Theatre and Performance

How the National Ballet produces its slippers

How the friendship of two ex-Hobbits took them from Tolkien to absurdist theatre

Nestruck on Theatre: How much would it cost to provide childcare to theatregoers?

Mezzo-soprano Marion Newman brings eclectic life of Isabelle Eberhardt to the stage

Disney’s Aladdin on stage? Aladdon’t - unless you missed the pantomime this year

Principal dancer Guillaume Cote to retire from National Ballet of Canada

Nestruck on Theatre: The case for more screens in Canadian theatres

Poet Luke Reece reveals the vulnerabilities too many men keep locked away

Universal Child Care at Canadian Stage is a cutting critique of child care in wealthy countries

Diane Flacks’ Guilt: A Love Story is a confessional solo show about divorce that could easily go viral

Canadian theatre companies face ‘crisis’ as economic woes continue in wake of pandemic

Earworm at Crow’s Theatre is a must-see amid foreign interference inquiry

Nestruck on Theatre: The Great Comet extends again as Crow’s expands its footprint further to Factory Theatre

Mamma Mia! and The Lion King headline Mirvish’s 2024-25 season

Dynamic conductor Seiji Ozawa spent formative years leading Toronto Symphony

Soulpepper’s De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail is full of fascinating contradictions

Dion: A Rock Opera has promise, but lacks the ecstasy and excess that Dionysus and rock ‘n’ roll demand

With remount of Uncle Vanya at CAA Theatre, actors have honed performances to perfection

Nestruck on Theatre: TO Live bringing Sufjan Stevens musical Illinoise to Toronto in 2025

Luminato Festival Toronto selects Australian Olivia Ansell as new artistic director

Pity and grace weigh heavy in Canadian Opera Company’s Don Giovanni

Ira Glass on American politics, Joe Rogan, and the secret to finding a great story

Coal Mine Theatre’s Dion: A Rock Opera leans into Greek ideology

Toronto Symphony Orchestra returns to the composition that put it on the global map

Nestruck on Theatre: Soaking up Vancouver’s Hold On Let Go festival

COC’s Cunning Little Vixen asks its audience see the beauty of the forest over the trees

Amid unprecedented displacement globally, PuSh Festival’s international artists ask: Where did you learn to move like that?

Nestruck on Theatre: Linda Kash’s journey from Second City to Casey and Diana via cream-cheese heaven

The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes is a scary (and amusing) view of the AI future

Tom Rooney is a darling of the Canadian stage - just don’t call him a star

Composer Unsuk Chin weaves tapestry of opera’s history in Operascope

Nestruck on Theatre: How the PuSh Festival enlivens theatre and dance scenes across the country