Penny Plain Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst Street) January 20 to February 26 PWYC to $55 Canadian theatre magician Ronnie Burkett has spent the last 25 years creating stunningly lifelike marionettes with his company, Theatre of Marionettes, while honing techniques that transform the puppets from inanimate objects to emotive beings right before our eyes. But beware [...]

Other People Young Centre for the Performing Arts (55 Mill Street) January 18 to 28 Monday to Saturday at 8 p.m., Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. $15 to $22 At one point during Christopher Shinn’s Other People, on now at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, one character recounts how a former lover said [...]

Kim’s Convenience Young Centre for the Performing Arts (55 Mill Street) January 19 to February 11 Monday to Saturday at 8 p.m.; matinees at 2 p.m. $32 to $68 The term “game changer” is thrown around a lot, usually referring to the latest app that lets you flick things at other things, or a tiny [...]

The Golden Dragon Tarragon Theatre (30 Bridgman Avenue) January 18 to February 19 Tuesday to Saturday at 8 p.m., weekend matinee at 2:30 p.m. $23 to $43 The Golden Dragon is a mouthful, and we’re not only talking about its playwright, Germany’s Roland Schimmelpfennig. Centred around a Thai/Chinese/Vietnamese fast-food restaurant in an unnamed city (it [...]

The Blue Dragon Royal Alexandra Theatre (260 King Street West) Jan. 10 to Feb. 19 $25-$99 2012 is the Year of the Dragon on the Chinese calendar, but in the hands of Canadian theatre mastermind Robert LePage, the place where dragons really shine is on one of Toronto’s biggest stages. The Blue Dragon opened last [...]

Crush Factory Studio Theatre (125 Bathurst Street) December 1—11, Tuesdays to Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. $15-$20, PWYC Tuesday and Sunday Daytime talk shows are the definition of the term “guilty pleasure.” Because when you’re knee-deep in Kleenxes and Tylenol bottles, unable to shed layers of ratty PJ’s and slippers and enter [...]

Jesus Chrysler Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace (16 Ryerson Avenue) November 29 to December 11 Evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. $15 to $20 Eugenia “Jim” Watts lived a life of legend. She inherited a small fortune from her grandfather in a time of economic depression, wrote and directed plays for [...]

The Children’s Republic Tarragon Theatre (30 Bridgman Avenue) November 8 to December 18, Tuesdays to Saturdays at 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. $25–$46 In times of tragedy, injustice, and horror, it’s hard to put oneself in the place of those suffering—especially in the place of children. From the perspective of an [...]

The Life and Times of Mackenzie King The Cameron House (408 Queen Street West) November 10 to December 11, 8 p.m. $20–$40 If all high-school history classes in Canada were taught by Michael Hollingsworth, our generation would probably be less obsessed with which bearded Hollywood beau hunk did or didn’t deserve to be titled the [...]

Ride the Cyclone Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson Avenue) November 10 to December 3, Tuesdays to Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Saturday matinees at 2 p.m. PWYC–$35 It’s tough to find a show more hyped than Atomic Vaudeville’s Ride the Cyclone. After being a roaring success at 2010′s SummerWorks Festival and scoring NOW‘s “Best of SummerWorks”, [...]

Imprints Factory Studio Theatre (125 Bathurst Street) November 9 to 26, Tuesdays to Sundays at 8 p.m., Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. $20–$25 We owe our stubbornness to our mother, our bad knees to our father, and we’re told we have the nose of our great-great-aunt Gertrude. But far worse traits can be passed on [...]

The Rez Sisters Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst Street) November 5 to December 11 Tuesdays to Sundays at 8 p.m., Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. $20 – $55 Tomson Highway and his script for The Rez Sisters are classics of the Canadian theatre canon, but the play has been produced only rarely since it was written [...]