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 – Tarragon Theatre/Copy That by Jason Sherman

Posted on November 14, 2019, updated on November 20, 2019 by pcitron

An amusing satire on network television featuring the writers’ room.

Theatre Review – Factory Theatre/Trout Stanley by Claudia Dey.

Posted on October 27, 2019, updated on November 1, 2019 by pcitron

Regarded as a Canadian classic, Claudia Dey’s Trout Stanley is a wild ride into the improbable world of the Duchame sisters.

Theatre Review – Obsidian Theatre/Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu

Posted on October 26, 2019, updated on November 6, 2019 by pcitron

A searing, tense-filled look at American race relations and the hopeless lives of young Black men.

Theatre Review – Théâtre français de Toronto/La Cantatrice chauve (The Bald Soprano) by Eugène Ionesco

Posted on October 24, 2019, updated on October 31, 2019 by pcitron

A brilliant production that breathes fresh life into a French classic.

Theatre Review – Soulpepper/Almighty Voice and His Wife by Daniel David Moses

Posted on October 21, 2019, updated on November 6, 2019 by pcitron

An important Canadian classic that looks at the impact of White colonization from an Indigenous point of view. Both beautiful and satiric at the same time.