Posts Filed Under: Theatre
The new play is loaded with well-crafted characters who could be anyone’s mother, grandmother, or friend—which is why it’s so hard exploring the most damaged parts of their psyches.
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Saira Peesker Mar. 13th, 9:00 am
Tarragon Theatre's latest production turns the 15th century Perrault folktale, Bluebeard , into a comment on modern day morality.
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Carly Maga Mar. 8th, 12:00 pm
An all-star cast and inventive storytelling combine art and journalism in Crows Theatre's Seeds .
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Carly Maga Mar. 1st, 9:00 am
The innovative puppet-based saga of a boy and his horse separated by World War I opened last night to a packed and rapt audience.
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Steve Fisher Feb. 29th, 11:30 am
Soulpepper brings a rarely (well)-produced theatre classic to the Young Centre.
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Steve Fisher Feb. 28th, 12:00 pm
Esteemed Soulpepper actors trade their classical canon for an underclass comedy in Lee MacDougall's High Life .
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Carly Maga Feb. 27th, 10:30 am
A mash-up of Irish absurdist Samuel Beckett's plays and classical music inspired by his works is pleasantly unpleasant.
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Carly Maga Feb. 23rd, 2:00 pm
Liza Paul and Bahia Watson's two-woman show combines wordplay and another kind of play in a West Indian girl's world.
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Carly Maga Feb. 17th, 1:30 pm
For Potter fans, non-Potter fans, kids, adults, witches, wizards, muggles, squibs, even Parselmouths—Potted Potter is worth your hour.
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Carly Maga Feb. 17th, 10:30 am
Eugene O'Neill's rarely produced one-act Hughie is a bite-size piece of a longer, darker story
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Carly Maga Feb. 15th, 10:00 am
Daniel Clarkson and Jeff Turner can tell the entire story of Harry Potter in 70 minutes, but can they keep all the details straight? We put them to the test.
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Carly Maga Feb. 10th, 1:00 pm
The Rhubarb Festival, which opens tomorrow, continues its reign as Canada's oldest celebration of new and experimental theatre, spanning two weeks, with more than 40 performances and over 100 artists.
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Carly Maga Feb. 7th, 3:30 pm
Cruel and Tender marks Atom Egoyan's highly anticipated return to theatre after an absence of more than 20 years. But Martin Crimp's unusual play is bound to leave some audience members perplexed.
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Johnnie Walker Jan. 31st, 9:00 am
In Penny Plain , Ronnie Burkett celebrates 25 years of puppetry with a beautiful performance in an ugly world.
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Carly Maga Jan. 30th, 10:00 am
At Torontoist we love Q&As and profiles, but sometimes asking a whole bunch of people the same set of questions can be even more revealing. So that’s what we decided to do.
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Carly Maga • Illustration by Chloe Cushman Jan. 29th, 9:00 pm
Emerging theatre company Arts & Lies is producing Sartre's No Exit . They've also tarted it up a bit—which, considering three of the actors are former students of their fourth co-star, makes for some interesting power dynamics.
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Steve Fisher Jan. 28th, 12:00 pm
In its Canadian premiere, the 1960s-era musical Caroline, or Change is a big, bold, belting delight.
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Carly Maga Jan. 26th, 9:00 am
The Canadian premiere of Christopher Shinn's Other People is another story about unhappy young people in the 90s that operates on the notion that the better it is, the worse you feel.
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Carly Maga Jan. 24th, 1:00 pm
Ins Choi's Kim's Convenience makes a graceful move from Fringe favourite to Soulpepper headliner. Now, all the world's a stage.
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Carly Maga Jan. 20th, 1:00 pm
Toronto gets another serving of playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig in Tarragon Theatre's The Golden Dragon , a story of miscommunication between generations and cultures that's more sour than sweet.
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Carly Maga Jan. 19th, 4:15 pm
