St. Jacobs: Drayton Entertainment presents “Plaid Tidings” November 19-December 28, 2025
Drayton Entertainment presents the Christmas show Plaid Tidings November 19-December 28, 2025.
This delightful holiday-themed musical continues the story of the 1960s singing group, the Plaids, by bringing the endearing quartet (Sparky, Jinx, Frankie, and Smudge) back together to fulfill a special...
Toronto: Mirvish presents the North American premiere of “Cyrano” March 14-May 5 – tickets on sale November 3
Virginia Gay’s CYRANO, the critically acclaimed and joyous gender-flipped retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac will make its highly anticipated North American Premiere at Toronto’s CAA Theatre from March 14 to April 5, 2026.
Tickets will be available at 10AM on Monday November 3 at www.mirvish.com or...
Port Hope: The Capitol Theatre announces its 2026 season
Rob Kempson, Artistic Director of The Capitol Theatre Port Hope, has announced the company’s 2026 season, Where Our Stories Begin.
Four ensemble productions grace the Mainstage next summer:
• Broadway smash-hit musical Come From Away by Irene Sankoff and David Hein;
• Tony Award-winning...
Odessa: Torrent Productions presents the panto “Jack and the BeansTalk” December 23, 2025, to January 4, 2026
Torrent Productions presents JACK AND THE BEANSTALK: A MERRY MAGICAL PANTOMIME this winter.
Join us at:
The Hall at Emmanuel United Church
63 Factory St. Odessa, ON
for 15 performances from
December 23, 2025-January 4, 2026!
"A wonderful family musical for the entire family!"
Jack...
London, ON: Ronnie Burkett brings his latest show “Wonderful Joe” to the Grand Theatre November 4-23
Award-winning, world-renowned, and infamously cheeky, Ronnie Burkett is back at the Grand Theatre with his unmatched mischievous, rollicking irreverence. Burkett’s latest work, Wonderful Joe, unleashes his sharp, unrelenting wit on the cities we call home, the people we overlook, and the four-legged...
Toronto: Outside the March announces its 2025/26 season
Outside the March (OtM) unveils its 16th season today with its most expansive slate of programming to date, powered by state-of-the-art equipment acquired through its Outfit the March capital project. It features partnerships with Coal Mine Theatre, Rock Bottom Movement, Soulpepper, Native Earth Performing...
Millbrook: 4th Line Theatre announces its 2026 season
4th Line Theatre’s Managing Artistic Director Kim Blackwell is thrilled to announce the theatre’s 34th summer season and two beloved classics. The season will begin on June 30, 2026 with Schoolhouse. This cherished play saw its world premiere at the theatre in 2007 (remounted in 2008), written by Leanna...
Toronto: Mirvish presents the new musical “The Outsiders” June 17-July 26, 2026 – tickets on sale November 3, 2025
David and Hannah Mirvish are thrilled to announce that tickets for the Tony Award® winning Best Musical, The Outsiders, based on the seminal novel by S.E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola’s landmark motion picture, will go on public sale on November 3, 2025. The Outsiders will play at the Princess of...
Toronto: The King Black Box presents “BUG” by Tracy Letts November 28-December 14
The King Black Box in partnership with Elkabong Theatre Projects presents BUG by Tracy Letts NOVEMBER 28 TO DECEMBER 14 2025 directed by Andrew Cameron with production design by Sophie Ann Rooney.
A gripping psychological thriller, BUG dives into the shared delusions of two lost souls seeking refuge...
Toronto: Nikan Ingabire Kanate wins First Prize at the COC’s Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition
Soprano Nikan Ingabire Kanate of Ottawa won First Prize and the Audience Choice Prize at the Canadian Opera Company’s 12th annual Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition on October 23, 2025 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Marci Ien hosted the spectacular evening that marked the...
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre presents “a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun)” November 11-December 7
Tarragon Theatre’s Artistic Director, Mike Payette and Executive Director Lisa Li, and Obsidian Theatre Company’s Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu and General Manager Michael Sinclair, are excited to announce the North American Premiere of a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun), a Tarragon...
St. Jacobs: Drayton Entertainment presents “Flight Risk” by Meg Braem October 23-November 9.
As lead-up to Remembrance Day, Drayton Entertainment presents Flight Risk by Meg Braem, running October 22-November 9.
Inspired by the astonishing true story of a World War II veteran, Flight Risk is a humorous and profound story of finding exactly who you need in life – when you least expect it.
99-year-old...
Toronto: The National Ballet of Canada presents the world premiere of “Procession” November 1-8
Hope Muir, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, shared the casting for the world premiere of Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber’s Procession which launches the 2025/26 season at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts November 1 – 8.
“I can’t think of a more exhilarating way...
St. Catharines: The Foster Festival announces the cast for “A Niagara Christmas Carol”
With Thanksgiving behind us and Halloween fast approaching, it's the perfect time to start planning for the holiday season—especially with festive decorations already filling the stores!
Why not kick things off with a heartwarming holiday outing? A Niagara Christmas Carol takes to the stage at the...
Hamilton: Theatre Aquarius hosts the NCNM Musical Theatre Summit 2026
Canada’s most exciting new musical theatre gathering is coming to Hamilton …
NCNM National Musical Theatre Summit 2026
January 25–27, 2026 | Theatre Aquarius | Hamilton, Ontario
It’s three jam-packed days of bold ideas, electric showcases, and big-picture conversations that will shape the...
Toronto: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert presents “Richard Cœur-de-Lion” by André Grétry on November 15
Opera in Concert continues in its quest to present rare operas seldom if ever heard in Canada. Opening the 2025/2026 Season, Richard Cœur-de-Lion is a classic example of the company’s commitment to this vision and to supporting emerging Canadian artists. Composed by the Belgian composer, André Grétry,...
Toronto: Soulpepper presents Bad Hats “Narnia” November 18-December 28
This holiday season, Soulpepper Theatre is transforming into an enchanted winter wonderland brimming with music and holiday joy as Bad Hats Theatre returns with the third family musical in their award-winning trilogy, transporting audiences to the fantastical land of C.S. Lewis’ NARNIA. The magic will...
Toronto: Tickets on sale October 27 for “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical” running April 28-June 7, 2026
Smash-hit musical A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL is coming to Toronto in Spring 2026. A BEAUTIFUL NOISE will make its highly anticipated Canadian Premiere at the Princess of Wales Theatre from April 28 – June 7, 2026.
Tickets will be available at 10AM on October 27 at www.mirvish.com...
Stratford: The Stratford Festival announces casting for the 2026 season
While the 2025 season continues to captivate audiences, with four productions extended into autumn and mid-December, momentum is already building for what’s to come. In his final year as Artistic Director, Antoni Cimolino announces the casting for the 12 productions set to take the stage in 2026.
“The...
Toronto: Toronto Operetta Theatre relocates “The Mikado” to Burlington October 24-26
A cheap tailor, a second trombone, a little maid from school and Parliament Hill in Ottawa ...
Mix them all, and you have The Mikado…Revisited, Toronto Operetta Theatre’s season opener for 2025-2026. One of the greatest musicals of all time, Gilbert and Sullivan’s masterpiece was a hit from the...
Toronto: World War II thriller “Spycraft” visits Toronto and tours Southern Ontario this November
Directed by renowned Canadian theatre director Richard Greenblatt and starring Diane Flacks, Blair Williams, Charlotte Dennis and Devin Lee, Spycraft is a two-act espionage thriller that has its world premiere Oct 30-Nov 30, 2025 in a 26-performance Ontario tour, with seven shows at The Theatre Centre...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Casting announced for the Shaw Festival’s two winter shows
The Shaw Festival warmly greets the holiday season with two audience favourites: A Christmas Carol, adapted and directed by Artistic Director Tim Carroll, and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas helmed by Kate Hennig. The seasonal celebrations begin at the Royal George Theatre on November 1 with the Charles...
Toronto: Cast and creative team announced for “The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical”
The holiday season just got merrier. Toronto will host the world premiere of The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical, a hilarious Broadway-style show that blends classic holiday movie tropes with high-octane pop showtunes. Running November 20, 2025 to January 4, 2026 at The Royal Theatre, this...
Gananoque: Thousand Islands Playhouse announces its 2026 season
"Our new Season is fresh, a little mischievous, and full of life. The 2025 lineup set the bar high, and we’re determined to keep raising it. Our productions are growing in scale and ambition, we are investing in our community, and strengthening our roots here at the Playhouse.
I couldn’t be prouder...
Toronto: Mirvish extends “Ava; The Secret Conversations” to November 30, 2025
Due to popular demand, David and Hannah Mirvish are thrilled to announce an additional week of performances for the highly anticipated Canadian premiere of Ava: The Secret Conversations, written by and starring Elizabeth McGovern as Hollywood’s original femme fatale Ava Gardner.
This critically...
Toronto: Coal Mine Theatre presents “Fulfillment Center” November 16-December 7
Following a critically acclaimed run of WAITING FOR GODOT, this November, COAL MINE THEATRE Artistic Director Ted Dykstra steps off stage to direct the 2018 Obie Award-recipient for playwriting, Abe Koogler’s FULFILLMENT CENTER. The Canadian Premiere production runs at the company’s Danforth Theatre...
Toronto: “Doc Wuthergloom’s Little Lib’ary of the Damned” runs October 30-November 9
A Halloween tradition of curses, magic, and puppetry... For over 25 years Eldritch Theatre has been prowling the theatrical underground, earning audience acclaim and over 25 Dora Awards nominations and wins for their outstanding horror productions. Eldritch shows are "Toronto’s Spookiest Stage Shows”...
Toronto: Buddies in Bad Times presents “Bijuriya” November 26-29
Up next at Buddies in Bad Times is a presentation of Gabriel Dharmoo’s Bijuriya. Dharmoo is a composer and experimental vocalist. Bijuriya is a drag artist engaging with South Asian culture. Gabriel values innovation and risk taking as he navigates Eurocentric artistic scenes, while Bijuriya seeks...
Toronto: The musical “Shucked” runs March 3-April 5, 2026 – tickets on sale October 20
Shucked, the Tony Award® winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious,” is making its highly anticipated Canadian premiere in Toronto beginning March 2026. Shucked will play the Princess of Wales Theatre from March 3 – April 5, 2026.
Tickets will be available at 10AM...
Cambridge: Drayton Entertainment presents the Shaw Festival production of “Witness for the Prosecution”
Drayton Entertainment is incredibly pleased to present the Shaw Festival's 2024 Season hit production of Agatha Christie’s thrilling courtroom drama, Witness for the Prosecution, to new audiences throughout the province
When a wealthy, older woman is found brutally murdered, there is only one suspect:...
Toronto: Hamilton Fringe winner “Karl the Cat and the Junkyard Pack” runs November 6-9
Karl the Cat and the Junkyard Pack co-created by Jesse Lewis and Rachel Van Staalduinen runs Nov 6th 9:45pm, Nov 7th 7:45pm, Nov 8th 7:45pm & Nov 9th 7:45pm, 2025, at the Sweet Action Theatre, 180 Shaw St #106, Toronto.
Tickets: $15
Age: 16+
Content Warnings: Mentions of weed
Box Office:...
Toronto: “The Nutcracker” choreographed by James Kudelka for the National Ballet of Canada celebrates 30 years
The Nutcracker, choreographed by James Kudelka for the National Ballet of Canada, celebrates 30 magical years! The holiday favourite has captivated Toronto audiences since 1995 and is a cherished tradition for many. The adventure begins at a Christmas Eve party in a 19th-century barn and introduces...
Toronto: Mirvish presents “Some Like It Hot” February 10-March 15 – tickets on sale October 14
SOME LIKE IT HOT, the multi -Tony Award® winning musical comedy will make its Canadian premiere at the
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre February 10 – March 15, 2026.
Tickets will be available at 10AM on Tuesday October 14, 2025 at www.mirvish.com or by calling 1.800.461.3333
About Some Like It Hot:
Set...
Cambridge: Drayton Entertainment unveils 2026 season for its four Waterloo Region theatres
Award-winning Drayton Entertainment has announced its 2026 Season, featuring an ambitious lineup of 17 productions across 4 area stages: St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, Hamilton Family Theatre Cambridge, Hildebrand Schoolhouse Theatre St. Jacobs, and Drayton Festival Theatre.
“Our 2026 Season spans...
Hamilton: Theatre Aquarius announces the cast and creative team for “Frozen”
Theatre Aquarius has announced the cast and creative team for its production of Disney's Frozen, running November 19-December 21, 2025.
When Queen Elsa’s hidden powers plunge the land of Arendelle into an eternal winter, her sister Anna sets out to find her and save the kingdom before it’s too late....
Toronto: Native Earth Performing Arts presents Weesageechak Begins to Dance 38
Native Earth Performing Arts is excited to announce the 38th edition of Weesageechak Begins to Dance will take place November 21-November 30, 2025 at Aki Studio in Toronto. Weesageechak Begins to Dance is an annual festival showcasing new works and works-in-development by 10 Indigenous creators from...
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre presents “CHILD-ish” October 21-November 16
Mike Payette, Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre and Executive Director Lisa Li are excited to kick off the 2025/26 Extraspace season by announcing the Toronto Premiere of CHILD-ish, A Tarragon Theatre Production in Association with The CHILD-ish Collective. This new take on verbatim theatre is...
Toronto: “Predictable Holiday Rom-Com: The Musical” runs at The Second City Nov 4-16
The holidays just got a whole lot funnier. Predictable Holiday Rom-Com: The Musical takes the predictable plot of every Christmas romance movie on Hallmark, Lifetime and Netflix - and adds 17 hilariously unpredictable songs. With book and lyrics by George Reinblatt (Evil Dead The Musical), and music...
Gananoque: Thousand Islands Playhouse presents “The Piano Teacher” October 10-November 2
Thousand Islands Playhouse presents The Piano Teacher by Dorothy Dittrich, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama in 2022. The show plays from October 10 to November 2 at the Firehall Theatre.
When words fail, music speaks. The Piano Teacher, directed by Evalyn Parry, opens this...
Toronto: “Older & Reckless” by Moonhorse Dance Theatre celebrates dance artists 45+
Older & Reckless, Moonhorse Dance Theatre’s acclaimed series returns to the Fleck Harbourfront Centre stage this fall as it celebrates its 25th anniversary on November 21 and 22, 2025 featuring four dance works created and performed by luminary dance artists. The works, curated by Artistic Director...
London, ON: “The Play That Goes Wrong” runs at the Grand Theatre October 14 to November 2
The hilarious smash-hit on Broadway and in the UK, The Play That Goes Wrong, arrives with a bang at the Grand Theatre, and is already extended due to popular demand before even hitting the stage. Dennis Garnhum, former Grand Theatre Artistic Director, is set to direct the production with a crack-up...
Toronto: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert announces its 2025/26 season
VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert has announced three operas and a Salon Series for its 2025/26 season:
ANDRÉ GRÉTRY
Richard Coeur-De-Lion
A French Opera with English Surtitles
Saturday, November 15, 2025 3 pm
at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul's Centre
Running Time: TBA
It was immensely...
Toronto: b current with Crow’s Theatre presents “The Christmas Market” by Kanika Ambrose
With the arrival of fall bringing first thoughts of the holiday season to mind, b current in association with Crow’s Theatre and Studio 180 present a Crow’s commissioned World Premiere from two-time Dora Award-winner for Best Play, Kanika Ambrose. A new kind of holiday classic, THE CHRISTMAS MARKET...
Toronto: Cirque du Soleil’s “Luzia” will visit Toronto next summer – tickets on sale October 14
Cirque du Soleil is celebrating the global spirit and excitement for FIFA World Cup 26™ with the return of LUZIA to Toronto, 10 years after its debut in 2016. Hailed by critics the world over, LUZIA is a delightful and visually-stunning creation that invites audiences to escape to an imaginary Mexico...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Free-standing “ghost façade” will be part of new Royal George Theatre
The new Royal George Theatre development will include special features to pay tribute to its past.
Tim Jennings, executive director of the Shaw Festival, said the redevelopment will include plaques, public art, interpretive panels, digital storytelling and commemorative landscaping to honour the...
St. Jacobs: Drayton Entertainment presents “Flight Risk” starring Peter Millard October 21-November 9
As lead-up to Remembrance Day, and inspired by the astonishing true story of a World War II veteran, Flight Risk is a humorous and profound story of finding exactly who you need in life – when you least expect it.
99-year-old Hank Dunfield is found wandering aimlessly through a field in the early...
New York: Chilina Kennedy stars in new Off-Broadway musical “Reunions”
New musical Reunions will make its Off-Broadway premiere this month for a seven-week limited engagement. It will play City Center Stage II beginning October 24, with an official opening night slated for November 2. Gabriel Barre (Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party) is directing and choreographing.
The musical...
Montreal: The National Theatre School turns 65 this fall
The National Theatre School of Canada (NTS), the country’s premier institution for theatre training, proudly marks its 65th Anniversary this fall. Founded in 1960, NTS has been at the heart of Canadian theatre for over six decades, training generations of artists whose influence extends coast-to-coast-to-coast,...
Toronto: Seven new opera voices will be part of the Canadian Opera Companys’ Ensemble Studio Competition
Following a cross-country audition tour, seven of the country’s brightest new opera voices are about to step into the spotlight as finalists in the Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition, happening October 23, 2025 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The...
Toronto: Finalists announced for the 2025 Siminovitch Prize
The Siminovitch Prize, Canada’s most valuable theatre award, today announced a shortlist of four exceptional mid-career artists who are expanding the possibilities of the art form. Selected by a national jury chaired by Guillermo Verdecchia, the 2025 Siminovitch Prize finalists are Ravi Jain (Toronto,...
Toronto: The O’Keefe Centre, now Meridian Hall, opened 65 years ago today
For 65 years, Toronto’s most iconic stage has been where extraordinary moments come to life. Since opening in 1960 as the O’Keefe Centre—and later known as the Hummingbird Centre and the Sony Centre—Meridian Hall has been home to world-class performances, legendary artists, and countless memories.
Fun...
Hamilton: Theatre Aquarius presents Matt Murray’s new comedy “The Time Capsule” starting tonight
Theatre Aquarius presens THE TIME CAPSULE, a new comedy by Matt Murray, the writer and director of MAGGIE THE MUSICAL
Hilarious, heartfelt, and a little bit off the rails—just like life.
Set in a Hamilton church basement, this whip-smart comedy brings together an unforgettable crew: a menopausal...
Stratford: Jonathan Church is appointed the next Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival
The Stratford Festival is delighted to announce the appointment of Jonathan Church as Artistic Director.
“We are thrilled to announce that Jonathan Church has accepted our offer to become the next Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival,” says David Adams, Chair of the Board of Directors of...
Toronto The musical “Bright Star” extends to November 2
Bright Star, the Toronto premiere of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s acclaimed Broadway musical, begins performances tonight at the CAA Theatre. Due to popular demand, David and Hannah Mirvish and Garner Theatre Productions are delighted to announce an additional week of performances. Bright Star will...
Kingston: Theatre Kingston announces its 2025/26 season
Theatre Kingston has an amazing 35th Season Lined up for you!
FINNEGANS WAKE
25th Anniversary remount of Craig Walker’s adaptation of James Joyce’s complex masterpiece
Runs May 21-June 7, 2026 at the Isabel Bader Centre.
TWO PINTS Roddy Doyle’s hilarious bar conversation which we are presenting...
Toronto: Mirvish announces cast and creatives for “We Will Rock You”
WE WILL ROCK YOU, the international hit musical that features and celebrates the iconic music of Queen and has been seen by over 20 million people in 28 countries, is returning to Toronto for a limited engagement this November in a brand new production from the Québec-based cultural producing company...
Toronto: Theatre Passe Muraille presents “What Brings You In” October 17-25
Theatre Passe Muraille is proud to bring to the stage What Brings You In, a genre-defying confessional concert experience created and performed by violinist Leslie Ting, onstage October 17 – 25, 2025. A partnership between Leslie Ting Production and Theatre Passe Muraille, this work blurs the lines...
Stratford: Here For Now Theatre hosts a play by Homer Simpson voice actor, Dan Castellaneta
Dan Castellaneta, who voices the iconic cartoon character and many others in The Simpsons, will be in the city next month for the world premiere of Frankenstein’s Daughter, a comedy he co-wrote with his wife and Simpsons writer, Deb Lacusta.
“It’s really glib and fun, very smart writing,” said Deborah...
Toronto: Crows’ Theatre announces the cast of “The Christmas Market”
We’re excited to announce the cast of THE CHRISTMAS MARKET, a new play by Dora Award-winning playwright Kanika Ambrose (our place, Truth), directed by Philip Akin (Fat Ham, Heroes of the Fourth Turning), on stage November 4 to 30.
Far from home, three Caribbean migrant workers carve out a sense...
London, ON: Theatre Aezir presents “Dating Games” November 6-16
What do five disastrous dates and the next generation of theatre talent have in common? Dating Games.
This November, Theatre Aezir proudly presents Dating Games by Garth Wingfield — five short plays, each a comically terrible first date gone off the rails. But the real story is happening offstage:...
Toronto: Canadian Stage announces the cast and creatives for this year’s panto – “Robin Hood”
With fall in the air and the holidays peeking around the corner, Canadian Stage is thrilled to unveil complete casting and creative team details for their sophomore presentation of Toronto’s beloved holiday Panto – ROBIN HOOD: A VERY MERRY FAMILY MUSICAL. The Panto returns to the historic Elgin and...
Orangeville: Theatre Orangeville presents “The Wonder of It All” by Mark Weatherley October 9-26
Don’t miss the very first mainstage play of the 32nd Season. Directed by our new Artistic Director, Jennifer Stewart. Jennifer will lead a delightful cast featuring playwright Mark Weatherley and his real-world spouse Monique Lund - as they depart on this journey together, sharing The Wonder of it...
Toronto: Darkfield brings two acclaimed immersive audio experiences to Toronto
Two internationally acclaimed DARKFIELD experiences, SÉANCE and FLIGHT, land at STACKT Market this fall, officially opening October 4 as part of STACKT’s Opening Night of ART MONTH, which aligns with the City of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche - an all-night celebration of contemporary art. Staged inside purpose-built...
Toronto: Cast and creative team announced for “Moonlight Schooner”
Alan Dilworth, Artistic Director of Necessary Angel Theatre Company, today announced the cast and creative team of the world premiere of Moonlight Schooner by Kanika Ambrose. Produced in association with Canadian Stage and Tarragon Theatre, Moonlight Schooner will run from November 21 to December 14,...
Stratford: SpringWorks presents Eric Woolfe’s “MacBeth: A Tale Told By An Idiot” November 21-22
SpringWorks~PuppetWorks! oresents Eric Woolfe’s dementedly inspired, one-man MacBeth – MacBeth: A Tale Told By An Idiot! Shakespeare’s blood-soaked king, with weird witches, viscera-sopped murders, nightmares of madness, and terrifying occult prophecies crashing head on with our ghoulishly giddy bag...
Toronto: Soulpepper presents “The Comeuppance” October 30-November 23
In October, Soulpepper Theatre Company presents the highly anticipated Canadian Premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' THE COMEUPPANCE, on stage at Soulpepper’s Michael Young Theatre October 30th to November 23rd.
Directed by longtime Soulpepper company member and the company’s Slaight Family Director...
Toronto: Single tickets for the National Ballet of Canada’s 2025/26 season go on sale today
Single tickets for the National Ballet of Canada’s 2025/26 season go on sale today.
Visit national.ballet.ca.
The 2025/26 season:
November 1 – 8, 2025
Procession
Choreography: Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber
In one of the most highly anticipated dance events of the season, visionary...
St. Jacobs: “Cinderella: The Panto” extended to January 4, 2026 at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse
Drayton Entertainment has extended Cinderella: The Panto at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse.
With many dates in the original 5-week run (November 27 to December 28) sold out, the production has been extended to meet the incredible demand for tickets.
An additional 8 performances have been added...
Gananoque: "9 to 5: The Musical” held over at Thousand Islands Playhouse to November 9
DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND, we’ve added 8 more performances of 9 to 5: The Musical!
This smash-hit comedy, set to Dolly Parton’s unforgettable music, is bursting with big laughs, bold characters, and all the fun you’ve been waiting for. You'll leave the theatre grinning from ear to ear.
Extension...
Toronto: ProArteDanza announces its fall season
ProArteDanza returns with its Fall 2025 Season, taking place from October 30 to November 2 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre (404 Jarvis St., Toronto). Featuring award-winning choreographers, the season promises bold premieres and powerful performances.
“ProArteDanza lives up to its motto of passion...
Toronto: Against the Grain announces its 2025/26 season
Welcome to the Second Act of Against the Grain Theatre!
"I’m beyond thrilled to share with you the first harvest of a year spent dreaming up new projects and ideas for the Second Act of Against the Grain, a company that has stood for community, quality, and innovation for over fifteen years. Over...
Toronto: Tickets are now on sale for three new holiday shows at The Second City
Make The Second City Your Funniest Holiday Tradition!
This holiday season, give the gift of laughter at The Second City.
Whether you’re planning a group outing, a festive holiday party, a date night, or a girls’ night out, we’ve got the perfect show to make your season merry and bright.
Rudolph...
New York: “Come From Away” will be this season’s most produced show in the US
“Come From Away,” the inspirational musical about how a remote city in Canada welcomed frightened travelers when flights over the North Atlantic were grounded amid the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be the most staged show in the United States this season, according to a count by American...
Toronto: Poculi Ludique Societas gives free presentations of the medieval Welsh play “The Strong Man”
This past summer, we staged the epic. This fall, we uncover a hidden gem. Following the grand spectacle of York Plays 2025, Poculi Ludique Societas (PLS), with the Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) and the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS), invites you to discover the wit and intimacy...
Stratford: Ballinran Entertainment to produce a documentary about the career of bandleader Paul Shaffer
Ballinran Entertainment to help produce documentary on Paul Shaffer
From Godspell to Saturday Night Live and decades beside David Letterman, musician Paul Shaffer's storied career will be explored in a newly announced documentary project.
Ballinran Entertainment will join two other production...
Toronto: Toronto Operetta Theatre announces its 2025/26 season
The Toronto Operetta Theatre’s 41st Season opens with a new production of Gilbert and Sullivan‘s most beloved masterpiece, The Mikado…Revisited. The performances will be at the St. Lawrence Centre’s Jane Mallett Theatre on October 24 (7:30 pm), 25 & 26 (mat. 3 pm). Narmina Afandiyeva makes her conducting...
Toronto: The Second City presents “Hookup” September 21-October 19
Forget awkward dating apps and overpriced dinners—this show is the ultimate antidote to the dating blues. The smash-hit comedy HOOKUP is back, and it's the ultimate interactive experience.
This fully improvised romantic comedy takes the quirks, crushes, and turn-ons of real audience members and...
Toronto: Cast announced for the Canadian premiere of the musical “Kimberly Akimbo”
The multi-Tony award winning musical Kimberly Akimbo will make its highly anticipated Canadian premiere beginning this November in a co-production with the Segal Centre for Performing Arts and David and Hannah Mirvish. Kimberly Akimbo will play Montreal's Segal Centre from November 23 – December 21,...
Toronto: Tickets on sale now to Theatre Gargantua’s “Dissonant Species” running November 6-23
Theatre Gargantua’s newest original work, Dissonant Species by Heather Marie Annis and Michael Gordon Spence, directed by Jacquie P.A. Thomas, will premiere at Factory Theatre in a limited run from November 6 to 23, 2025. Opening night is November 7. Single tickets are on sale now: visit www.factorytheatre.ca to...
Toronto: The world premiere of “Bremen Town” by Gregory Prest kicks off the Tarragon’s 2025/26 season
Mike Payette, Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre and Executive Director Lisa Li are excited to kick off the 2025/26 season by announcing the World Premiere of Bremen Town, A Tarragon Theatre Production. The new folk tragicomedy is written and directed by award-winning creative talent, Gregory Prest,...
Toronto: Tapestry opera announces its 2025/26 season
Tapestry Opera, Canada’s leading producer of new Canadian opera, is thrilled to announce its 2025-2026 season. The lineup features four dynamic shows, including two world premieres, a North American premiere, and a Canadian premiere, showcasing the company's commitment to bold, boundary-pushing, and...
Toronto: Comedy is Art returns to The Theatre Centre October 23-25
The Theatre Centre has announced year six of its Comedy is Art festival, with three nights of can’t-miss comedy with over 20 comics from across Toronto and beyond. Shows include Andrew Phung and Friends, Not Hamilton Improvised, Nkasi Ogbonnah’s Afronaut, and more. Passes and single tickets are on...
Toronto: Young People’s Theatre celebrates its 60th anniversary with a new interactive programme, Room for Play
In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Young People’s Theatre (YPT) is delighted to unveil Room for Play – an innovative program designed to ignite interactions between young children (11 months – 5 years) and their grownups.
Room for Play debuts with a slate of immersive offerings, including:...
Toronto: Pucker’s presents “Concord Floral” by Jordan Tannahill October 8-12
Pucker’s, a new theatre company founded by 郝邦宇 Steven Hao and Allison MacKenzie, launches its inaugural season with a provocative multidisciplinary reimagining of CONCORD FLORAL by Jordan Tannahill at The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator, running October 8–12, 2025 (opening night October 9).
Inside...
London, ON: The Grand Theatre High School Project this year is “Newsies” running September 17-27
Each September, London audiences and Canada’s theatre industry turn their eyes to the Grand Theatre’s Spriet Stage. A new class of student artists has spent the summer immersed in the Grand Theatre High School Project, working alongside industry greats to hone their craft and ultimately mount a main-stage...
St. Catharines: Tickets to “A Niagara Christmas Carol” are now on sale
Join us at the Mandeville Theatre from December 4-14 for a newly adapted Canadian version of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in partnership with the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre.
In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Welland Canal Company and the construction of the Canal...
Toronto: Opera Atelier celebrates its 40th anniversary with “The Magic Flute” October 15-19
Opera Atelier celebrates its 40th anniversary with the return of Mozart’s enchanting fairy tale, The Magic Flute, at the Elgin Theatre, from October 15-19, 2025. One of the most popular productions in Opera Atelier’s repertoire and sung in Andrew Porter’s acclaimed English translation, The Magic Flute...
Stratford: Here For Now Theatre announces its first-ever fall/winter season
Tickets are now officially on sale for our first ever Winter Season!
The Winter Season will run from November 5 – December 24, 2025 on the Rose McQueen Stage at 24 St. Andrew Street
This much-anticipated season features three extraordinary productions that blend myth, comedy, honesty, and holiday...
Toronto: Robert Lepage’s “The Far Side of the Moon” returns to Toronto November 1-16
In November, a legend of the global theatre returns to Canadian Stage to launch the 25.26 Bluma Appel season, as Robert Lepage illuminates Toronto with his storied masterpiece, THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON, running November 1st to 16th.
A longtime friend to the company, Lepage’s productions of NEEDLES...
Port Hope: The Capitol Theatre reveals the cast and creatives for “Hansel & Gretel - The Sticky and Sweet Panto”
The Capitol Theatre Port Hope has shared the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Hansel & Gretel - The Sticky and Sweet Panto, written and directed by the Capitol’s Artistic Director, Rob Kempson. As in past years there will be performances suitable for the "Naughty," recommended for guests...
Toronto: Tickets for “Rogers v. Rogers” on sale September 8
Telecom tycoon Ted Rogers built an empire turning Canada’s airwaves into cash. Now his son Edward, long dismissed by his father, is fighting for control of the family business. Meanwhile, shrewd public servant Matthew Boswell is determined to derail Rogers’ billion-dollar takeover of Shaw Communications.
From...
Stratford: The Stratford Perth Museum presents “The Janis Papers” September 10-11
The Stratford Perth Museum presents The Janis Papers: An Evening with Janis Joplin.
Stratford Perth Museum - Line 34, Stratford, ON N5A 6S6, Canada
THE JANIS PAPERS
17 JOPLIN songs and MEMOIR in this visit with the soul of JANIS, written and performed by the legendary interpreter JAN KUDELKA...
Toronto: Fly on the Wall Theatre presents “The Weir” October 25-November 5
Fly on the Wall Theatre continues its celebration of the works of acclaimed Irish playwright, Conor McPherson, with a revival of The Weir, October 25 - November 5, 2025, at Noonan's Irish Pub, 141 Danforth Avenue, Toronto.
In a small rural pub in the West of Ireland, local lads spin tales of the...
Toronto: Canadian Stage extends “Slave Play” to October 26
Canadian Stage has extended Slave Play until October 26!
Performances don't start for 3 more weeks but tickets are already flying - the first week of Slave Play is 100% sold out!
An additional week of performances has been added to satisfy demand, but we can guarantee these tickets won't last...
Orangeville: Norm Foster stars in staged readings of three of his recent plays
Join us in September to kick off our 32nd Season with - THE NORM EFFECT: A Three Day Adventure Through Foster’s World.
Get ready for three Norm Foster plays, read over three performances, all by and starring Norm Foster himself (yes, Norm is coming to YOUR stage)!
We’ve invited esteemed Theatre...
Hamilton: Cast announced for “The Time Capsule” by Matt Murray at Theatre Aquarius
Theatre Aquarius has revealed the cast of The Time Capsule running Oct. 1-Oct. 18, 2025, a new comedy by Matt Murray directed by Mary Francis Moore
Hilarious, heartfelt, and a little bit off the rails—just like life.
Set in a Hamilton church basement, this whip-smart comedy brings together an...
Toronto: Martial arts meets dance in “Wing Chun Dance Drama” on sale now
Before Bruce Lee, there was Ip Man. Wing Chun Dance Drama tells the true story of martial artist and prestigious Grandmaster Ip Man and his influence on the legendary art of Wing Chun, from its 300 year old origins in China to its explosion across the rest of the world, and his most famous student...
Toronto: Chimera Project Dance Theatre’s “Silly Billy” tours Ontario September 27-October 26
This fall, The Chimera Project Dance Theatre invites audiences of all ages to experience the whimsical and heartfelt world of Silly Billy, a vibrant dance-theatre production blending hoop dance, ballet, puppetry and storytelling. Following its premiere, which delighted over 10,000 young people across...
Toronto: On September 4, Mirvish will dim marquee lights in honour of Graham Greene
In honour of actor Graham Greene, Mirvish Productions will dim the marquee lights of the Royal Alexandra and Princess of Wales Theatre during the opening day of TIFF 50 on Thursday, September 4, 2025 @ 9:30 pm.
Graham Greene, who died in Stratford, ON, after a long illness on September 1, was a...
Stratford: Legendary Indigenous actor Graham Greene dies at age 73
Oscar nominee Graham Greene died September 1, after a long illness. He was 73.
Mr. Greene was one of the most influential Indigenous actors in North American history. A member of the Oneida Tribe, a band of the Canadian First Nations, he was born on the Six Nations Reserve, the largest First Nations...
Toronto: What The Festival returns September 25-27
What The Festival, an active celebration of all things Drag, Clown and Puppetry, is proud to announce programming for their second annual festival taking place September 25-27, 2025 in Youngplace at Sweet Action Theatre, Small World Music Centre, and Social Arts Studio Space. What The Festival is Toronto's...
New York: Saul Rubinek will star in the New York premiere of “Playing Shylock”
Following an extended Canadian run, Starvox Entertainment will present the New York premiere of Mark Leiren-Young's Playing Shylock this fall.
Martin Kinch will direct the limited engagement, which begins October 16 prior to an official opening October 25 at Brooklyn's Polonsky Shakespeare Center,...
Toronto: Theatre Passe Muraille presents “BUTCH/FEMME” September 20-27
Theatre Passe Muraille is proud to present BUTCH/FEMME, a tense and intimate new drama from writer/director Emily Paterson, produced by The Green Couch Theatre Company, onstage September 20 – 27, 2025.
Set in the stillness of 1950s rural Ontario, BUTCH/FEMME begins when Jenny’s quiet evening is...
St. Catharines: The Foster Festival presents new Foster play “The Stakeout” October 2-5
The Foster Festival's Artistic Director, Emily Oriold and Artistic Associate Jamie Williams reunite again in this new one-act play by Norm Foster!
Two cops are assigned to conduct a stakeout at a bus stop across the street from a house where suspected drug deals are being made. With nothing but...
Port Stanley: Port Stanley Festival Theatre presents “goldfish” by Steve Ross starting August 27
This is a moving tale of two lonely people who didn’t know how much they needed each other. Until they did.
Walter, a retiree, lives a quiet life. He sits on his porch and watches the world go by day after day until Shannon, a busy mom of two moves in across the street and opens a daycare. Join...
Port Dover: The Lighthouse Festival presents “Here on the Flight Path” starting August 27
Lighthouse Theatre welcomes Norm Foster’s heartwarming comedy Here on the Flight Path to the Port Dover stage next week.
Set on adjoining balconies in a big city apartment building, the play follows John as he forms unexpected connections with three very different women, Fay, Angel and Gwen, over...
Gananoque: “The Drawer Boy” begins its run at the Thousand Island Playhouse September 5
Step inside the world of The Drawer Boy, the Canadian classic that forever changed our theatre landscape.
Directed by Alan Dilworth, laureate of the Christopher Plummer Award of Excellence, this tender, heartbreaking yet humorous play explores how the stories we tell ourselves shape our lives.
ABOUT...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival announces its 2026 season
The Shaw Festival is proud to announce its highly anticipated 64th season today, set to begin in April 2026. Continuing the Festival’s tradition of excellence and innovation, Artistic Director Tim Carroll introduced a vibrant lineup featuring a provocative Shavian drama, a haunting portrait of jealousy...
Toronto: Eldritch Theatre announces its 2025/26 season
Eldritch Theatre is pleased to share the bloodcurdling delights of its 26th season, filled with zombies, blood-sopped mayhem, and the Dread Necronomicon of the Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred.
Doc Wuthergloom's Little Lib'ary of the Damned
October 30th – November 9th, 2025
On the fearsome eve of All...
Vaughan: Theatre Ya Knowww presents “FYRE” August 29-31
Theatre Ya Knowww presents FYRE August 29-31
FYRE is an influencer dystopia based on Eugene O’Neill’s Thirst and the real-life collapse of Fyre Festival.
FYRE is a one-act play where survival meets performance, and clout can’t save you. It’s a bold, satirical, emotionally gripping show where...
Toronto: “Carson & Taylor Make the CN Tower Disappear” happens September 23-27
Carson & Taylor will make the CN Tower disappear as they perform the illusion of the millennia with their magical and reality-defying comedy spectacle, Carson & Taylor Make the CN Tower Disappear. A thrilling and hilarious exploration of enchantment and mysticism, Carson & Taylor Make the CN Tower...
New York: “The Drowsy Chaperone” comes to Carnegie Hall with an all-TNB2S+ cast October 20
Casting is now complete for the one-night-only concert of the Tony-nominated musical The Drowsy Chaperone at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. Launching Breaking the Binary Theatre’s fourth annual Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival, the concert is scheduled for October 20 at 8 PM.
Directed...
Ganaoque: Performances of “Stag and Doe” begin August 22
Wedding bells are ringing in Stag and Doe, our third Springer production of the season.
Directed by Dora Award winner Cherissa Richards and written by Mark Crawford, this uniquely Canadian, heartfelt comedy bursts to life with a cast and creative team you will instantly adore.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Bonnie...
Toronto: Theatre of the Beat holds its MAGDEN Emerging Producers Festival August 21-23
MADGEN runs from August 21st-23rd in Toronto’s Danforth community at Theatre of the Beat (2174 Danforth Ave.). Each night offers two of our three works in development with four different pricing options!
These include our limited Festival Passes and Pay What You Can tickets. Visit theatreofthebeat.ca.
This...
Toronto: Coal Mine Theatre opens its 11th season with “Waiting for Godot”
Toronto’s beloved “Off-Off Broadview” stage – COAL MINE THEATRE – returns for their 11th season this September with Nobel Prize-winning Playwright Samuel Beckett’s existential masterpiece, WAITING FOR GODOT. An absurdist play for an absurd time, this new production of WAITING FOR GODOT is on stage...
Port Hope: The world premiere musical “Rez Gas” begins August 22
The Capitol Theatre is giving the world premiere of Rez Gas – a musical about discovering home.
After moving away from his home reservation to pursue a music career, Destin stumbles back into town with unexpected car trouble and lands at the Wide Wigwam, the diner at the centre of the community....
St. Catharines: “Mechanically Inclined” by Steve Ross opens tonight
At The Foster Festival we have been championing Canadian theatre for 10 years. Our plays are written by Canadians, directed by Canadians, designed by Canadians, and performed by Canadians. And so we are extremely proud to present the all-Canadian world premiere of Mechanically Inclined by Steve Ross,...
Toronto: “Slave Play” has its Canadian premiere next month
This September, the 25.26 Canadian Stage Berkeley season kicks off with the hotly anticipated Canadian Premiere of one of the most talked about new plays of the 21st century, Jeremy O. Harris’ internationally acclaimed and electrifying SLAVE PLAY. Garnering a record-breaking 12 Tony nominations in...
Toronto: Orfeo ed Euridice returns to the Canadian Opera Company October 9
Following widely acclaimed presentations around the globe, director Robert Carsen’s brilliant production of Orfeo ed Euridice is coming home to the Canadian Opera Company for a limited run of performances. Based on the classic Greek myth, Orfeo has recently lost his beloved wife, Euridice, and begs...
Toronto: Complete casting announced for “The Sound of Music” arriving in Toronto November 25
The beloved smash-hit musical classic THE SOUND OF MUSIC will return to Toronto in Director Jack O’Brien’s acclaimed production this November.
The production will play Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre from November 25, 2025 – January 4, 2026. Tickets are available now at www.mirvish.com or by...
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre announces the venues for its 2025/26 season
Today, Talk Is Free Theatre Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak revealed the venues for the Barrie-based company’s 23rd season. View the full season details at www.tift.ca
BARRIE SEASON
A prologue to the Barrie season is the Actor Café series, with an evening featuring Tess Benger (October 16-18,...
Toronto: Cast and creatives announced for “The Green Line” at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Award-winning Canadian play The Green Line by Makram Ayache opens the 47th season at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre this September in partnership with In Arms Theatre, the MENA Collective and Factory Theatre.
The Toronto Premiere of The Green Line features an entirely Arab cast, all in their Buddies...
Toronto: Common Ground Dance Festival unveils its 5th anniversary lineup
TOES FOR DANCE (TFD) proudly presents the fifth anniversary edition of the vibrant, intercultural Common Ground Dance Festival (CGDF), at Lee Lifeson Art Park (223 Gladys Allison Place) in North York, from September 18 to 20, 2025.
The free outdoor festival features a diverse lineup of evocative...
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company presents Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” September 27-October18
The Canadian Opera Company’s 2025/2026 season kicks off with a bold and colourful operatic take on literature’s greatest romance: Roméo et Juliette. Fate and timing are tragically misaligned when lovers from feuding families risk it all to be together in the masterpiece opera from French composer Charles...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival presents a revamped design for the new Royal George Theatre
The Shaw Festival executive director Tim Jennings presented an updated design of the proposed new Royal George Theatre that will have a “ghost” facade on Queen Street, and more “residential” look along Victoria Street. The new design eliminates about 3,000 square-feet from the proposed building.
The...
Stratford: Antoni Cimolino announces his final season as Artistic Director
The Stratford Festival today unveils its 2026 season, which will be the final year under the inspired leadership of Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino. The culmination of a 40-year career with the Festival, including 14 seasons as Artistic Director, Cimolino’s farewell season is a sweeping celebration...
Toronto: “King Gilgamesh” returns to Soulpepper September 13-October 5
Following sold-out performances in Toronto, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis and Halifax, the award-winning hybrid theatre-music production King Gilgamesh (and the Man of the Wild) returns to Soulpepper Theatre for a limited three-week engagement, running September 13 – October 5, 2025 at the Michael...
Toronto: The Vault Creation Lab presents “Reproduktion” August 21-24
The Vault Creation Lab presents Reproduktion August 21-24.
Flora, desperate to become pregnant, travels to her homeland of Sweden to undergo an alternative fertility treatment that is “guaranteed to reproduce.” As a result of the procedure, a surprising and dangerous transformation occurs, throwing...
Toronto: Spotlight at The Second City is a new monthly sketch comedy revue showcase
Spotlight at The Second City is a new series, hosted and produced by Taylor Hreljac and Gabe Meacher, that presents sketch comedy’s best troupes in their best light. To kick off this monthly series, Spotlight at The Second City will feature award winning comedy troupes Potato Potato and Small Friend...
St. Catharines: The Foster Festival presents “Mechanically Inclined” by Steve Ross starting August 14
The third production in The Foster Festival's 10th anniversary summer of laughter is the world premiere of Mechanically Inclined by Steve Ross, playing at the Mandeville Theatre, Ridley College, St Catharines, for a very limited run - just 13 performances, August 14-24.
Mechanically Inclined is...
Toronto: The next performance of “Literal Trash: A Comedy Experience” is August 19
Toronto comedian Adam Mohammed invites audiences to the Tranzac on August 19, September 16, October 21 and November 25, 2025 for a wholesome night of irony with Literal Trash: A Comedy Experience. Literal Trash follows Trash (pronouns: “trash” or “it”), a two foot sentient garbage bag with a heart...
Stratford: “Dangerous Liaisons” is now on stage
Seduction, power and betrayal take centre stage this season as the Stratford Festival presents a provocative new production of Dangerous Liaisons, Christopher Hampton’s masterful stage adaptation of the classic novel. Under the direction of Esther Jun, this opulent tale of aristocratic excess unfolds...
Stratford: “Ransacking Troy” begins performances August 6
The Stratford Festival proudly unveils the world première of Ransacking Troy, a powerful and provocative new work by award-winning playwright Erin Shields. In this bold reimagining of Homer’s epic poems The Illiad and The Odyssey, Shields flips the lens on the Trojan War, offering an alternate ending...
Ottawa: The Ottawa Fringe Festival presents “Queered: A Mini Fest” on August 16
Capital Pride and Ottawa Fringe have joined forces to serve up Queered: A Mini-Fest, featuring the fiercest local queer shows from the 2025 Fringe Festival. Our queer jury picked their top 3 standout shows and now those winners are making a comeback for one unforgettable night.
Get ready to celebrate...
Toronto: SummerWorks presents “The Sankofa Trilogy” by d’bi.young anitafrika
Experience a pantodub theatre griot posse workshop reading of d’bi.young anitafrika’s acclaimed trilogy, featuring a dynamic mix of practitioners from The Black Theatre School in collaboration with mid-career artists at the SummerWorks Festival, presented by the Watah Theatre.
THE SANKOFA TRILOGY...
New York: Jordan Tannahill’s “Prince Faggot” receives an encore run in September
Jordan Tannahill's Prince Faggot, which recently ended its extended engagement at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater, will return this fall to Studio Seaview.
Again directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury (Public Obscenities), performances are scheduled for September 11-October 26.
The...
New York: Famed Canadian actor Len Cariou returns to the New York stage at age 86
Tony-winning Broadway veteran Len Cariou will return to the stage this fall in the New York premiere of Richard Vetere's Zagłada.
Directed by Maja Wampuszyc, performances are scheduled for October 16-November 2 at The American Theatre of Actors. Additional casting and creative team members will...
Toronto: Bowtie Productions presents “tick, tick...BOOM!” November 7-15
Bowtie Productions is happy to announce their new production of tick, tick..BOOM! will take place November 7-15, 2025 at Alumnae Theatre in Toronto. Set in 1990, this autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning composer of RENT, takes audiences on a personal...
Stratford: “The Art of War” is now on stage
The Stratford Festival is thrilled to present a powerful and moving Canadian play that examines the role of art in the face of conflict and the shaping of national identity. Playwright Yvette Nolan’s The Art of War follows the journey of Nick, a young Canadian artist sent to the front lines of the...
Stratford: Here For Now Theatre extends “The Rules for Playing Risk” to August 24
THE RULES OF PLAYING RISK HAS BEEN EXTENDED
Must close August 24!
The Rules of Playing Risk opens tonight, and with the run already sold out, we are thrilled to announce an extra week of performances!
The Rules of Playing Risk
Live stage premiere | Dramatic comedy
Written by Kristen...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: “Blues for an Alabama Sky” begins performances August 2
Associate Artistic Director Kimberley Rampersad directs the Canadian debut of Blues for an Alabama Sky, Pearl Cleage’s lyrical play of friends surviving – and daring to dream – in the wake of the Harlem Renaissance and the ruin of the Great Depression. This thoughtful tale of resilience begins previews...
Toronto: Cast of “MJ The Musical” revealed
The third year of the acclaimed First National Tour of the smash-hit musical MJ begins August 12 – August 24 at Broadway in Chicago’s James M Nederlander Theatre where the tour originally launched to critical acclaim in August 2023. Over the last two years, the tour has visited 65 cities across North...
Toronto: Soulpepper announces the passing of founding member Joseph Ziegler
Today the Soulpepper Theatre Company announced the passing of founding member Joseph Ziegler:
We are deeply saddened to share the passing of Joseph Ziegler, a Founding Member of Soulpepper and a pillar of Canadian theatre.
Joe was a gifted actor, brilliant director, and cherished mentor. His...
Toronto: “The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical” begins November 20 – tickets on sale now
Toronto will be the first city to experience the world premiere of The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical, a hilarious immersive Broadway-style show that blends your favourite holiday movie tropes with high-octane pop showtunes. The world premiere is directed by Tim Drucker (Friends Parody Musical,...
Blyth: New block of tickets on sale to “The Wind Coming Over the Sea” September 25-October 5
The Blyth Festival is pleased to announce an extension of the 2025 season and the run of THE WIND COMING OVER THE SEA, the acclaimed new folk musical by internationally renowned author and playwright Emma Donoghue (Room, The Wonder). Following a sold-out world premiere engagement in Blyth, additional...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival presents “Murder-on-the-Lake” starting July 26
Murder-on-the-Lake, the latest creation from Spontaneous Theatre’s Rebecca Northan and Bruce Horak, makes its world premiere at the Shaw Festival. Northan also directs this madcap whodunit with an all-star cast of performers including a different willing audience-member-turned-detective each night,...
Toronto: Paolo Santalucia appointed new Artistic Director of Soulpepper
The Board of Directors of Soulpepper Theatre have announced that following a wide-reaching national search, acclaimed Toronto-based multi-hyphenate artist and arts leader, Paolo Santalucia has been appointed as the company's next Artistic Director. A celebrated creative force in Canadian theatre, Santalucia...
Toronto: Nightwood Theatre mourns the passing of co-founder Mary Vingoe
We are so sad to hear of the too-soon passing of the formidable Mary Vingoe, one of Nightwood Theatre’s four co-founders. Mary’s life was full of personal and professional accomplishments, which included her passionate commitment to creating contexts for women playwrights, directors, and performers...
Toronto: Three companies combine to present the Canadian premiere of Dave Malloy’s “Octet”
At the Streetcar Crowsnest, the 25.26 fall theatre season launches this September with one of the most innovative, moving, and singular new musicals of the last decade: OCTET by three-time Tony Award nominee Dave Malloy. Funny, intimate, and wholly original, OCTET is a powerful choral exploration of...
Stratford: The Stratford Festival mourns the loss of actor Michael Blake
It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing of actor Michael Blake, our dear friend and much valued colleague.
Mr. Blake was one of the most gifted actors of his generation. He played an extraordinary variety of parts and did so with an ability and ease that was rare.
Mr. Blake was a member...
Chatham: Artists announced for the Sidestream Festival
We're counting down the days until we arrive in Chatham. Our artists are trailblazers in the industry all coming with their original work. The Sidestream Festival offers a wide range of performances by talented Canadian artists. Audiences are in for a treat unlike any other. Here's a little bit about...
Toronto: Three theatre companies present the Canadian premiere of “The Welkin” September 4-October 5
This September, three of Toronto’s most celebrated theatre companies - Soulpepper Theatre Company, Crow’s Theatre, and The Howland Company – come together to produce the Canadian Premiere THE WELKIN, a searing courtroom drama by Tony-nominated playwright Lucy Kirkwood, on stage at Soulpepper’s Baillie...
Toronto: The musical “Mrs. Doubtfire” plays the Princess of Wales Theatre January 6-18 – tickets on sale July 28
The smash hit musical comedy MRS. DOUBTFIRE will play Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre from January 6 to 18, 2026.
Tickets for the engagement will go on sale Monday July 28, 2025, at www.mirvish.com and by calling 1.800.461.3333.
Prior to Toronto, this production will make its Canadian premiere...
Stratford: Stratford actor Mervyn “Butch” Blake honoured with a memorial bench
An iconic actor who spent 42 seasons in Stratford, acting in over 100 productions, was recently honoured for another of his passions: the sport of cricket.
Mervyn ‘Butch’ Blake was born in 1907 in India, before he moved to Canada in the mid-1950s, bringing his love of theatre and cricket. Blake...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Shaw Festival leaders try to explain rationale for Royal George Theatre rebuilding
An $80-million redevelopment project for the Royal George Theatre is on a tight timeline and any delay could jeopardize its provincial funding, says Shaw Festival’s chief operating officer.
The goal, said Tim Jennings in an interview with Niagara This Week, is to have shovels in the ground by January...
London: “Shakespeare’s Oz” has its world premiere at the Grand Theatre July 24
Follow the yellow brick road into a fantastical world where Dorothy has never ventured before.
The world premiere of Shakespeare’s Oz – an innovative production fusing the worlds of The Wizard of Oz and William Shakespeare – comes to the Grand Theatre next week.
“If you’re a fan of Shakespeare...
Orangeville: Theatre Orangeville reveals the details of its Summer Arts Fest 2025
SUMMER ARTS FEST IS BACK... AND, IT’S COMING ‘HOME’ TO DOWNTOWN ORANGEVILLE AUGUST8-10!
Our favourite Summer-time festival is back, it’s growing and getting bigger than ever!
One of the best parts of our 2025 Summer Arts Fest, it’s happening in our own backyard, and will be held in and around...
Toronto: The King Black Box presents “Romeo Pimp” September 17-October 5
In celebration of the launch of its second season under the artistic leadership of Sophie Ann Rooney and executive direction of Grisha Pasternak, The King Black Box is pleased to announce the continuation of its Complimentary Tickets for Indigenous Patrons program. First introduced in May 2024, the...
Stratford: “Marsh Marigolds” starring Rod Beattie returns to the Stratford Perth Museum this August
Due to five sold-out shows, Rod Beattie returns to the Stratford Perth Museum!
By popular demand, the beloved Canadian theatre legend returns in Marsh Marigolds: An Agricultural Thriller, featuring a rural noir full of mystery, danger, and farm-fresh romance.
Beattie takes on multiple fresh new...
Port Hope: The Capitol Theatre presents “Rez Gas” August 22-September 7
Rob Kempson, Artistic Director of The Capitol Theatre Port Hope, has shared a cast and creative team update for August’s world premiere production of Rez Gas by Cale Crowe (Alderville First Nation) and Genevieve Adam (Cobourg), part of the theatre’s mainstage summer season. Rez Gas is a beautiful expression...
Toronto: Greta Hodgkinson appointed Apprentice Programme Director at the National Ballet of Canada
Hope Muir, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, announced today that former Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson has been appointed Apprentice Programme Director. Hodgkinson assumed the position on July 1 at the start of the 2025/26 season.
“I am delighted to congratulate Greta on her...
Toronto: All-Canadian cast of actor-musicians announced for musical “Bright Star”
David and Hannah Mirvish and Garner Theatre Productions are excited to announce the all-Canadian cast of Actor-Musicians for the Canadian professional premiere production of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s acclaimed Broadway musical Bright Star.
David Mirvish said: “We are delighted to be working...
Toronto: The Theatre Centre announces new Residency Artists
The Theatre Centre is thrilled to announce its first slate of new Residency Artists since 2020. From 150 applications to this competitive program, five projects conceived by seven artists were selected to join Residency: Ann-Marie MacDonald and Alisa Palmer, Brandon Hackett and Jonathan Langdon, Philip...
Barrie: “Crime After Crime (After Crime)” plays at the Barrie Theatre Festival August 7-12
Award-winning genre comedy specialists Sex T-Rex return with Crime After Crime (After Crime), onstage from August 7-12, 2025 at Five Points Theatre (1 Dunlop Street W., Barrie). Crime After Crime is presented as part of the Canada-Wide Series at Theatre By The Bay's inaugural Barrie Theatre Festival.
In...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: Community opposes Shaw Festival rebuilding of Royal George Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake residents and heritage supporters have given a thumbs down review of The Shaw Festival’s proposed new Royal George Theatre project.
Maria Vaneva, owner of the Historic Wilson-Guy House bed and breakfast at 177 Victoria Ave., said the proposed $150-million new Royal George Theatre...
Toronto: Preformances of “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812” begin tonight at the Royal Alex
The Crow’s Theatre and The Musical Stage Company’s co-production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy was a highlight of the 2023-24 Toronto theatre season, playing to sold-out houses for a record-breaking 16-week run at Streetcar Crowsnest.
The smash-hit musical is now making...
Port Hope: “Let Me Explain” by Izad Etemadi runs at the Capitol Theatre August 12-17
Izad Etemadi has spent most of his life explaining himself to others—his ethnicity, his sexuality, the pronunciation of his name. But as an elder millennial dealing with back pain and digestive issues, he doesn’t have the time or energy to keep explaining himself. Through jokes, songs, and deeply personal...
Toronto: Toronto Fringe returns $577,500 in revenue to artists
Toronto Fringe is proud to announce the 37th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival, which took place July 2-13, 2025, was an undeniable success with 48,655 tickets issued, resulting in over $577,500 in revenue returning to the artists, the most in the festival’s history. The festival had a record-breaking...
Toronto: Crossroads Theatre announces Summer in the Park August 22-24
Michelle Urbano, Artistic Director of Crossroads Theatre, today announced Summer in the Park: three days of free, entertainment and community events, from August 22 to 24 in Weston’s Little Avenue Memorial Park at 22 Little Ave.
This year’s lineup includes R&B singer Kibra, Tribal Vision Dance,...
Toronto: “We Will Rock You” returns to Toronto in a new production starting November 28
WE WILL ROCK YOU, the international hit musical that features and celebrates the iconic music of Queen and has been seen by over 20 million people in 28 countries, had its Canadian premiere production at Toronto's CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, playing for more than two years, from March 2007 until June 2009.
It...
Toronto: The 37th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival announces 2025 award recipients
Toronto Fringe is proud to announce the award recipients for the 37th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival, taking place July 2 - 13, 2025. In a ceremony on July 11 in the Kevin & Roger Garland Cabaret at Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto, hosted by Toronto Fringe Co-Leads Rachel Kennedy and Laura Paduch, 19...
Toronto: TO Live announces the Best of the Toronto Fringe Festival 2025
TO Live is thrilled to announce the 2025 Best of Fringe, celebrating the most talked-about, acclaimed, and beloved productions from the 37th annual Toronto Fringe Festival.
Best of Fringe is a three-day, jury-selected showcase running July 18 to 20 at the Meridian Arts Centre’s Studio Theatre (5040...
Stratford: The Stratford Festival extends “Annie”, “Macbeth”, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “Anne of Green Gables”
The Stratford Festival announces the extension of its deliciously energetic musicals, scheduling Annie for an additional six weeks on stage and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels for an additional four weeks; this season’s much awaited take on Macbeth takes the stage for an additional three weeks, while the unmissable...
Toronto: Tickets on sale July 14 for “The Sound of Music” at Princess of Wales Theatre
After four successful Toronto engagements in Mirvish theatres dating back to 1964, the smash-hit musical classic THE SOUND OF MUSIC will return to Toronto this November. Produced by Concord Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, this critically acclaimed North American tour honors the 65th anniversary...
Blyth: “Quiet in the Land” returns to the Blyth Festival
A cornerstone of Canadian theatre returned to the stage Saturday night as Anne Chislett’s Quiet in the Land opened at the Blyth Festival. First premiering at Blyth in 1981, the play quickly became a national success, garnering a Governor General’s Award and being produced across the country, including...
Port Dover: “Hidden Treasures” hits the stage this week at the Lighthouse Festival
Get ready for a double dose of Norm Foster! Hidden Treasures opens this Wednesday, bringing two witty and heartwarming one-act plays on stage. With a full set and cast transformation happening right before your eyes at intermission, this is theatre with a twist.
A unique and thrilling theatre experience:...
Toronto: Soulpepper presents Harold Pinter’s “Old Times” August 6-September 7
In August, Soulpepper Theatre invites audiences to take in a simmering theatrical masterpiece, presenting Harold Pinter’s OLD TIMES on stage August 6th through to September 7th.
Directed by Peter Pasyk (Hamlet/Stratford 2023) the production features performers Anita Majumdar (Boys with Cars/YPT),...
Hamilton: A look at the first year of the National Centre for New Musicals at Theatre Aquarius
As our first season wraps, we’re reflecting with pride on a remarkable year of new Canadian musical theatre—full of creativity, collaboration, and momentum.
Launched in 2024, the National Centre for New Musicals (NCNM) at Theatre Aquarius is a bold initiative dedicated to developing original Canadian...
Toronto: Programming announced for dance: made in canada / fait au canada (d:mic/fac) Festival 2025
princess productions is excited to announce the programming for the dance: made in canada / fait au canada (d:mic/fac) Festival 2025, returning for its eighth edition this August. This year’s Festival brings together a bold lineup of artists responding to the world around them with honesty, imagination,...
Toronto: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre announces its 2025 season
Summer Opera Lyric Theatre continues its tradition as the only performance haven for Toronto’s opera lovers in late summer. Since 1986, Guillermo Silva Marin has led aspiring young artists through an intensive 8-week course of study concentrating on character development in opera through text and music....
Hamilton: Single tickets now on sale for Theatre Aquarius’ 2025/26 season
Our new season is bursting with music, mystery, and must-see moments — and now you can grab tickets to the shows you’ve been waiting for.
Whether you're planning a magical night out with the family, a thrilling whodunit, or an unforgettable new Canadian musical, it’s all here. And single tickets...
Stratford: Stratford Festival pushes back at 51st state rhetoric
The Stratford Festival is playing Canada’s national anthem before every performance of the musical Annie this season — a custom usually reserved for opening night performances.
Festival organizers have changed their tune this year to push back against the repeated annexation taunts from U.S. President...
Toronto: TAPA announces the 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Award recipients
The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) today announced the recipients of the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D’Andrea Foundation. The Awards were presented on Monday, June 30 at an evening ceremony at Meridian Hall hosted by actor Peter Fernandes.
“For...
Millbrook: 4th Line Theatre presents the world premiere of “Wild Irish Geese” July 29-August 30
4th Line Theatre is excited to continue its 2025 Summer Season with the world premiere of Megan Murphy’s Wild Irish Geese, directed and dramaturged by 4th Line’s Managing Artistic Director Kim Blackwell.
Murphy’s play is highly anticipated and sure to be an instant hit. The production will be a...
Toronto: Tapestry Opera announces the creators in LIBLAB 2025
We are excited to announce the roster of talented composers and librettists selected for its 2025 Composer-Librettist Laboratory (LIBLAB).
This marks the 30th anniversary of the acclaimed program, a cornerstone of new opera creation in Canada.
From July 15 to 25, 2025, the intensive program...
Stratford: The Stratford Festival gets a $250,000 funding boost from the province
One of Stratford’s biggest economic drivers is getting a funding boost.
Stan Cho, Ontario’s minister of tourism, culture and gaming, announced Friday that the Stratford Festival will be receiving a $250,000 grant from the Experience Ontario 2025 fund.
Cho, who made the announcement at the Tom...
Toronto: Theatre Passe Muraille announces its 2025/26 season
Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) is thrilled to unveil its 2025/2026 season, a captivating collection of performances that showcase bold and diverse Canadian voices, grounded by new works from upcoming, established and ground-breaking female creators. From intimate narratives to thought-provoking works,...
Collingwood: Theatre Collingwood and the Collingwood Music Festival slam the town council decision over arts centre vote
Without hopes for an arts centre in Collingwood after council kicked the project into an unknown future discussion, there could be an arts exodus from Collingwood.
Daniel Vnukowski, founder of Collingwood Music Festival and a member of the town's arts centre steering committee, said Monday's council...
Toronto: The Guild Festival Theatre presents “Heratio” August 7-24
Guild Festival Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of Genevieve Adam's Heratio - a bold re-imagining of Hamlet that picks up the story where Shakespeare left off. Through a delightful blend of humour, mystery and melancholy, Heratio gives the stage to the women and servants who are left...
Toronto: The 37th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival opens July 2
The 37th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival is just under one week away with over 100 shows in over 20 venues across the city taking place July 2 - 13, 2025 – plus free programming at Soulpepper Theatre, the new festival hub in the Distillery Historic District. Toronto Fringe is excited to announce some...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: “Wait Until Dark” begins previews June 25
Wait Until Dark, Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Frederick Knott’s thrilling tale of suspense and danger takes the stage at The Shaw’s Festival Theatre. Directed by Sanjay Talwar, this heart-stopping production begins previews June 25.
Recently blinded housewife Susan (Sochi Fried) finds her uneventful...
Toronto: Outside the March and the National Ballet of Canada presents “Rainbow on Mars” August 9-20
Audiences are invited on an odyssey into the mystery and splendour of Blindness in this multidisciplinary world premiere by Outside the March Theatre in co-production with The National Ballet of Canada and Peripheral Theatre.
RAINBOW ON MARS (RoM) is Pan’s Labyrinth-meets-The Matrix in a love story...
Toronto: Coal Mine Theatre announces its 2025/26 season
On the heels of a hit 10th anniversary season for which the company has received a record 13 Dora Award nominations, Toronto’s beloved “Off-Off Broadview” stage, COAL MINE THEATRE, is delighted to announce an equally thrilling line-up for 25.26.
This announcement comes as the company wraps up a...
Port Hope: “Steel Magnolias” runs July 18-August 3 at the Capitol Theatre
Steel Magnolias runs at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre July 18-August 3.
Women are as delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel. This classic play tells the story of Truvy’s in-home beauty parlor and the women who frequent it. As the women confront their own unique challenges, they rely on their...
Toronto: Buddies in Bad Times announces its 2025/26 season
ted witzel, Artistic Director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, today announced the company’s 47th season featuring work from some of Canada’s most imaginative playwrights and artists, including world premiere productions from Bilal Baig, Jill Connell, and Susanna Fournier, critically-acclaimed work...
Toronto: SummerWorks returns for its 35th season August 7-17
Entering its 35th year, SummerWorks Performance Festival returns with a landmark season of bold performance, intimate creative experiences, and daring artistic interventions exploring time — personal and collective, real and imagined. From August 7–17, 2025, artists and audiences will gather across...
Millbank: 4th Line Theatre presents “Wild Irish Geese” July 29-August 30
4th Line Theatre is excited to continue its 2025 Summer Season with the world premiere of Megan Murphy’s Wild Irish Geese, directed and dramaturged by 4th Line’s Managing Artistic Director Kim Blackwell.
Murphy’s play is highly anticipated and sure to be an instant hit. The production will be a...
Stratford: Stratford becomes the first English-speaking city to join global puppetry network
Stratford is now an official member of AVIAMA, an international association of puppet-friendly cities that form a network promoting the artistry of the puppet as a vital cultural form. Stratford is the first English-speaking city to receive the honour of becoming an AVIAMA Member; and only the third...
Toronto: The National Ballet of Canada announces its 2025/26 roster of dancers
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the 2025/26 season dancer roster. Joining the company this season are three new Principal Dancers Chase O'Connell, Beckanne Sisk and Agnes Su, as previously announced, and two new Corps de Ballet...
Toronto: Hope Muir announces 2025/26 promotions at the National Ballet of Canada
Hope Muir, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, announced today promotions for the 2025/26 season: Larkin Miller to Principal Dancer, Peng-Fei Jiang to First Soloist and Monika Haczkiewicz, Isabella Kinch, Erica Lall and David Preciado to Second Soloist.
“Witnessing the extraordinary...
Toronto: Fall for Dance North unveils its 2025 line-up
Fall for Dance North (FFDN) unveils its 11th annual lineup, featuring a vibrant mix of more than 30 Canadian and international artists across eight distinct mixed programs, from October 15-26, 2025. Under the festival’s new leadership of Co-CEO’s, Festival Director Lily Sutherland and Artistic Director...
Port Dover: “The Hound of the Baskervilles” hits the stage today in Port Dover
The Hound of the Baskervilles unleashes madcap mystery on the Lighthouse Festival stage starting today.
Like you’ve never seen before, this brand new twist on the classic tale of the Baskervilles takes us on a whole new journey of murderous laughter. When Sir Charles is found dead, the great detective...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival presents “Gnit”, a playful riff on Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt”, starting June 19
Gnit, playwright Will Eno’s bizarrely funny and moving contemporary take on Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, debuts at the Shaw Festival. Written by the playwright of Middletown and directed by Artistic Director Tim Carroll, a young man’s journey to discover his True Self starts previews June 19 at the Jackie...
Toronto: Common Boots Theatre presents an audio version of “Bed and Breakfast” July 14
Common Boots Theatre presents an audio-led presentation of the hit comedy Bed and Breakfast by Mark Crawford on Monday, July 14, 2025, at 7 PM (EST).
Join us at Small World Music located at 180 Shaw Street, Unit 305 in Toronto or by Live Stream via Zoom wherever you are!
In-person seating is...
Toronto: Nightwood Theatre announces its 2025/26 season
Nightwood Theatre is proud to announce its 2025-26 season. For our 46th season as Canada’s preeminent feminist theatre company we have curated an electric lineup that bravely and playfully examine politics, persistence, and progress. This season offers two stellar productions from creative collaboration...
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre announces its 2025/26 season will include all seven continents
Today, Talk Is Free Theatre Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak revealed the Barrie-based company’s 23rd and possibly most ambitious season–with full line-ups in Barrie, in Toronto, and activities on all seven continents of the world–examining all the ways we treat legacy. Whether it’s about children carrying...
London, ON: Tickets now on sale to the Grand Theatre’s 2025/26 season
The Grand Theatre Box Office is officially unlocked for the upcoming 2025/26 Season’s Spriet Series after months of exclusive access for season ticket subscribers. Over the coming hours and days, audiences will rush to secure the best seats for The Play That Goes Wrong, Disney’s Frozen, Primary Trust,...
Toronto: Tickets to “The Woman in Black” on sale June 23
David and Hannah Mirvish are excited to present the Canadian premiere of Susan Hill’s The Woman In Black, adapted by Stephen Mallatratt and directed by Robin Herford. This haunting masterpiece will play Toronto’s CAA Theatre, December 4, 2025 to January 4, 2026.
Tickets for Susan Hill’s The Woman...
Chatham: The Sidestream Festival runs August 6-9
Theatre Gargantua is thrilled to announce the arrival of the Sidestream Festival, a bold and immersive showcase of innovative new Canadian theatre, running August 6–9 at the Kiwanis Theatre. After a breakout debut in Welland in 2023, Sidestream is hitting Chatham with a curated lineup of daring, diverse,...
Picton: County Stage Company presents “Flowers” July 25-August 16
A story of a woman in northern Ontario who gives birth to identical quintuplets in 1934, altering her family’s dynamics.
Years later, the quintuplets visit their dying mother and reflect on their shared identity shaped by joy and tragedy. The drama explores the struggle for individuality among...
Toronto: The Guild Festival Theatre presents “The 39 Steps” beginning July 17
Part Hitchcock masterpiece, part classic spy novel, part Monty Python comedy - The 39 Steps is a hilarious and fast-paced whodunit featuring a cast of four playing over 100 characters.
The 39 Steps brings nonstop laughs, fast-paced fun, thrilling action and some old-fashioned romance to the Greek...
Toronto: Tickets for “Ava: The Secret Conversations” on sale June 16
Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy® Award-nominated actor Elizabeth McGovern stars as Hollywood’s original femme fatale Ava Gardner in a critically acclaimed new play lauded by Entertainment Weekly as “mesmerizing and electric!” Ava: The Secret Conversations will make its highly anticipated Canadian...
Hamilton: The Hamilton Fringe Festival runs July 16-27
The Hamilton Fringe Festival is thrilled to announce its 21st festival will run July 16-27, 2025 with 50+ shows in 350+ performances in over a dozen venues. Hamilton Fringe is the largest theatre festival in the Greater Hamilton Area, lighting up spaces across town with live comedy, theatre, musicals,...
Port Dover: Lighthouse Theatre presents Norm Foster double-bill “Hidden Treasures” starting July 9
This summer, we’re bringing audiences a unique and thrilling theatre experience: two back-to-back one-act plays by renowned Canadian playwright, Norm Foster. During intermission, the cast and set seamlessly transition from one play to the next.
Act 1: My Narrator – Imagine what would happen if that...
Toronto: The National Ballet of Canada wins a UK Critics’ Circle National Dance Award
Hope Muir, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, shared today that the company has won a UK Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Angels’ Atlas in the category of Best Classical Choreography for Crystal Pite. Angels’ Atlas was presented on Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada featuring...
Toronto: The Musical Stage Company announces Michael Rubinoff as its new Artistic Director
We are thrilled to be welcoming Michael Rubinoff as our new Artistic Director. Keep reading to learn more about Michael, and the incredible experience and vision he brings to the role!
Olivier Award–winning, Tony-nominated producer and trailblazer in the development of new Canadian musicals, Rubinoff...
Vaughan: Theatre Ya Knowww presents “Omkarra”, a South Asian reimagining of “Othello”
This summer, Theatre Ya Knowww, or “TYK” for short, invites you to gather in the open air for an electrifying performance that pulses with music, movement, and Desi resistance.
OMKARRA, a South Asian adaptation of Othello, is a reckoning and celebration — an act of courage by emerging professional...
Toronto: Porch View Dances returns July 16-20
Now in its 14th year, Porch View Dances (PVD) – www.kaeja.org – returns to Toronto’s Seaton Village from July 16–20, 2025, inviting audiences to experience dance like never before, outside of theatres and into everyday spaces where we live, work, and play. A pay-what-you-want event, produced by acclaimed...
Toronto: Tickets on sale today for “Octet”
After the sold-out success of three-time Tony Award nominee Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 and Ghost Quartet, Crow’s is excited to bring you the Canadian Premiere of his latest off-Broadway sensation OCTET, directed by Chris Abraham, with music direction by Ryan deSouza.
Act...
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre announces “The Festival of Dionysos”
Talk is Free Theatre Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced today that their 24/25 season will come to a close with a festival in honour of the god of theatre: The Festival of Dionysos.
The new immersive and participatory festival, which includes eight works of varying styles and genres taking...
Port Hope: “Waitress” begins performances at the Capitol Theatre on June 13
Waitress tells the story of Jenna, an expert pie-maker who dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage by entering a pie competition. But when she meets her new doctor, her plans get more complicated, and sugar, butter, and flour simply won’t solve this conundrum.
Featuring music and...
Toronto: The Second City presents “Fiercy Funny!” a Pride fundraiser on June 22
Get ready to laugh your rainbow socks off with Fiercely Funny! Celebrate Pride Month at the legendary Second City and support Rainbow Railroad with this uproarious comedy variety show.
Featuring sketch comedy, stand-up and drag served up by a fabulous lineup of 2SLGBTQIA+ comedians and performers,...
Toronto: Toronto Fringe Festival programming announced
Toronto Fringe is proud to announce programming for the 37th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival, taking place July 2 - 13, 2025 with over 100 shows in over 20 venues across the city. Tickets and passes are on sale now at www.fringetoronto.com.
The Toronto Fringe is Ontario’s largest performance festival...
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre extends Sondheim’s “The Frogs” to July 5
Talk is Free Theatre Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced today that their production of the Stephen Sondheim musical, The Frogs, will extend its run in Barrie thanks to popular demand.
Audiences will now have another three chances to take in the musical–staged outdoors in a residential garden–with...
Cambridge: Drayton Entertainment presents Norm Foster’s “Halfway There” June 4-22
There’s no such thing as a secret in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia – especially when four female best friends meet for coffee every day at the local diner to share gossip, romance, bawdy tales, and the true meaning of life.
When Sean, a heartbroken doctor from Toronto, takes a temporary job at the clinic...
Toronto: The Guild Festival Theatre announces the cast and creative team of “The Veil”
Guild Festival Theatre is thrilled to share the cast and creative team of The Veil, which will have its World Premiere at Crow’s Theatre in September, 2025.
This one man-show, by Keith Barker and Thomas Morgan Jones, will feature Dora Award-winning actor, Byron Abalos. Byron makes his return to...
Stratford: SpringWorks announces World in a Weekend 2025
Between July 31- August 4, Stratford will come alive with stilt-walking creatures, free outdoor family activities by the Avon River, and unforgettable puppet performances sure to delight both the young and the young-at-heart.
World in a Weekend: International Puppet Festival
Join us : July...
Millbrook: 4th Line Theatre announces winners of the Semi-Annual New Play Seeding Competition
4th Line Theatre is thrilled to announce the seeded playwrights for its Semi-Annual New Play Seeding Competition, selected from a pool of 11 submissions. This initiative is part of the company’s ongoing New Play Development Program, which supports the creation of original, historically rooted Canadian...
Toronto: Mirvish announces an all-Canadian cast for new production of “& Juliet” – tickets now on sale
David and Hannah Mirvish are thrilled to announce the all-Canadian cast of the highly anticipated new production of the international smash-hit musical comedy & Juliet.
“As we all know, & Juliet had its North American premiere and pre-Broadway run in Toronto in July 2022,” said David and Hannah...
Toronto: Canadian Stage presents “Romeo and Juliet” in High Park this summer
Now celebrating 42 years of bringing Torontonians together for the beloved summer theatre tradition of Shakespeare under the stars, Canadian Stage is thrilled to share complete details of this year’s magical Dream in High Park production – the Bard’s most touching and romantic tragedy – ROMEO & JULIET,...
Picton: The clown-influenced comedy “MONKS” plays the Red Barn at the Eddie July 12-13
Following a sold out run at the Toronto Fringe, a remount at the Crow’s Theatre Cabaret, and being named a CRITIC'S PICK by The Globe and Mail during another sold out run at The Theatre Centre, this cult (forgive us, Father) favourite is back again!
The monks who reside in the hilltop monastery...
Atlanta: “Millions” with a book by Bob Martin opened at the Alliance Theatre May 22
Millions, the new musical from Adam Guettel (Floyd Collins, The Light in the Piazza) and Bob Martin (book for BOOP! The Musical, Man in Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone), is currently making its world premiere at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre.
The work began performances May 9 and officially opened May...
Niagara-on-the Lake: Major Barbara begins previews at the Shaw Festival on June 1
Major Barbara, Bernard Shaw’s timeless morality epic, returns to the Shaw Festival. Director Peter Hinton-Davis takes on the three-act social satire that pits charity against affluence, family against commerce, and religion head-to-head with politics. Bursting with Shavian wit and razor-sharp dialogue,...
Toronto: Best of Fringe returns to TO Live
TO Live is thrilled to announce the return of Best of Fringe, a beloved Toronto theatre showcase. Taking place from July 18 to 20, 2025, at the Studio Theatre, Meridian Arts Centre, this curated remount will bring together some of the most celebrated productions from the 30th annual Toronto Fringe...
Stratford: “Sense and Sensibility” is now on stage at the Stratford Festival
Mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen with a trip to the Stratford Festival for a beautiful and captivating production of Sense and Sensibility. Filled with simmering gossip, swooning assemblies and fierce wit, Kate Hamill’s stage adaptation of the classic novel hits the stage today....
Toronto: TAPA announces the 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations
The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) today announced all nominations for the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D’Andrea Foundation. The Awards will be presented on Monday, June 30 at Toronto’s Meridian Hall (1 Front Street East), at an evening ceremony...
Toronto: Alumnae Theatre celebrates the launch of a history of Alumnae Theatre
Alumnae Theatre celebrates the launch of Alumnae Theatre Company: Nonprofessionalizing Theatre in Canada by Robin C. Whittaker.
Delving into previously untapped archival resources, Alumnae Theatre Company traces the history and ongoing impact of North America’s longest-running women-led theatre...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival embarks on a $150 million transformation
The Shaw Festival today unveiled a Movement for Real Human Connection, a $150 million mission that will transform The Shaw into a centre for communication, creativity and curiosity. A unique space dedicated to deepening connection through art, the new Shaw Festival will be a place where audiences,...
Clarksburg: The Foster Festival’s “On a First Name Basis” comes to Clarksburg June 24-26
Experience laughter, heart, and unexpected revelations with On A First Name Basis, brought to you by The Foster Festival from June 24 to 26, 2025. With matinee and evening performances available, this comedic gem by renowned Canadian playwright Norm Foster promises a delightful theatrical experience...
Toronto: Puppetmongers presents Fresh Ideas in Puppetry 2025 on May 31 and June 1
Puppetmongers Theatre proudly presents Fresh Ideas in Puppetry 2025
Virtually on Saturday, May 31st & In-person on Sunday, June 1st
The Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse (79 St. George Street, Toronto)
The 29th annual, two-day long mini-conference and festival showcasing artists taking new and...
Stratford: “Forgiveness” begins performances at the Stratford Festival on June 3
Forgiveness, the story of two families profoundly affected by the events of the Second World War, starts performances at the Stratford Festival today. This deeply moving stage adaptation written by Hiro Kanagawa and directed by Stafford Arima, is based on the Canada Reads-winning memoir Forgiveness:...
Toronto: Théâtre français de Toronto announces its 2025/26 season
Théâtre français de Toronto (TfT) is proud to unveil its 2025–2026 season: a vibrant lineup driven by powerful francophone voices and bold artistic propositions that explore themes of identity, memory, resistance, and transmission.
“This season, we invite you on a journey of intimate and powerful...
Millbrook: 4th Line Theatre presents the world premiere of “The Housekeeper”
4th Line Theatre is excited to open its 2025 Summer Season with the world premiere of Ian McLachlan and Robert Winslow’s The Housekeeper, the fourth in their Barnardo series of plays, directed by Robert Winslow.
The Housekeeper is a compelling mystery and romance and the fourth in Winslow & McLachlan’s...
Toronto: Eldritch Theatre presents “Buster Canfield’s Apocalyptic Miracle Show” June 4-8
Join Eldritch Theatre for this surprise production to finish our 2024/25 season.
"The tides of tumult are rising,
the rapture is on its way,
the Old Ones are waking from their slumber.
And there’s nothing you can do about it! Right? Wrong!"
- Buster Canfield
Join us for The Apocalyptic...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Spiegeltent returns to the Shaw Festival for one last summer
The Spiegeltent returns to the Shaw Festival grounds for one last summer of exclusive and extraordinary experiences audiences won’t soon forget.
Brought over from Belgium by The Shaw in 2023, the Spiegeltent has since become the Festival’s home for distinctive and one-of-a-kind entertainment. This...
Toronto: The Guild Festival announces its line-up for Family Fest 2025
Guild Festival Theatre is excited to announce our full line-up for Family Fest 2025
Now in its fourth year, Family Fest is Scarborough’s biggest celebration of young audiences! Featuring performances, workshops, and activities, Family Fest offers free entertainment for all ages.
Family Fest runs...
Toronto: Tickets on sale June 2 for the new Canadian production of “& Juliet”
David and Hannah Mirvish announced today that tickets for the highly anticipated new Canadian production of the internationally acclaimed, hit musical comedy & Juliet will go on sale to the public at 10AM on Monday June 2, 2025.
Performances will begin December 3, 2025 at the historic Royal Alexandra...
Ottawa: The Ottawa Fringe returns June 12-22
Something quirky is growing in the heart of the city.🌱
From June 12–22, Ottawa Fringe returns for another 11 days of on-the-edge and unforgettable performances. With 58 original productions, over 350 performances, and featuring artists everywhere from Ottawa to across the globe, Fringe is ready...
Toronto: This June Panoply Collective presents “Clowns Reading Shakespeare”
After a successful series of workshop productions in 2023-2024, Clowns Reading Shakespeare is back for a full production with the support of Animating Toronto Parks 2025. Join us in the park this summer!
What can clowns teach us about the themes of love, power, fate, free will, and ambition? Laugh...
Toronto: The Festival of New Theatre returns this June
Now in its second year, FoNT: Festival of New Theatre features bold new works by Canadian artists. This year’s lineup includes workshop presentations of A New Work by Marcus Youssef, You, Always by Erin Shields, Next Time I Die by Susanna Fournier and Unearthing by Yvette Nolan.
RUSH SEATING: For...
Toronto: Young People’s Theatre announces its 2025/26 season
Celebrating 60 years of nurturing young hearts and minds, Young People’s Theatre (YPT) is thrilled to announce its 2025.26 Season — Where You Belong. This slate of six compelling productions reflects the many ways young people see the world: from fantastically adventurous to eye-openingly relevant.
Adventure...
Toronto: “The Lion King” ends its run August 30, 2025
Producers David and Hannah Mirvish announced today that Toronto’s production of Disney’s The Lion King – now in its 29th week – will conclude its run on August 30 at the Princess of Wales Theatre. By that date, the show will have played 345 performances to an audience of over 250,000. Heralded by the...
Toronto: “Frat Haus: Evicted” drag theatre cabaret takes over Buddies in Bad Time July 2-12
Frat Haus: Evicted will take over Buddies in Bad Times Theatre from July 2 to July 12, blending drag and theatre in a raucous and thought-provoking exploration of Toronto’s housing crisis. Wrapped together in a comedic yet poignant critique of renter struggles, queer culture, and toxic masculinity,...
Cambridge: Drayton Entertainment announces the cast and creative team of “Halfway There”
There’s no such thing as a secret in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia – especially when four female best friends meet for coffee every day at the local diner to share gossip, romance, bawdy tales, and the true meaning of life.
When Sean, a heartbroken doctor from Toronto, takes a temporary job at the clinic...
Toronto: New musical “Tell Tale Harbour” makes its Toronto premiere September 23-November 2
Co-written by and starring Great Big Sea’s Alan Doyle, the musical comedy Tell Tale Harbour made its smash-hit world premiere at Confederation Centre of The Arts in Charlottetown, PEI, in 2022. It returns to PEI in a revised production this summer – June 14 to August 29, 2025. Then they pack up the...
Toronto: VideoCabaret announces its new leadership team
With the blessing of co-founder Michael Hollingsworth, The Board of VideoCabaret is proud to announce the new leadership team of Anand Rajaram as Artistic Director and Anthony Chung as Business & Development Manager of acclaimed theatre company VideoCabaret and The Deanne Taylor Theatre.
Founded...
Toronto: Poculi Ludique Societas presents the complete York Corpus Christi Plays on June 7
Come experience The York Corpus Christi Plays as they were performed in 14th-century England!
Free & Open to All Ages (Outdoor event—bring blankets, folding chairs, sunhats, or umbrellas!)
Poculi Ludique Societas (PLS), sponsored by the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS), presents...
Stratford: “Macbeth” begins previews May 10
Robert Lepage returns to the Stratford Festival with a bold new production of Macbeth, Shakespeare’s compelling tale of unchecked ambition. Created in collaboration with Lepage’s company Ex Machina, the show features Tom McCamus in the title role and Lucy Peacock as Lady Macbeth. Performances begin...
Toronto: TO Live announces the Making Space initiative to help support the area’s artistic community
TO Live is proud to announce the official launch of Making Space, an initiative designed to provide subsidized access to venues for artists across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. This program aims to support the artistic community by offering affordable spaces for rehearsals, creative residencies,...
Hamilton: Ginger Minj presents “The Big Gay Cabaret” at Theatre Aquarius June 5
The Big Gay Cabaret starring Ginger Minj, is an exuberant and entertaining showcase that celebrates LGBTQ+ culture through music, comedy, and performance art. Hosted by the dynamic drag performer and RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni Ginger Minj, the cabaret features a vibrant mix of show-stopping numbers,...
Toronto: Buddies in Bad Times announces Queer Pride 2025
Buddies in Bad Times Artistic Director ted witzel today announced Pride Month programming, with over 20 shows, concerts, events, and parties taking place throughout the Buddies space at 12 Alexander St., all June long.
“Pride is the time to get freak4freak, dye your hair, shave your head, march,...
London. ON: Theatre Aezir presents “London Drafts” and “That Summer”
This summer Theatre Aezir presents London Drafts and the David French play That Summer.
Theatre Aezir presents London Drafts: A Play Reading Series
Join us for three consecutive weeks this June for London Drafts, a series of staged readings celebrating local plays and emerging talent.
London...
Toronto: Théâtre français de Toronto presents “Michel(le)” May 21-24
As children, Joey and Michel loved to dress up and put on shows for their family and friends. It would’ve been otherwise difficult for them to show their true colours in the working- class Quebec of the 60s and 70s where they grew up. Seeking an escape, the two brothers each went their separate ways....
Toronto: Soulpepper and Luminato present “Red Like Fruit” May 28-June 15
This spring, Soulpepper Theatre in partnership with Luminato Festival present the highly anticipated Toronto premiere of the newest offering from Governor General’s Award-winning playwright, Hannah Moscovitch, RED LIKE FRUIT, on stage at Soulpepper’s Michael Young Theatre May 28th through to June 15th.
From...
Stratford: Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” begins performances today
Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino’s production of The Winter’s Tale starts performances today, opening the Tom Patterson Theatre for the 2025 season. Filled with sprightly comedy, heartwarming serendipity and fantastical surprises, this beautiful play features a stellar cast led by Graham Abbey as...
Toronto: Canadian Stage presents “The Sound of Our Nation: A Canadian Songbook” June 12-14
Winding up an extraordinary spring, Canadian Stage is thrilled to announce the addition of a special concert event to cap off its record-breaking 24.25 season, THE SOUND OF OUR NATION: A CANADIAN SONGBOOK, on stage for three magical shows, June 12th – 14th at the Bluma Appel Theatre.
At an unprecedented...
Toronto: Canadian dance icon Guillaume Côté takes his final bow with the National Ballet
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, shared today that the Summer Season will open with Adieu, a celebration of Guillaume Côté after 26 brilliant years of dance, May 30 – June 5. The landmark all-Canadian programme features Côté’s new work Grand Mirage,...
Toronto: Metcalf Foundation announces five winners for 2025 Johannas
The Metcalf Foundation is pleased to announce the five winners and their protégés 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. Each winner received a prize of $25,000, announced at a ceremony...
New York: Hugh Jackman stars in “Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes” by Hannah Moscovitch
The U.S. premiere of Candian playwright Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, starring Ella Beatty and Hugh Jackman, began performances Off-Broadway April 28, and Playbill has the pics to prove it.
The show, which continues through June 18, will play in repertory at Audible's...
Toronto: Theatre Gargantua presents “Memories: Voices from the Trojan Horse” May 24 only
Memories: Voices from the Trojan Horse reunites musicians and writers from the famous Danforth coffeehouse, the Trojan Horse.
This presentation features amazing talents from a time of cultural hybridity as Greek musicians in Toronto embraced the Chileans in exile to form the legendary musical group,...
Kingston: The Festival of Live Digital Art (FOLDA) announces its 2025 line-up
The Festival of Live Digital Art (FOLDA) is proud to announce its lineup for the 2025 festival, running from June 4-7, 2025 in Kingston, ON. This year’s program amplifies diverse Canadian voices, showcasing performances that reflect the changing social and political landscape. FOLDA’s eighth edition...
Toronto: Matchstick Theatre presents “Leaving Home” June 10-22
Set in 1950s Toronto on the eve of a shotgun wedding, Leaving Home is a play about love, loss, and intergenerational conflict. More than 50 years after its legendary debut at Tarragon Theatre, David French’s moving and personal depiction of the fraught relationship between parents and their children...
Toronto: “I’ve Never Met Anyone Quite Like You Before” visits Toronto May 28-29
Dave is on the quest to find answers, acceptance and love for his queer heart. Come dance, pray, mourn and unleash as we join him in his search to uncover these truths.
Directed by Amy Allen (Midas and Jury, Park Theatre), performed by David Scotland and Robert Strange (The Lord of the Rings: The...
Stratford: “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” begins previews May 3 at the Stratford Festival
Prepare for the Avon Theatre to be transformed into the glamourous French Riviera as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels hits the stage tomorrow offering huge laughs and high energy.
This playful and irreverent production unites Director Tracey Flye, Choreographer Stephanie Graham and Music Director Franklin...
Stratford: “As You Like It” begins previews May 3 at the Stratford Festival
Come and join us in the Forest of Arden as the Shakespearean comedy, As You Like It, takes the stage as part of Stratford Festival’s 2025 season. Directed by Chris Abraham and led by Christopher Allen as Orlando, Sara Farb as Rosalind and Aaron Krohn as Jaques, this tale of identity, love and transformative...
Blyth: The Blyth Festival presents “The Wind Coming Over the Sea” June 26-August 12
This summer, Blyth Festival is thrilled to present the World Premiere of a new stage work from internationally acclaimed, best-selling author Emma Donoghue, THE WIND COMING OVER THE SEA, as part of its 51st season. On stage at the historic Blyth Festival Margaret Stephens Stage at Memorial Hall in...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: “Anything Goes” begins previews May 2
Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, the long-running musical comedy from Broadway’s Golden Age, brings its infectious melodies, bubbly charm and a dazzling display of tap dancing to Niagara-on-the-Lake. Directed and choreographed by Associate Artistic Director Kimberley Rampersad, this fresh revival featuring...
Toronto: Tickets for “MJ The Musical” go on sale May 5
Producers Lia Vollack, John Branca, John McClain and David and Hannah Mirvish are thrilled to announce that individual tickets for the smash-hit musical, MJ, will go on sale in Toronto, starting Monday May 5, 2025.
Tickets are available at 10AM on Monday May 5 at www.mirvish.com or by calling 1.800.461.3333.
MJ makes...
Toronto: WeeFestival returns May 22-June 8
WeeFestival of Arts and Culture, a celebration of vibrant performing arts created especially for the very young by leading artists and companies from far and wide returns this spring from May 22nd until June 8th. This year's programme stretches over three weekends in venues across the city and showcases...
Stratford: Here For Now Theatre announces its casting for summer 2025
We are thrilled to share the names of the stellar artists and creatives set to bring this summer season’s stories to life for you.
Stick Around
Written by Rebecca Northan
Starring:
Eric Craig, Chantelle Han, and Daniela Vlaskalic
Creative Team:
Directed by Kevin Kruchkywich
Rebecca...
Toronto: Against the Grain presents “Identity: A Song Cycle” May 23-24
Against the Grain Theatre (AtG), one of Canada’s leading innovators in opera and vocal works, is excited to announce the internationally acclaimed Canadian baritone, Elliot Madore, will star in the world premiere of Identity: A Song Cycle for two shows only, May 23 and 24, at the Berkeley Street Theatre,...
Stratford: Rod Beattie returns in the Wingfield spin-off “Marsh Marigolds” June 20-22
It’s the moment that Wingfield fans have been waiting for…
Rod Beattie, the legendary Canadian actor and star of stage and screen, returns to the Stratford Perth Museum with a brand-new, never-before-seen story from the creators of Wingfield Farm.
Written by Dan Needles, the mind behind the iconic...
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre and The Musical Stage Company present “After the Rain” May 27-June 22
Mike Payette, Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre and Tarragon's Executive Director Lisa Li, with Paul Beauchamp and Kate Supleve, Co-Executive Directors of The Musical Stage Company, are excited to announce the World Premiere of a new Canadian musical from Tarragon Theatre and The Musical Stage...
St. Catharines: The Foster Festival announces casting for its 2025 season
The Norm Foster Theatre Festival has announces its casting for the 2025 season:
ON A FIRST NAME BASIS by Norm Foster
JULY 3 - 17, 2025
10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON OPENER!
A very successful, but cantankerous novelist suddenly discovers that he knows nothing about his maid of 25 years. She, on...
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre’s “Tales of an Urban Indian” heads to Toronto and “The Frogs” heads to the Shaw Festival
Talk Is Free Theatre Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced today that their production of Tales of an Urban Indian–which, for most of its 800+ performances across Canada and around the world, has been performed on a moving city bus–will make its upcoming Toronto engagement a stationary one.
Staged...
Port Dover: Cast revealed for “The New Canadian Curling Club” at Lighthouse Festival
In just over a month, Mark Crawford’s sharp and heartfelt comedy, The New Canadian Curling Club, slides onto the stage at Lighthouse Festival in Port Dover! Inspired by real-life events and small-town Ontario charm, this play follows a reluctant coach, a mismatched group of new curlers, and a rink...
Montreal: The Black Theatre Workshop presents Club Zed May 14-17
Following the success of last year’s inaugural edition, Black Theatre Workshop (BTW), Canada’s longest-running Black theatre company, returns with a bigger sophomore instalment of Club Zed Playwrights’ Festival from May 14 - 17.
Club Zed is the only professional development focused and black forward...
Stratford: New adaptation of “Anne of Green Gables” begins previews April 25
Grab a glass of raspberry cordial and join us for a story of love, family and friendship as Kat Sandler’s adaptation of Anne of Green Gables makes its world première at the Stratford Festival. Directed by Sandler and led by Caroline Toal, Tim Campbell and Sarah Dodd, the east-coast charmer begins previews...
Stratford: “Annie” kicks off the Stratford Festival’s 2025 season
The sun will come out tomorrow when the Stratford Festival begins its 2025 season with the fabulous musical Annie, directed and choreographed by Donna Feore and led by Harper Rae Asch as Annie, Dan Chameroy as Oliver Warbucks and Laura Condlln as Miss Hannigan.
Ever-optimistic Annie makes it her...
Brantford: Arcady presents musical drama “Ruth” on May 10
An acclaimed musical drama created by two Brantford residents returns for a hometown performance on May 10.
Ruth, a story of immigration and welcoming newcomers into one’s homeland, was written in 1996 with words by librettist Roger Bayley and music by Ronald Beckett, musical director of Arcady....
Toronto: Crow’s Theatre presents “Comfort Food” by Zorana Sadiq May 13-June 8
Concluding a season that saw record audiences experience the joy of live theatre at Crow’s, the company is thrilled to welcome frequent collaborator Zorana Sadiq back to their stages for the World Premiere of her sophomore play, COMFORT FOOD.
A Crow’s Theatre Commission on stage May 13 – June 8,...
Orangeville: Theatre Orangeville presents the world premiere of “I’m in Love With Your Sister”
Here we are, the last show of our 31st Season – I'm In Love With Your Sister – and we are going out with a BIG SHOW for you! A Norm Foster World Premiere for David Nairn's final turn at Directing as Artistic Director for Theatre Orangeville, this is going to be a very special show NOT to be missed.
This...
Toronto: Buddies in Bad Times announces a May double-bill of “Reina” and “Never Walk Alone”
Buddies in Bad Times Artistic Director ted witzel today shared a program update for Genrefuck., the company’s May showcase of two world premiere, Canadian solo shows running together from May 21 to 31.
Augusto Bitter’s Reina envisions the many lives of the anonymous woman depicted on a bag of Harina...
Collingwood: Tickets now on sale for the 2025 Porchside Festival running July 1-24
It’s hard to believe that what began as a small, pandemic-inspired idea has blossomed into one of Theatre Collingwood’s most cherished traditions! There’s something truly special about Porchside—whether it’s the charming outdoor settings, toting your lawn chair in to take a seat, the sense of community,...
Toronto: “Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles” is postponed to November 2025
Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles, originally expected to play a one-week engagement at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre next month (May 13 – 18), will now play Toronto, November 4 – 9, 2025.
RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles is an electrifying journey through the iconic...
New York: “Prince Faggot” by Jordan Tannahill announces its cast
Playwrights Horizons and Soho Rep have found casting and a creative team for their upcoming world premiere of Jordan Tannahill's Prince Faggot, set to play Playwrights' Peter Jay Sharp Theater beginning May 30 and continuing through July 6. Opening night will be June 16. Shayok Misha Chowdhury is directing...
Toronto: Why Not Theatre’s “Mahabharata” is travelling to New York’s Lincoln Center June 24-29
The Why Not team is thrilled to announce that Mahabharata will be travelling to New York City’s prestigious Lincoln Center! From June 24-29, this monumental, two-part production will be presented as part of Summer for the City, Lincoln Center’s annual festival offering hundreds of performances and...
Toronto: The Paprika Festival presents “Neptune’s With a Fish” May 14 & 17
The 2025 Paprika Festival Creative Producers Unit is happy to announce Neptune’s With a Fish, a new work by doctor-turned-clown Srutika Sabu. Directed by Gordon Neil (Sweet Action Theatre), Neptune’s With a Fish is an existential musical comedy starring Malayali-Canadians Srutika Sabu (1 Santosh Santosh...
Toronto: David and Hannah Mirvish announce the 2025/26 Off-Mirvish season
David and Hannah Mirvish are delighted to announce the 2025/26 Off-Mirvish Season, comprised of five productions – three plays and two musicals. Four of the shows are Canadian premieres and one is a North American premiere.
“It’s hard to believe we’re celebrating our 15th Off-Mirvish season,” said...
Toronto: “Beyond Ken Dryden” by Oren Safdie runs May 15-June 1
Acclaimed playwright Oren Safdie returns to the stage with his most personal work yet. His new solo show, Beyond Ken Dryden, which received critical acclaim during its Montreal run, will make its Toronto premiere at Soulpepper Theatre’s Young Centre for the Performing Arts (50 Tank House Lane), running...
Toronto: Tapestry Opera presents “Sanctuary Song” May 9-23
Tapestry Opera is just one month away from its first large-scale production in its new home at Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre.
Sydney, a Sumatran elephant poached from the jungles of Indonesia at a young age, recalls her remarkable life in captivity, far from home, as her keeper of 22 years...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The farce “Tons of Money” begins previews at the Shaw Festival April 11
Tons of Money, the classic English farce by writers Will Evans and Valentine, brings a nonstop parade of ridiculous antics, mistaken identities and sheer silliness to the Shaw Festival. Directed by Eda Holmes, this side-splitting revival begins previews on Friday, April 11 at the Royal George Theatre.
As...
Toronto: “The Runner” returns to Toronto April 26-May 4
The Runner, written by and starring Christopher Morris and directed by Daniel Brooks, premiered in Toronto at Theatre Passe Muraille in 2018 to critical acclaim. It was the winner of three Dora Awards in 2019: Outstanding Production, Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Direction (Independent Theatre...
Toronto: Swiss dance piece “Hocus Pocus” plays only May 17 and 18
In Hocus Pocus two illusionist dancers deliver a poetic coming-of-age story imagined by choreographer Philippe Saire, a pioneer of Swiss contemporary dance.
Framed by neon lights that float in the dark, dancers and imaginary friends (and foes) appear and disappear as if by magic. Embarking on a...
Toronto: Théâtre français de Toronto presents “Cispersonnages en quête d’auteurice” April 24-27
Théâtre français de Toronto is proud to co-present Joe Jack et John’s Cispersonnages en quête d'auteurice with Théâtre Passe Muraille. The show will run from April 24 to 27, 2025 at Théâtre Passe Muraille and marks the very first collaboration between these two Toronto theatrical institutions.
SYNOPSIS:...
Toronto: Soulpepper announces its 2025/26 season
Today Soulpepper Theatre proudly announces an inspiring 16-show 2025.26 season line-up, along with an innovative three-year strategic partnership with Crow’s Theatre that envisions a collaborative and energized future for theatre in Toronto.
The final season for outgoing Artistic Director Weyni...
Toronto: Crows’ Theatre announces its 2025/26 season
Today, Crow’s Theatre Artistic Director Chris Abraham and Executive Director Sherrie Johnson are thrilled to lift the curtain on an exhilarating 42nd season of programming and to announce an innovative three-year partnership with Soulpepper Theatre that imagines a collaborative and robust vision for...
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival takes on last visit to Narnia starting April 9
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the final entry in the Shaw Festival’s Narnia cycle, begins previews Wednesday, April 9 at the Festival Theatre. Selma Dimitrijevic directs a re-imagined adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s timeless tale. Co-adapted with Artistic Director Tim Carroll, this production is...
Toronto: The Village Players close their 2024/25 season with “Halfway There” April 25-May 17
Tickets are now on sale for the last show of our 51st season – Norm Foster's Halfway There, directed by Cliona Kenny. This hilarious and heartwarming Canadian comedy runs at The Village Playhouse from Friday, April 25, until Saturday, May 17.
There’s no such thing as a secret in Stewiacke, Nova...
Toronto: Canadian Stage announces its 2025/26 season
Canadian Stage’s Artistic Director Brendan Healy and Executive Director Monica Esteves today announce the organization’s 25.26 season marked by an exhilarating program of hotly anticipated Canadian Premieres, World Premieres of new Canadian plays, the return of beloved Canadian icons, and annual family...
Toronto: Two.2.Mango bring their show “Colonial Circus” to Toronto September 22-28
Sachin Sharma and Shreya Parashar, the electrifying comedy duo behind Two.2.Mango, are proud to announce their award-winning clown show Colonial Circus will tour four Canadian cities this year, including performances at the Newfoundland and Labrador Sketch Fest in May, Montreal Fringe in June, Edmonton...
Toronto: “MacBeth: A Tale Told By An Idiot” returns to the Red Sandcastle Theatre May 7-18
Eldritch Theatre's Dora nominated production of returns! Shakespeare’s blood-soaked king, with weird witches, viscera-sopped murders, nightmares of madness, and terrifying occult prophecies crash head on with our ghoulishly giddy bag of timorous trickery! Performed by a solo actor using a diverse range...
Toronto: “Wicked Nix” plays Young People’s Theatre April 28-May 15
Discover the magic of Wicked Nix.
Based on the award-winning book by acclaimed author Lena Coakley (CBC’s 2018 Best Book of the Year), Wicked Nix brings a enchanting and heartwarmingtale to life at Young People’s Theatre!
This whimsical romp explores the timeless bonds of family and the joy...
Toronto: Guild Festival Theatre announces artists for its 2025 season
Guild Festival Theatre is excited to announce key artists performing in our 2025 Season.
Featuring an exciting season launch event, a world premiere inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet, a tour-de-force comedy spy thriller based on a Hitchcock classic, and the fourth edition of our popular Family Fest,...
Cambridge: “Crazy for You” begins previews April 23 at the Hamilton Family Theatre
Put on your dancing shoes because Crazy for You – the multiple Tony Award®-winning, romantic musical comedy – is lighting up Cambridge with its sublime songs, snappy script full of one-liners, and dynamic tap routines.
New York banker Bobby Child is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown...
Stratford: The Stratford Festival announces a season deficit of $1.1 million for 2024
The Stratford Festival held its annual meeting today, celebrating the successes of a season that featured a dozen beautiful productions, along with a host of events in the Meighen Forum, an array of digital programming available worldwide on Stratfest@Home, education opportunities for students, workshops...
Toronto: “Burn, Baby, Burn” by Côté Danse returns to Toronto June 6-8
Following a sold-out run at Fall for Dance North 2024, the highly acclaimed choreographic work Burn Baby, Burn, returns for a limited three-day engagement from June 6-8 at Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto before embarking on its much-anticipated international tour. Staged by Guillaume Côté’s Côté Danse,...
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre announces its 2025/26 season
Artistic Director Mike Payette and Executive Director Lisa Li are proud to announce Tarragon Theatre's 2025/26 season, a thrilling lineup of world premieres, North American debuts and powerful storytelling that will captivate audiences with fresh perspectives, bold narratives and unforgettable performances....
Niagara-on-the-Lake: The Shaw Festival will lease the Old Court House while the Royal George is being rebuilt
The Shaw Festival has found a solution to keep the curtain rising while its beloved Royal George Theatre gets a much-needed rebuild.
The Shaw leased the Old Court House on Queen Street to host some of the Shaw’s performances over the next two to three years, while the theatre, built during the First...
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre extends the remount of “Cock” to May 2
Talk Is Free Theatre Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced today that they will be further extending their remount of Cock in Toronto this April.
The play, which TIFT first produced in Barrie in early 2024, enjoyed a sold-out run in Toronto in January at its unconventional, intimate venue inside...
Toronto: Luminato Festival announces its 2025 programme
Luminato Festival returns June 4-22 to ignite Toronto with bold, playful, and of the moment art experiences that transform the people, places and possibilities of the city. Under the visionary leadership of CEO Celia Smith and Artistic Director Olivia Ansell, Luminato enters a new era with a bigger...
Blyth: Single tickets now on sale for the Blyth Festival’s 2025 season
From laugh-out-loud comedies to toe-tapping musicals and powerful dramas the Blyth Festival’s 2025 season of Original Canadian Theatre is almost here.
Tickets went on sale this morning, so don’t delay and reserve your seats before they’re gone.
Call the box office, 519-523-9300 or toll free at...
Toronto: The Switches Theatre Collective presents “Venus in Fur” May 14-17
The Switches Theatre Collective is proud to announce the cast for Venus In Fur by David Ives running May 14-17, 2025 at The Theatre Centre in Toronto. Directed by Kaylee Harwood, Venus In Fur will star Farhang Ghajar and Rachel Manson with lighting and sound design by Christopher Elizabeth.
Venus...
Picton: County Stage Company announces its 2025 season
County Stage Company is set to transform summer in The County with a thrilling 2025 season of theatre, music, and comedy staged in some of the region’s most stunning venues. From the historic Regent Theatre to the rustic charm of The Eddie Hotel & Farm and the intimate setting of Mount Tabor Playhouse,...
Toronto: Cahoots Theatre presents “Sanguine” April 27-May 10
Cahoots Theatre artistic director Tanisha Taitt and managing producer Lisa Alves, based on the five productions they have brought to live audiences during their joint tenure, clearly enjoy taking creative chances.
The co-leaders made the company’s first foray into Theatre for Young Audiences, converted...
Toronto: The Outliers Collective presents “Life Sucks.” by Aaron Posner April 30-May 10
Toronto’s newest indie theatre company, Outliers Theatre Collective is proud to announce their debut production, Life Sucks. by Aaron Posner (My Name Is Asher Lev, Stupid F*cking Bird). This Toronto premiere of Posner’s critically acclaimed play will run from April 30th to May 10th at the Small World...
Toronto: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert presents “Robert le Diable” by Giacomo Meyerbeer April 25
VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert presents the Canadian Premiere of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable, a wildly successful work that drove Rossini into retirement. With its premiere at the Paris Opera in 1831, it launched the reign of grand opera on the world stage and set Meyerbeer up as the foremost...
Toronto: TAPA announces the venue and host for the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards
The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) today announced that the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D'Andrea Foundation will be held on Monday, June 30 at Toronto’s Meridian Hall (1 Front Street East). The show will be hosted by one of Canadian theatre’s busiest...
Toronto: The Canadian Opera Company welcomes Opera 5 as its newest Company-in-Residence
The Canadian Opera Company welcomes Opera 5 as its newest Company-in-Residence. The two-year artistic residency will commence on July 1, 2025, with one of the major collaborations of the partnership being the creation of an operatic work slated for presentation at the Canadian Opera Company. The COC’s...
Toronto: Soulpepper announces its Public Domain programme
Soulpepper Theatre Company is excited to introduce Public Domain, an innovative, open-access initiative designed to encourage and foster creativity, enhance social connection, and strengthen civic life through participation in the arts - offered completely free of charge to the public. This year-round...
Toronto: Tapestry Opera announces artistic residencies of Cultureland and OperaQ
As we open the Nancy and Ed Jackman Performance Centre this week, we are proud to announce Tapestry Opera's expanded commitment to artists and collectives doing important work in the realm of new Canadian opera. This year, Artistic Residencies with Cultureland, led by artistic director and composer...
Toronto: “Fight Back and Laugh”, a fundraiser to fight Parkinson’s, is April 24, 2025
Get ready, Toronto! It’s time to laugh for a cause at Fight Back and Laugh: A Fundraiser Comedy Knockout for Parkinson’s! This one-of-a-kind comedy event is set to take place on Thursday, April 24th, 2025 at Nickel 9 Distillery, promising an unforgettable night of laughter, community, and charitable...
Toronto: Cirque du Soleil’s “OVO” will be performed in world’s largest pop-up arena
Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, a world leader in live entertainment, is pleased to announce its most ambitious project to-date as it gets ready to break ground on an impressive free-standing structure that will be presented for the first time in Canada. Building on four decades of pushing the...
Toronto: Kruz Maldonado takes over the title role in Peter Pan playing May 21-June 1
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 this Spring. PETER PAN will play the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre from May 21 – June 1, 2025.
Tickets are available...
Toronto: 877 Yonge Street is now the Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre
The venue at 877 Yonge Street has a new name – Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre! This is a monumental moment in our history, made possible by the generosity and support of so many.
To celebrate this remarkable milestone, join us tomorrow, Saturday, March 22nd, at 8:00 PM for the sold-out opening...
Toronto: Coal Mine Theatre presents the Canadian premiere of “Job” April 20-May 11
Concluding their smash 10th anniversary season, Toronto’s beloved “Off-Off Broadview” stage - COAL MINE THEATRE – presents the hotly anticipated Canadian premiere of Max Wolf Friedlich’s explosive JOB, onstage April 20th to May 11th.
A tightly wound 80-minute roller-coaster ride, in JOB, an employee...
Toronto: The Bealtaine Theatre Festival runs April 25-May 25
Get ready for an unforgettable celebration of Irish arts and culture at the brand-new Bealtaine (pronounced Byal-tin-uh) Theatre Festival, a fresh addition to Toronto’s vibrant cultural scene. This annual showcase brings Ireland’s brightest artistic voices to the city, offering a unique opportunity...
Toronto: Tarragon Theatre presents the world premiere of “Benevolence” April 8-May 4
Mike Payette, Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre and Executive Director Lisa Li are excited to announce the world premiere of Benevolence, a World Premiere Tarragon Theatre Production, presented in association with Why Not Theatre and Broadleaf Creative. The piece, created and performed by Kevin...
Toronto: “Takwahiminana” by Matthew MacKenzie runs April 30-May 11
Punctuate‽ Theatre is thrilled to announce the world premiere of Takwahiminana by award-winning playwright Matthew MacKenzie (First Métis Man of Odesa, Bears). This innovative cultural mashup will debut at Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre from Apr 30–May 11, 2025.
TAKWAHIMINANA is a darkly funny exploration...
London, ON: “Waitress” runs at the Grand Theatre March 25-April 12
Put on your aprons and gather the sugar, butter, and flour, it's time for the most deliciously delightful musical of the season! The Grand Theatre is excited to bring Waitress to the historic Spriet Stage from March 25 to April 12, 2025, before it travels down the 403 for a second run at Theatre Aquarius...
Barrie: Talk Is Free Theatre adds a performance to its run of “Cock” April 5-20
Talk Is Free Theatre Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced today that the company will add a performance to their run in April in response to demand for their production of Cock.
The play, which TIFT first produced in Barrie in early 2024, enjoyed a sold-out run in Toronto in January at its...
Cambridge: Drayton Entertainment’s 2025 season begins with “Over the River and Through the Woods” April 9
Our 2025 Season kicks off next month at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse with Over the River and Through the Woods, a heartwarming comedy about growing up and growing old. The generation gap is affectionately portrayed through the eyes of four Italian-American immigrants who preside over the life of...
Fenelon Falls: Single tickets are now on sale for the Grove Theatre’s 2025 season
The Grove Theatre is thrilled to announce that single ticket sales for the 2025 season will open on March 17, 2025. Alongside an already exciting mainstage lineup, the theatre is unveiling an extraordinary roster of guest artists, further cementing its reputation as a premier cultural destination in...
Orangeville: Theatre Orangeville announces its 2025/26 playbill
For the first time in over 25 years, a new voice filled the atrium at the Theatre, as we welcomed our Starlight Celebration supporters and incoming Artistic Director Jennifer Stewart had the team help her drop the banners one-by-one to announce our new season.
Five and three show subscriptions are...
Toronto: “Pochsy IV: Unplugged” arrives April 8-20
Presented by VideoCabaret, Pochsy IV: Unplugged, the latest in Karen Hines’ acclaimed series of Pochsy plays, is set to have its Toronto Premiere at the Deanne Taylor Theatre on April 8, 2025. The solo show runs April 8 - 20, 2025.
She’s back. Sweet, vapid, and venomous, Pochsy is an eerily charming...
Toronto: Theatre Passe Muraille presents “The Little Prince” April 2-9
This spring, embark on a breathtaking journey through the stars with The Little Prince: A Physical Theatre Adaptation, a groundbreaking new production premiering at Theatre Passe Muraille from April 2–19, 2025. This world premiere, led by visionary Deaf artist and storyteller Landon Krentz, reimagines...
Toronto: Soulpepper announces its spring/summer productions
Today, Soulpepper Theatre is thrilled to unveil its 2025 spring/summer programming, a bold celebration of Canadian artistry and storytelling.
Featuring two world premieres, a Toronto premiere, and a remount of one of the country’s most beloved plays, Soulpepper’s summer productions offer audiences...
Toronto: The Second City’s 90th mainstage revue “Duel Citizens” opens March 20
The world’s most influential name in live comedy, The Second City proudly presents their 90th Mainstage revue Duel Citizens. This milestone production is a fast-paced, chaotic comedy spectacle stacked with razor-sharp satire, hilarious songs, ridiculous characters and, of course, the signature improv...
Toronto: Coal Mine Theatre’s The Vault opens April 3 with “A Little Closer”
This note finds me very excited about the start of what I hope will become a Toronto and Canadian Theatre staple: the public labs upstairs from The Coal Mine in our newly created sister company The Vault Creation Lab.
Have you ever seen a staged “workshop production” of a play in progress? If you...
Hamilton: Gavin Crawford stars in “Fully Committed” at Theatre Aquarius March 26-April 12
Gavin Crawford stars in Fully Committed at Theatre Aquarius.
This devastatingly funny one-act follows a day in the life of Sam, an out-of-work actor who works the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan’s number-one restaurant. Coercion, threats, bribes, histrionics—a cast of desperate callers will...
Millbrook: Playwright Megan Murphy will take on the lead role in her play “Wild Irish Geese” July 29-August 30
4th Line Theatre’s Managing Artistic Director Kim Blackwell is thrilled to announce that playwright Megan Murphy will lead the cast of her play Wild Irish Geese, seeing its world premiere at the theatre’s outdoor venue in July and August.
Wild Irish Geese explores the 1825 migration of two-thousand...
Toronto: The King Black Box presents “A Goat, a Ghost and a Guinness” March 27-April 13
It is with great pleasure that we announce the World Premiere of A GOAT, A GHOST AND A GUINNESS, written by Canadian Playwright Aurora McClennan and directed by Ziggy Schulting. As our season closer, this production is a playful and spirited chance to break up the intensity of our humanitarian season...
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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