Theatre and Performance

Dora Award noms to celebrate, or be confounded by

A Twelfth Night with a terrific Viola opens Stratford Festival 2024 season

Shows from Soulpepper, Crow’s Theatre dominate Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations

Jessica B. Hill dreamed of the Stratford Festival stage. Now she’s its star

The Wrong Bashir paints a loving, humorous picture of the Ismaili community

My Fair Lady’s fascinating, feisty central relationship makes it a rewarding revisit

There’s plenty of theatre in store for Canadians this summer outside of Stratford

On dancing in a production by a renowned choreographer – as a complete amateur

Calgary Philharmonic removes two musicians after month-long investigation over ‘troubling comments’

A Dora Awards without Mirvish Productions comes at a bad time for Toronto theatre

Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner gets a combustible Canadian premiere

Cirque du Soleil’s Echo - in Toronto, then Gatineau and Vancouver - is a high point for bigtop circus design

Fifteen Dogs, Titanique on Off-Mirvish season lineup

Hedda Gabler is a compelling snapshot of the great anti-heroine of modern theatre

Dog Man: The Musical is silly and irreverent, and completely earnest

In Seven Days, a new family drama by Jordi Mand, explores the impact of MAiD through a Jewish lens

Soulpepper rebuilds by bringing back old hits for its new audiences in 2024-2025 season

Canada’s National Arts Centre announces an overflowing season of theatre, dance and music for 2024-2025

Outside Looking In empowers Indigenous teens through dance

A flurry of theatre openings in Toronto this week creates a conflict for audiences

Canadian premiere of Medea delivered with guts and gusto

Crow’s Theatre aims to keep growing – without pandering – in its 2024-2025 season

The Shaw Festival makes an open-and-shut case for Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution

These eight shows are worth the trip to Shaw and Stratford festivals

Celine Dion-driven musical comedy Titanique to hit Montreal, Toronto

Tony-winning musical A Strange Loop to get Canadian premiere

Rachel McAdams nominated for best actress Tony Award for Mary Jane

Canadian Opera Company’s Don Pasquale is as fresh and funny as it is long overdue

Live Aid musical Just For One Day coming to Toronto

Tom Wilson’s Beautiful Scars shines a light on identity, deceptions, decolonization and an unsettled psyche

Four Minutes, Twelve Seconds, starring Megan Follows, is a blow to the Studio 180 brand

‘A little wacky’: Tim Hortons to stage theatrical production called The Last Timbit