Theatre Reviews

Natasha Mumba gives a committed performance in Factory Theatre’s live-streamed acts of faith

Critic’s notebook: Musical Stage Company pivots its popular cabaret Uncovered online – but results may vary from household to household

600 Highwaymen’s A Thousand Ways feels a little phoned in at Canadian Stage

Vancouver Arts Club’s Buffoon matches a multi-layered script with a magnificent solo performance

Crow’s Theatre’s film adaptation of Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet captures spine-tingling spirit of the stage version

Tarragon Acoustic’s audio production of Hannah Moscovitch’s This is War is a podcast worth paying for

The scariest part of Bedtime Stories and Other Horrifying Tales is a kiss between actors

Critic’s notebook: Shaw Festival’s Duke Ellington revue swings (and sizzles), but does it mean a thing?

Fall for Dance North festival doesn’t miss a beat in its pivot to an online program

Vancouver’s Arts Club stages a powerful and timely COVID-era production of Nilaja Sun’s No Child...

On solo dance and irresponsible individualism in High Park

Live comedy these days: Funny strange or funny ha-ha?

Tarragon Theatre returns with an audio adaption of David French’s Leaving Home that makes you miss the first, second and third walls

Wajdi Mouawad’s Alphonse brings in-person theatre back to Toronto

Porchside Songs: The joys of getting musical theatre delivered to your home

Elena Lobsanova shines like the sun in Romeo and Juliet

All-male troupe raises the barre by taking balletic parody to hilarious extremes at Winter Garden Theatre

In Necessary Angel’s The Events, a massacre silences the singing, but not the song

This Sunday in the Park with George features musical-theatre MVPs - and a cameo by the DVP

National Ballet’s Angels’ Atlas brings a glimpse into the infinite

In Us/Them, a pair of children held hostage in Beslan tell their story from a cool distance

A comedy about brain injury and Wilder Penfield? Lucid Ludic’s Brain Storm is like The Knick crossed with slapstick

Lady Sunrise, set among the crazy rich and the working poor in Vancouver, introduces a bright young talent

How to Fail as a Popstar is a qualified success for Vivek Shraya at Canadian Stage

Grounded, starring Carly Street as a fighter pilot, never really takes off

Canada’s Ballet Jorgen’s Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet offers an inventive but rushed portrayal

Swan Lake swaps a fairy-tale ending for a chilling psychological realism

Dear Lin-Manuel Miranda: Hamilton was worth waiting for, but why you gotta disrespect Toronto?

Toronto Dance Theatre prepares to say farewell to Christopher House with beautifully performed House Mix

Anywhere But Here contains a meaningful story that isn’t told the best way

This Was the World at Tarragon Theatre is a sly and screwy take on the campus culture wars

Radical Vitality is a cathartic celebration of the choreography of Marie Chouinard