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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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