Theatre

Mahabharata and A Strange Loop lead the way in 2025 Toronto Theatre Critics Awards

Toronto, ON – The Canadian premiere of the groundbreaking musical A Strange Loop and a bold new retelling of Mahabharata are the big winners in the 2025 Toronto Theatre Critics Awards (TTCA), each scooping up three prizes. The Soulpepper Theatre, Musical Stage Company, Crow’s Theatre, and TO Live production of Michael R. Jackson’s A Strange Loop won awards for best production of […]

Theatre Review – Theatre Centre/Game of Life (Elephant and Lucy AI), created by bluemouth inc.

Review of a deeply moving multi disciplinary performance created by a revered collective.

Theatre Review – Native Earth & Buddies in Bad Times/The Born-Again Crow, written by Caleigh Crow, directed by Jessica Carmichael, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, closes Mar. 29.

A review of an impressive award-winning play with strong Indigenous roots.

Theatre/Dance Mini Reviews: Three Shows That Close Nov. 10, 2024 – Phantasmagoria 3D (Eldritch Theatre), Dead Broke (Lost Dreams Collective), & Seven Gates Immersive Dance Film (Yasmina Ramzy Arts)

A quick look at a 3D horror show, a horror comedy play, and a mystical immersive dance film.

Theatre Review – Theatre Passe Muraille / The Flin Flon Cowboy

A compelling and brutally honest
autobiographical musical about gay disabled artist, actor, singer, Ken Harrower.

Theatre Review – Canadian Stage, Volcano Productions, Why Not Theatre & The Woman Cultural Centre, Rwanda/The Book of Life by Odile Gakire Katese and Ross Manson

Posted on September 24, 2019, updated on September 24, 2019 by pcitron

A heartfelt play detailing one woman’s attempt at reconciliation after the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Theatre Review – Theatre Centre, Hong Kong Exile & fu-Gen Theatre/No Foreigners with text by David Yee

Posted on September 22, 2019, updated on September 22, 2019 by pcitron

Multi-media/live performance fusion exploring the zeitgeist of Chinese malls.

Theatre Review – Soulpepper/Betrayal by Harold Pinter

Posted on September 6, 2019, updated on September 6, 2019 by pcitron

A Harold Pinter classic about an extramarital affair and its insidious web of lies and deceits.

Theatre Review – Blyth Festival 2019/In the Wake of Wettlaufer by Kelly McIntosh and Gil Garratt

Posted on August 16, 2019, updated on September 2, 2019 by pcitron

A provocative and disturbing drama about children dealing with their father’s dimentia, and the devastating fallout from the Wettlaufer murders.

Theatre Review – Blyth Festival/The Team on the Hill by Dan Needles

Posted on August 14, 2019, updated on August 23, 2019 by pcitron

An engaging play about three generations of a farm family in conflict.