Festivals and Events Ontario
In Hastings County, Tweed & Company Theatre is celebrating a major achievement - They’ve been recognized as one of Ontario’s Top 100 Festivals and Events by FEO for the third consecutive year in a row and for a fourth time overall. They were first awarded the recognition in 2018, then again in 2023...
Stratford: The Here For Now Theatre box office is now open
Here For Now Theatre's box office is now open, so book your tickets today!
The playbill is packed with fantastic new work from a team of incredibly gifted playwrights. And every show is perfect for the small, intimate space we know you love as much as we do.
A few highlights to whet your appetite...
Kingston: Theatre Kingston presents “Parent’s Night” by George F. Walker March 14-29
Theatre Kingston presents Parent’s Night by George F. Walker.
Parents Night is a scathing, bold and hilarious look at the inside of an elementary school classroom. Turning his incisive eye towards the crumbling education system, Walker finds an exciting new arena for the trademark characters that...
Toronto: Canadian Stage presents Why Not Theatre’s epic “Mahabharata” this April
Following its critically acclaimed runs at the Shaw Festival, London’s prestigious Barbican Theatre and Australia’s Perth Festival, Canadian Stage concludes the 24.25 season with the Toronto premiere presentation of Why Not Theatre’s two-part epic, MAHABHARATA - a once-in-a-generation theatrical experience...
Toronto: “Witness for the Persecution” by Sky Gilbert runs March 7-9 at the Red Sandcastle Theatre
Witness for the Persecution is more than just an entertaining take on the famous courtroom-drama film of a very similar name (Witness for the Prosecution) starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton, directed by Billy Wilder (1957). It is a dark and enthralling experiment in melding performance...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Royal George Theatre exempted from heritage restrictions
The Royal George Theatre can be rehabilitated after Niagara-on-the-Lake councillors exempted the historical building from restrictions under the Heritage Conservation District study plan.
Councillors at their Feb. 25 meeting approved the expanded Heritage Conservation District study area, while...
Toronto: Riot King presents the play “RED” at the Theatre Centre March 28-April 6
After the sold out, award winning run of Suddenly Last Summer, and the site-specific, haunting success of SAMCA, Riot King is back to present the Tony award-winning play RED; a thrilling two-hander, starring Lindsay Merrithew and Brendan Kinnon, about American abstract painter Mark Rothko and the creation...
St. Catharines: Casting announced for “Every Little Thing” by Emily Oriold
The Foster Festival has announced for Every Little Thing by Emily Oriold.
Every Little Thing
Firehall Theatre
Niagara Falls, ON
March 23, 2025, at 1pm
Synopsis: Every morning Jack arrives at the hospital to visit his wife who has been comatose for months. Every morning he has his breakfast...
Toronto: David Dawson named the National Ballet of Canada’s first resident choreographer since 2007
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, shared today that internationally acclaimed choreographer David Dawson has been appointed Resident Choreographer at the National Ballet following the North American premiere of his stunning work, The Four Seasons.
“It...
Oshawa: “HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis” has been filmed for TV broadcast
Comedy-hypnotism show HYPROV has filmed a live performance for a later TV broadcast, with release details to be announced. The show was filmed February 2 while playing Oshawa, Ontario's Regent Theatre, complete with its original stars, hypnotist Asad Mecci and comedian Colin Mochrie. Joan Tosani is...
Toronto: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert presents Puccini’s “La Rondine” March 20-21
VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert presents Giacomo Puccini’s La Rondine, a bittersweet tale of love in the demi-monde of Second Empire Paris.
NOTE: TWO PERFORMANCES – NEW DAYS OF THE WEEK – Thursday, March 20 (8 pm) and Friday, March 21 (8 pm) at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre.
“We are...
Toronto: Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles comes to the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre May 13-18
RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles is an electrifying journey through the iconic eras of Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour in addition to songs from the early years all the way to Abbey Road. RAIN will play Toronto’s CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre for 8 performances only, from May 13 – 18, 2025.
Tickets...
Toronto: Mirvish presents “Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical” April 12-May 4
Last Spring, the musical adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s popular book series, Dog Man: The Musical, dazzled Toronto audiences at the CAA Theatre. Now, the same company who brought us Dog Man: The Musical, has done the same with Dav Pilkey’s spin-off series, Cat Kid Comic Club. TheaterWorksUSA’s production...
Toronto: The National Ballet of Canada gives “The Four Seasons” its North American premiere
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, shared today casting for the Winter Season triple bill, featuring the North American premiere of David Dawson’s The Four Seasons, the world premiere of Marco Goecke’s Morpheus’ Dream and the long-awaited return of...
Toronto: Alumnae Theatre presents “Age of Arousal” March 12-23
Dive into Age of Arousal, a powerful ensemble piece by acclaimed playwright Linda Griffiths. Set in an era of tumultuous change, this play explores the forbidden and gloriously liberated self, where characters grapple with explosive and contradictory desires. Griffiths, a winner of five Dora Mavor...
Toronto: Sandra Laronde awarded Governor General’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement in Dance
The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) announced today that Sandra Laronde, director, producer, choreographer, author and Executive & Artistic Director of Red Sky Performance, is the recipient of the 2025 Lifetime Artistic Achievement in Dance. Recognized as Canada’s highest accolade...
Toronto: The Theatre Centre will present “Game of Life” in March and “asses.masses” in May
Aislinn Rose, Artistic Director of The Theatre Centre, announced the company’s next slate of theatre presentations: the world premiere of Game of Life by bluemouth inc., in a limited run from March 27 to 29, and the return of asses.masses created by Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim, on May 24 and 25....
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company announces its 2025/26 season
The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2025/2026 season today featuring bold new productions, blockbuster audience favourites, and landmark works from two of Canada’s leading creative visionaries. The exciting mainstage season, to be presented at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, includes...
Hamilton: A Tragically Hip musical to premiere at Theatre Aquarius in 2026
The legendary music of Canada’s most beloved and influential rock bands, The Tragically Hip, will come to life in a brand-new musical from producers David and Hannah Mirvish and Michael Rubinoff.
It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken will premiere in Hamilton at Theatre Aquarius in 2026 as part of...
Stratford: The Stratford Festival welcomes new participants to the Birmingham Conservatory
The Stratford Festival is welcoming seven new participants to the Birmingham Conservatory for the 2025/2026 season. The Conservatory is a paid two-year intensive which serves as an incubator for artists to flourish and grow alongside and within the professional environment of the Festival’s repertory...
Toronto: Toronto Fringe reveals programming for the Next Stage Series
Toronto Fringe is pleased to announce the 2025 Next Stage Series will be presented during the 37th annual Toronto Fringe Festival taking place July 2-13, 2025. The Next Stage Series will feature four shows including Justice for Maurice Henry Carter and BABZ JOHNSTON: Songs by a WANNABE at Michael Young...
Toronto: The National Ballet of Canada unveils its 2025/26 season
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, shared today the 2025/26 season, a rich selection of work that showcases the company’s distinct and enduring artistry.
“The 2025/26 season defines the incredible breadth in the dance world today, incorporating...
Toronto: “Clue” will play at the Royal Alexandra Theatre May 20-June 8
CLUE, the hilarious murder mystery comedy inspired by the Hasbro board game and adapted from the fan-favorite film, is coming to Toronto’s historic Royal Alexandra Theatre from May 20 to June 8, 2025.
Tickets will be available at 10AM on Friday February 21 at www.mirvish.com or by calling 1.800.461.3333.
Led...
Toronto: Pressgang Theatre presents “TRUCK” by Graham Isador March 26-30
Pressgang Theatre in association with Factory Theatre presents:
TRUCK
It’s 2038 and tech-giant Edison is set to introduce a line of self-driving vehicles. The tech will make ninety-nine percent of long-haul trucking autonomous, putting thousands out of work. Tonight, you’re invited to a retirement...
Toronto: The Village Players present “The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble” March 7-29
Village Players' latest production, Beth Graham's The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, directed by Valary Cook, opens soon! The show runs Friday, March 7 and runs to Saturday, March 29.
About the play:
This play is really a story about Iris Trimble, Bernice’s daughter, who is trying to...
Toronto: Pleiades Theatre presents “The Roof is Leaking” May 2-18
Ash Knight, Artistic Executive Director of Pleiades Theatre, today announced the world premiere of The Roof is Leaking ਛੱਤ ਚੋਂਦੀ ਹੈ by Sanskruti Marathe and Davinder Malhi. The show will be directed by Ash Knight, starring Sarabjeet Arora, Harry Gill, Kiran Kaur, Sarena Parmar, Tia Sandhu, Harpreet...
Stratford: Here For Now Theatre announces its 2025 Summer season
Here For Now (HFN) Artistic Director Fiona Mongillo today announced the company’s 2025 summer season. This season marks HFN’s sixth consecutive year, and the first to be staged in the company’s new indoor theatre.
Mongillo says the summer playbill highlights a trend towards turning away from a world...
Toronto: “Come From Away” will close May 4, 2025
David and Hannah Mirvish announced today a final extension to the all-Canadian production of Come From Away. The production will add four more weeks of performances to its current run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, closing on May 4, 2025. Tickets to the new performances are now available at www.mirvish.com...
Toronto: Women at Play(s) 7 runs March 28-30 and April 2-6
Women At Play(s) 7 is a festival of original short one-act plays written, directed, and performed by Canadian women-identifying playwrights, directors, and actors. This SEVENTH edition features SEVEN short plays for a dramatic, comedic, unexpected rollercoaster of a show. From Boomers to babies, from...
Hamilton: “Casey and Diana” plays at Theatre Aquarius February 19-March 8
Casey and Diana, coming to Theatre Aquarius this month, tells a story about a time when humanity lost its compassion and a much-loved princess showed us the way back.
It’s the story of Princess Diana’s historic 1991 visit to Casey House, an AIDS hospice in Toronto, at the height of the devastating...
Toronto: Against the Grain Theatre will present “Identity: A Song Cycle” at the El Mocambo May 22-24
Against the Grain Theatre is absolutely thrilled to announce that it will return to the stage with three performances of Identity: A Song Cycle at Toronto’s iconic live music venue, the El Mocambo.
In early June 2020, Torontonian and baritone Elliot Madore opened up on social media about his struggles...
Toronto The Théâtre français de Toronto production of “Crawlspace” returns March 5 and 6
After winning over audiences during TfT's 2022-2023 season, Crawlspace is back... but for two performances only on March 5 and 6! Seize this unique opportunity to discover, rediscover or introduce others to this hilarious comedy before it goes on national tour.
This biting true story of real estate...
London, ON: The Grand Theatre presents “The Secret to Good Tea” February 18-March 8
Start the kettle and settle in for a touching yet cheeky story inspired by Rosanna Deerchild’s (CBC Unreserved) relationship with her mother. The Grand Theatre is proud to present Deerchild’s first play The Secret to Good Tea, making its Ontario debut on the historic Spriet Stage from February 18 to...
Toronto: “The Masque of the Red Death” premieres at the Assembly Theatre April 8-12
Producer, performer and creator Stella Kulagowski is proud to present the world premiere of The Masque of the Red Death, a dark and delightful reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1842 short story through an intoxicating blend of burlesque, drag, song, and immersive theatre. The Masque of the Red Death...
Toronto: The National Ballet of Canada announces casting for “Swan Lake”
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, shared today the principal casting for Karen Kain’s acclaimed production of Swan Lake which returns to the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto March 8 – 22.
This season, Principal Dancer Heather...
Toronto: The Japan Foundation presents Cinema Kabuki at the TIFF Lightbox February 23
The Japan Foundation provides a rare opporunity for Toronto theatre-goers to sample three kabuki productions from Tokyo.
CINEMA KABUKI: In High Definition on the Big Screen ‒ Direct from Japan ‒ English subtitled. Kabuki Theatre filmed with high-resolution cameras for cinemas in High-Definition...
Toronto: Crow’s Theatre adds Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” to its line-up
Crow’s Theatre adds Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure to its line-up – MEASURE FOR MEASURE like you’ve never seen—or heard—it before.
This playful adaptation sets Shakespeare’s 1604 drama inside a contemporary sound studio where five actors take on all twenty characters throughout a live radio stream....
Toronto: The hit show “Hypothetical Baby” returns to Toronto for a limited run
This Month, due to popular demand, the 2023 hit solo show HYPOTHETICAL BABY written and performed by Rachel Cairns, creator of the award-winning podcast "Aborsh", and directed by The Howland Company's Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster, RETURNS TO THE STAGE for a limited time!
Running from February 22 to...
Port Dover: DuffleBag Theatre brings two shows to the Lighthouse Festival Theatre for March Break
Looking for some giggles and good times this March Break? The nearly world famous DuffleBag Theatre brings their hilarious, interactive shows Sleeping Beauty and Robin Hood to Lighthouse Festival! Watch as these classic tales get a fresh twist—with unexpected laughs, family-friendly fun, and a little...
Toronto: Creative team announced for “A Public Display of Affection”
Mark McGrinder, Artistic Director of Studio 180 Theatre today announced the creative team for the world premiere of Jonathan Wilson’s personal new solo show, A Public Display of Affection. The show runs from March 25 to April 20 in the Crow’s Theatre’s Studio Theatre at Streetcar Crowsnest (345 Carlaw...
Toronto: Red Snow Collective presents “Carried by the River” March 8-23
Red Snow Collective proudly presents Carried by the River (流源夢), a poignant and thoughtful theatrical work, by playwright Diana Tso, directed by William Yong. This original production runs from March 8 to March 23, 2025, at Tarragon Extraspace, offering audiences a deeply moving journey through myth,...
Orangeville: Theatre Orangeville presents “The Beaver Club” February 6-23
Grab your best girlfriends, make it a date night (perfect for Valentine's Day!), and 'speed' on over to the theatre to join us on this wild ride. The Beaver Club's first preview performance is tomorrow night, Opening Night is sold out, and many, many performances have very low ticket availability......
Toronto: Show One presents “Tango After Dark” March 14-16
Show One Productions today announced the Canadian premiere of TANGO AFTER DARK, an electrifying spectacle of authentic Argentinian tango created by internationally acclaimed tango superstars and World Tango Champions Germán Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi. With ten world-class dancers, two extraordinary...
Stratford: Stratford’s acclaimed production of Alice Childress’s “Wedding Band” is now streaming
The Stratford Festival is proud to share the 2023 production of Alice Childress’s Wedding Band by making it available for streaming worldwide beginning February 7. Directed by Sam White, the production was hailed on stage, with The New York Times calling it a “revelation”, a sentiment echoed in the...
Stratford: Community rallies to support new theatre for Here for Now Theatre
Here for Now Theatre (HFN) today announced the successful close of its $480K capital campaign. The campaign supports the building of a new micro-theatre performance space in the old registry office at 24 St. Andrews Street in Stratford, Ontario.
“We’ve been overwhelmed with the outpouring of generosity...
Toronto: the National Ballet of Canada hosts the Positioning Ballet Conference for the first time in North America
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced that the company will host Positioning Ballet, a global conference welcoming 36 Artistic Directors from 17 different countries, for the first time in North America. The conference will take place...
Toronto: The Second City celebrates 65 years of laughter with $19.59 tickets
In December 1959, The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night, igniting a comedic revolution that continues to transform improv and live sketch comedy today. For 65 years, this iconic institution has been the launch pad for countless comedy legends and remains a driving force in nurturing...
Toronto: Opera Atelier celebrates its 40th season
Opera Atelier celebrates its landmark 40th year with two significant productions: the company’s iconic production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, on stage October 15, 16, 18 and 19, 2025 at the Elgin Theatre, and the world premiere of Debussy’s surrealist opera, Pelléas et Mélisande, on stage April 15,...
Toronto: David and Hannah Mirvish announce the 2025/26 main stage season
David and Hannah Mirvish reveal that the 2025/26 MAIN SUBSCRIPTION SEASON is made up of seven productions, all musicals.
Four are Canadian premieres, two are Toronto premieres and one is a brand-new sit-down Canadian production of an international smash hit.
David Mirvish said: “Each subscription...
Toronto: Obsidian and Soulpepper present “Table for Two” February 7-March 2
Obsidian Theatre Company and Soulpepper present the world premiere of Table for Two by Akosua Ama-Adem.
“Ghanaian parents don’t talk about sex and when they do, it’s not very helpful.”
In the uproarious yet poignant Table for Two, Akosua Amo-Adem takes centre stage as Abena Ohemaa Frimbog, affectionately...
Toronto: “Playing Shylock” starring Saul Rubinek returns to the stage in April 2025
PLAYING SHYLOCK returns to Toronto in April 2025 after a hugely successful run October 30-December 8, 2024, at Canadian Stage.
PLAYING SHYLOCK marks Saul Rubinek‘s triumphant return to the stage! Coming to the CAA Theatre April 1-6. Pre-sale starts January 29. Sign up for priority access to tickets.
About...
Port Hope: Tickets on sale to “Billboard in Concert: The Power of Women” March 8-9
Rob Kempson, Artistic Director of the Capitol Theatre Port Hope, has shared details of the company’s first theatrical concert of the 2025 season: Billboard in Concert: The Power of Women, playing on March 8 at 7:30 p.m. and March 9 at 2 p.m., in celebration of International Women’s Day. Tickets are...
Toronto: Crow’s Theatre and the National Arts Centre present “Trident Moon” March 4-30, 2025
This spring Crow’s Theatre partners with The National Arts Centre to present a play over 10 years in the making but speaking immediately to the mass displacement across the globe today. A tribute to the immense strength and resiliency of women in times of war, TRIDENT MOON – on stage March 4th – 30th...
Toronto: Toronto Operetta Theatre’s season ender is “The Gondoliers” running February 28-March 2
The Toronto Operetta Theatre brings the 2024/2025 season to a close with a new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers. The Savoy masters’ last great hit will run for three performances on February 28, March 1 and 2 (matinee), 2025, at the St. Lawrence Centre. “Our season this year has...
Millbrook: 4th Line Theatre announces that its box office is now open to the public
4th Line Theatre is pleased to announce that its box office is open to the public to purchase tickets and for gift certificate redemptions for the 2025 Summer Season. Tickets, gift certificates and charcuterie snack boxes can be purchased by phone at 705-932-4445, toll-free at 800-814-0055, online...
Toronto: Tickets available now for Opera 5’s First Toronto Opera Festival
Tickets are now on sale for Opera 5’s first-ever Toronto Opera Festival!
Yes, you heard (read…) correctly, tickets are officially on sale for the Toronto Opera Festival, taking place June 12-21, 2025 at Factory Theatre! We’re featuring three exciting productions: the world premiere of Come Closer...
Toronto: Cast and creative team set for Caleigh Crow’s “The Born-Again Crow”
Buddies in Bad Times Artistic Director ted witzel and Native Earth Performing Arts Artistic Director Joelle Peters (Anishinaabekwe) today shared a cast and creative team update for their highly anticipated March co-production of There is Violence and There is Righteous Violence and There is Death or,...
Toronto: Jessica Xuan makes her debut as Principal Guest Artist in “Swan Lake”
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, announced today that Jessica Xuan, Principal Dancer with Dutch National Ballet, will appear for the first time with the company as a Principal Guest Artist in Karen Kain’s Swan Lake, onstage March 8 – 22, 2025.
A...
Toronto: Metcalf Foundation announces the 15 finalists for the 2025 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes
The Metcalf Foundation is pleased to announce the 15 finalists for the 2025 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes/Les Prix Johanna-Metcalf des Arts de la scène (Johannas) with a total value of $195,000 in prizes. The five winners will each receive a prize of $25,000 and will be announced on May 5,...
Toronto: A new production of musical “Peter Pan” comes to Toronto May 21-June 1 - tickets on sale January 31
The all-new production of the hit Broadway musical PETER PAN directed by Lonny Price, with additional book by Larissa Fasthorse and choreography by Lorin Latarro is flying over to Toronto’s CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre from May 21 – June 1, 2025.
Tickets for the all-new production of the Tony Award-winning...
Toronto: Weyni Mengesha to step down as Artistic Director of Soulpepper
Soulpepper Theatre Company announced today that after almost seven years of visionary leadership, Weyni Mengesha will step down from her role as Artistic Director on August 31, 2025. Since joining the company in 2018, Mengesha has been a guiding force that has nurtured countless Canadian artists and...
Toronto: Colin Mochrie and friends help raise funds for The Assembly Theatre March 4
Colin Mochrie and freinds will hold a fundraiser for The Assembly Theatre, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Showtimes:
First Show: Doors Open 6:45 PM | Show 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM
Second Show: Doors Open 8:45 PM | Show 9:30 PM – 10:45 PM
VIP Meet-and-Greet: 8:15 PM – 8:45 PM
Limited to 10 VIP ticket...
Toronto: The Red Sandcastle Theatre presents “Fly Me to the Moon” February 19-March 2
The Red Sandcastle Theatre is presenting The Shillelagh Theatre Company’s production of Fly Me to the Moon by Marie Jones.
Loretta and Francis, overworked and underpaid home-care workers in Belfast, face a moral dilemma when they discover their elderly patient has passed away on pension day.
Temptation,...
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre’s sold-out “Cock” will return to Toronto in April
Talk Is Free Theatre Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced today that the Barrie-based company, who also maintain a distinguished presence in the Toronto theatre scene, will remount their production of Cock in April.
The play is currently running until January 31 and enjoying a sold-out run...
London, ON: The Grand Theatre announces “Newsies” as the 2025 High School Project
The Grand Theatre announces Newsies as the 2025 High School Project.
JACK LEADS A GROUP OF YOUNG NEWSIES IN A STRIKE THAT MAKES THE HISTORY BOOKS - AND THE HEADLINES. BUILT AND PERFORMED BY THE GRAND THEATRE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT STUDENTS!
Step into turn-of-the-century New York City, a time of...
Toronto: Why Not Theatre relaunches the Space Project
Why Not Theatre is pleased to announce the next phase of its Space Project – an initiative that facilitates greater access to space for artists who need it most by activating underutilized temporary and meanwhile spaces in the real estate market.
In previous iterations, Why Not focused primarily...
Toronto: Tapestry Opera presents “Jacqueline”, an opera about Jacqueline du Pré, February 20-23
We are thrilled to bring Jacqueline back to Toronto following an incredibly successful run at West Edge Opera in San Francisco last summer.
Jacqueline explores the meteoric rise and tragic fall of Jacqueline du Pré through her relationship with her cello. Who is the much-admired Jacqueline when...
Hamilton: Theatre Aquarius presents “Casey and Diana” February 19-March 8
Theatre Aquarius presents Casey and Diana by Nick Green.
CASEY AND DIANA
By Nick Green
Directed by Andrew Kushnir
Originally commissioned by The Stratford Festival.
A co-production with The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
FEB 19, 2025 TO MAR 8, 2025
150 MINUTES INCLUDING INTERMISSION
FIND...
Toronto: The Theatre Centre presents “Monks” by Veronica Hortigüela and Annie Luján February 26-March 2
The Theatre Centre has announced its first show of 2025—a week-long run of the hilariously inventive, critically-acclaimed play MONKS, created and performed by Veronica Hortigüela and Annie Luján.
Following a sold out run at the Toronto Fringe Festival, a remount at Crow’s Theatre, and a spot on...
Toronto: The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary March 5-16
The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (TOsketchfest) is thrilled to announce the spectacular line-up for its 20th anniversary edition from March 5-16, 2025 at The Theatre Centre and Comedy Bar Bloor in Toronto. Celebrating this important milestone in the company of over 70 sketch comedy troupes from around...
Toronto: The National Ballet of Canada takes “Giselle” to the NAC January 30-February 1
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the company will return to National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa for its annual appearance January 30 – February 1, with Sir Peter Wright’s Giselle.
"I am delighted the company is returning to the...
Collingwood: Tickets to “The LOVE Cabaret” at Theatre Collingwood are now on sale
Love is in the air, and Theatre Collingwood is thrilled to bring you an unforgettable evening of world-class entertainment! On Monday, February 10th, join us at New Life Church for at The LOVE Cabaret, a spectacular showcase of artistry featuring a stunning lineup of performers who will warm your heart...
Toronto: Two shows by guitarist Chase Padgett coming to the CAA Theatre this May
This Spring, masterful storyteller and musician Chase Padgett will bring two of his critically acclaimed shows to the CAA Theatre. 6 Guitars returns to Toronto’s CAA Theatre for four performances only from May 6-10, 2025.
Chase Padgett’s new show Nashville Hurricane: A Curious Tale of Finger Pickin’...
Toronto: Coal Mine Theatre’s Vault Creation Lab reveals its first presentations
Following the announcement in November that COAL MINE THEATRE co-founder Diana Bentley was launching a new sister company to the COAL MINE, THE VAULT CREATION LAB is thrilled to unveil their inaugural line up of public lab presentations, which will get underway on the Danforth this spring.
An ambitious,...
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre presents “Perfect on Paper” by Marcia Johnson January 30-February 8
Olivia is an independent black woman. She proudly identifies as a feminist. Her deep dark secret is that she writes bodice-ripping romance novels under a pseudonym. When her life is saved by a handsome young white man who dotes on her, he seems too good to be true. Is he just perfect on paper?
Perfect...
Toronto: Theatre Passe Muraille presents “Blind Dates” February 13-March 9
Theatre Passe Muraille is delighted to announce the World Premiere of Blind Dates, an extraordinary solo performance written, performed, and composed by Vivian Chong and directed by Marjorie Chan. This heartfelt production runs from February 13 to March 9, 2025, at Theatre Passe Muraille.
Award-winning...
Stratford: The Stratford Festival proposes buying the Stratford Normal School for $1.00
A public meeting about the proposed sale of the city-owned Discovery Centre at 270 Water St. garnered a large response – and a wide array of opinions – on what should happen to the 117-year-old building.
The city, which has owned the former Normal School building since 2001 and has been leasing...
Orangeville: Theatre Orangeville presents “The Beaver Club” February 6-23
Meet the women of The Beaver Club!
Karen is a control freak, Yvette is a no-nonsense Québécoise, Radiance is a free spirit, and Eunice is a salt of the earth East-Coaster.
From scrapbooking to skinny-dipping, through laughter and tears, the women help each other face the challenges of life as...
Toronto: “The Darkest Dark” returns to Young People’s Theatre February 10-March 16
Young People’s Theatre (YPT) is thrilled to relaunch its award-winning adaptation of Commander Chris Hadfield’s internationally bestselling children’s book, The Darkest Dark. This captivating story returns to the YPT Mainstage following its sold-out world premiere in 2023 (Dora Mavor Moore Awards for...
Toronto: Casting announced for the North American premiere of “Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical”
Casting is announced for the Toronto and London productions of JUST FOR ONE DAY – The Live Aid Musical. This acclaimed new musical had a record-breaking world premiere at London’s The Old Vic theatre January 2024 – where it became the theatre’s fastest selling musical ever. It will make its North American...
Toronto: The original Canadian production of “Come From Away” will play its 1000th performance on January 29
The original Canadian production of the multi-award winning global sensation Come From Away will mark a milestone on January 29, 2025 when it gives its 1000th performance at the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre.
The Canadian production of Come From Away began in Toronto on February 18, 2018, and...
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre presents the world premiere of “The Wolf in the Voice” February 4-23
Mike Payette, Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre and Executive Director Lisa Li are excited to announce The Wolf in the Voice, A World Premiere Tarragon Theatre production in association with Nightswimming. The piece co-created and co-directed by Martin Julien and Brian Quirt runs in the Extraspace...
Toronto: The COC Ensemble Studio to welcome five new singers for the 2025/26 season
The Canadian Opera Company’s prestigious Ensemble Studio for artistic career development has invited five of the country’s most talented artists to join next season, marking the 45th anniversary of the COC’s innovative program for singers and pianists. Soprano Emma Pennell, mezzo-soprano Ariana Maubach,...
Toronto: Bad Dog Theatre’s “Hookup” is back – this time at Factory Theatre February 6-15
Attention, singles! Forget awkward dating apps and overpriced dinners—this Valentine’s Day, treat yourself to a night of hilarity, spontaneity, and maybe even a little romance. The smash-hit comedy HOOKUP is back, and it’s the ultimate antidote to the Valentine’s blues.
Whether you’re single, curious,...
Toronto: Canadian Stage presents Pulitzer Prize winner “Fat Ham” February 15-March 8
In February, Canadian Stage presents one of the most hotly anticipated productions of the season, the 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, James Ijames’ FAT HAM. On stage February 15 – March 9 at the Berkeley Street Theatre. (Media night: February 19)
Helmed by celebrated Canadian director Philip...
Toronto: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre announces the 46th Annual Rhubarb! Festival
Canada’s oldest theatre festival for experimental new work is back with Rhubarb! 46 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Festival Director Ludmylla Reis has curated a series of 13 electric works by both local and international artists, running from February 12 to 16, with each show presented one time only....
Toronto: The Toronto Fringe’s 24 Hour Playwriting Contest will be held February 9
CAN YOU WRITE A PLAY IN 24 HOURS? SIGN UP FOR THE TORONTO FRINGE'S WILDLY POPULAR CONTEST AND SEE IF YOU CAN BEAT THE CLOCK!
This contest is for anyone who has wanted to write a play but just needed a little encouragement and motivation! It challenges new and experienced writers to create a script...
Toronto: Outside the March announces a capital project and its 2025 season
Announcing OUTFIT THE MARCH, a capital project with the ability to turn virtually any space in the city into a fully-functional, comfortable, temporary theatre venue. Outside the March is acquiring an inventory of mobile production and accessibility equipment perfectly suited to our nomadic nature...
Toronto: Nightwood Theatre presents “Hypothetical Baby” February 22-March 8
Nightwood Theatre in association with The Howland Company is proud to present Hypothetical Baby, written and performed by Rachel Cairns and directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster, from February 22-March 8, 2025 at Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst St).
In Hypothetical Baby, Rachel Cairns mixes data and...
Kingston: Green Light Arts presents “Beyonsea and the Mothers” January 29-February 9
Green Light Arts is presents
BEYONSEA AND THE MOTHERS
A NEW PLAY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY TENEILE WARREN
JANUARY 29 - FEBRUARY 9, 2025
THE CONRAD CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
WARNOCK MACMILLAN THEATRE
36 KING ST W, KITCHENER, ON N2G 1A3
WORLD PREMIERE
“THIS LIKKLE PLOT HERE...
London, UK: Stratford actor James Daly will play Dracula in London
Initial casting has been announced for the previously reported U.K. premiere of Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen's Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors, the comic, gender-bending reimagining of Bram Stoker's horror classic that will make its U.K. premiere in March at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Also directed...
Kingston: Theatre Kingston presents “Big Ticket” by Jim Garrard February 6-23
Theatre Kingston presents Big Ticket, a new play by Jim Garrard.
Annie was recently a young person, now a grown woman and mother, but not quite an adult in all respects. She's a modestly successful Toronto real estate agent and works as a junior member of a team.
Dave is a bit of a hunk, a brute...
Toronto: Shakespeare BASH’d stages “The Merchant of Venice” February 13-23
Shakespeare BASH’d dives into a controversial play, with a predominantly Jewish team.
Director: Julia Nish-Lapidus
Featuring: Ori Black, Sofía Contal, Brittany Kay, Cameron Laurie, Alon Nashman, Jesse Nerenberg, Adriano Reis, Neta J. Rose, Cameron Scott, Hallie Seline, Carson Somanlall, James...
Hamilton: Performances of “The Nine Lives of Ross Fordham” begin January 10
Performances of THE NINE LIVES OF ROSS FORDHAM at Theatre Aquarius begin January 10.
“Not only is actor-singer-songwriter Brandon McGibbon telling a fascinating tale of the way his grandfather, Ross Fordham, cheated death nine times, he’s also co-opted his brother Jason and Fordham’s great grandchildren...
St. Catharines: The Foster Festival’s Fostered Playwrights Festival takes place March 21-23
Buoyed by the success of the 2024 Festival, the second annual Fostered Playwrights Festival is set for March 21 - 23 at the Firehall Theatre in Niagara Falls. Accessible parking is available.
Three selections from emerging or established Canadian playwrights, will be professionally performed and...
St. Catharines: The Foster Festival presents “Love Letters” February 13-15 at Vineland Estates Winery
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a special treat as The Foster Festival presents Love Letters by A.R. Gurney for three performances only and starring six local personalities:
FEB. 13 (7pm): St. Catharines Mayor, Mat Siscoe and Ruth Unrau, community leader and Newstalk 610 CKTB radio host.
FEB....
Port Hope: Single tickets released for Bad Hats’ “Alice in Wonderland” playing May 16-June 1
Single ticket shave been released for Bad Hats Theatre’s Alice in Wonderland.
This smash-hit family musical broke box office records over the past two years and now it’s coming to the Capitol! Bad Hats Theatre’s contemporary spin on Wonderland takes us down the rabbit hole with Alice, a girl with...
Toronto: Colin Ainsworth and Lauren Margison star in VOICEBOX’s “Alceste” January 12
VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert is delighted to welcome two of Canada’s most renowned artists to our stage for the Canadian Premiere of Gluck’s Alceste! OIC patrons will remember Lauren Margison for her deeply insightful interpretation of Barber’s Vanessa in 2022 and she was heard for the COC as Mimi in...
Toronto: Coal Mine Theatre presents the Canadian premiere of “People, Places and Things” February 9-March 2
In February, Toronto’s beloved “Off-Off Broadview” stage - COAL MINE THEATRE - resumes their 10th anniversary season with the Canadian premiere of Duncan Macmillan’s powerful and thrilling PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS, on stage at the company’s Danforth venue February 9th – March 2nd.
A quest of recovery...
Toronto: The Second City announces the cast and crew for its 90th mainstage revue
The world’s most influential name in live comedy, The Second City is thrilled to announce the cast and crew of The Second City Toronto’s 90th Mainstage Revue. Celebrated TV writer and Second City Alum Brandon Hackett directs returning ensemble members Tiyawnda, Conor Bradbury, Coko Galore, Devon Henderson,...
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre presents “Perfect on Paper” January 30-February 8
Keep celebrating the new year with tickets to great theatre! Olivia is an independent black woman. She proudly identifies as a feminist. Her deep dark secret is that she writes bodice-ripping romance novels under a pseudonym. When her life is saved by a handsome young white man who dotes on her, he...
Toronto: Théâtre français de Toronto presents “Le Problème avec la rose” January 18
Le Problème avec le Rose is a playful yet profound exploration of notions of gender and identity through the eyes of childhood, by Érika Tremblay-Roy and Christophe Garcia.
Aimed at family audiences aged 6 and over, this show, winner of the 2020 Louise-Lahaye Award, blends dance and theatre in a...
London, ON: The Grand Theatre presents the thriller “Heist” January 14-February 1
Get ready to dive into the world of diamonds, deals, and deceit as the Grand Theatre proudly presents Heist. The Ocean’s Eleven-inspired, edge-of-your-seat, popcorn-theatre crime caper production plays January 14 – February 1 on the Grand’s historic Spriet Stage.
This highly anticipated Canadian...
Kitchener: NUMUS and Fawn Chamber Creative present the new opera “Cells of Wind” January 29
Two champions of experimental and new music in Ontario, FAWN Chamber Creative of Toronto and NUMUS of Kitchener-Waterloo, come together to co-present the debut concert performance of Cells of Wind, an evocative new chamber opera by composer Anna Höstman and poet/librettist Oana Avasilichioaei. Commissioned...
Toronto: Award-winning improv show “Monkey Toast” returns to the Comedy Bar this year
Get ready to go bananas! After a nearly 5-year hiatus, the six-time Canadian Comedy Award-winning improv show Monkey Toast is back for three hilarious pop-up shows at Comedy Bar.
Monkey Toast went into hiatus due to the pandemic and chronic illness. "Fans of the show have been asking me for years,...
Toronto: Eldritch Theatre presents “The Strange and Eerie Memoirs of Billy Wuthergloom” January 29-February 9
25 years after it first crawled out from under your bed, Eldritch Theatre’s premier production makes its horrific return! Please join us for Eldritch Theatre’s revisited classic, The Strange and Eerie Memoirs of Billy Wuthergloom.
Having survived the ghastly terrors of adolescence in the 1980s,...
Toronto: Tickets for “Garden of Vanished Pleasures” are now on sale
Garden of Vanished Pleasures is an emotional journey inspired by the life and work of English filmmaker and queer rights activist Derek Jarman, making its world premiere in the theatre.
Conceived and devised by U.K./ Canadian director Tim Albery, Garden of Vanished Pleasures blends the works of...
Toronto: Cahoots Theatre presents “Love and the Trick of Time” February 14-16, 2025
Love and the Trick of Time explores our perception of time, and how the reality of loving those living with dementia changes our experience of it. Weaving together the stories of care partners, it lifts the veil on what it is to love someone living with the disease as time becomes non-linear, transporting...
Toronto: Native Earth presents dance piece “What We Carry” February 6-9, 2025
Native Earth Performing Arts is proud to present the Ontario Premiere of What We Carry, an A’nó:wara Dance Theatre solo dance piece choreographed and performed by Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, at Aki Studio in Toronto from February 6-9, 2025. What We Carry is an expression of Diabo’s life’s journey as...
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