Theatre Reviews

Wildfire may be a dark comedy, but it sparks joy at Factory Theatre

Too True to Be Good at the Shaw Festival is a premonition of Samuel Beckett – and of Tucker Carlson

The Shaw Festival’s Gaslight rewrite is a gas - too bad copyright extension is going to spoil the fun

Review: The Shaw Festival takes a wild swing at Damn Yankees. At least Lola’s got heart

Is God Is has the satisfying structure of an action movie

Review: Among Men at Factory Theatre, and Three Women of Swatow at Tarragon Theatre

In winning Boy Falls from The Sky, Jake Epstein shines a light on the dark side of Broadway – up to a point

Grow, Colleen and Akiva’s new musical comedy about Amish twins and cannabis trade, could be the next Come From Away

Cirque du Soleil’s Kurios is still a steampunk sensation - but its clown routines belong on the junk heap

Emotions well, then burst in Pipeline, Soulpepper’s long-awaited return to in-person theatre

Theatrical adaptation of Room at Princess of Wales Theatre is the most intense, uncompromising version yet

The Antipodes at Coal Mine and Orphan Song at Tarragon Theatre explore stories and the prehistoric

Orphans for the Czar is a wicked, funny return to form for George F. Walker

Garth Drabinsky’s new Broadway musical Paradise Square shows an old producer can learn new tricks

Shaw Festival 2022: Cyrano de Bergerac is a socially distanced romance to make you swoon and shiver in-person again

Other People at Canadian Stage: Daniel Brooks explores ‘this living dying thing’ in stream of consciousness and silence

Tarragon Theatre’s Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers turns a hashtag back into a life

White Girls in Moccasins by manidoons collective welcomes audiences back to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

The culture wars are coming to dinner in Jason Sherman’s new play

Tarragon Theatre’s Light sheds judgement in favour of acceptance

In Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer, nothing is sacred (and that’s a good thing)

Gloria - finally, a media satire that really hits the mark

Second City Toronto’s Welcome Back to the Future is a happy return, but to a new home

Landing Tyrone Huntley for the Toronto stop of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar was a huge coup

Dolly Parton’s musical take on A Christmas Carol is a fun return to the theatre, but needs some fine-tuning

Don’t call No Change in the Weather ready-for-Broadway

Crow’s Theatre’s MixTape is a solo show that will teach you why love is listening

National Ballet returns with the prophetic Angels’ Atlas, Soul and Serenade

The Spectators’ Odyssey - o dell’Inferno will help you get your steps in, but not much else

Draw Me Close: Discover life inside an NFB animated short in this cutting-edge yet nostalgic VR/theatre hybrid at Soulpepper

Exploring memory and metaphysics, Rosa Laborde’s True is as good as we remember

Opera Atelier’s Angel will be heavenly for lovers of music, but storytelling event is overselling it