Hard to believe that June is upon us already! It feels like this year has flown by. I’ve seen so much incredible theatre this year, and this will certainly be continuing into June.

Speaking of Hilary – Moving Theatre

Speaking of Hilary is an original one-act play premiering at Toronto’s Red Sandcastle Theatre on June 5th and running until June 9th, 2024. The play is written and directed by Elias Campbell (Just Cuddle, World Away) and stars Hannah Whitmore (Hannah Moscovitch’s In This World) and Jensen Porter (Gay Mean Girls).
Following a traumatic incident, Hilary becomes concerned with health issues to the point of obsession, seeking reassurance from her closest friend.

June 5 – 9
Red Sandcastle Theatre – 922 Queen St. E
https://www.ticketscene.ca/series/1222/

The Caged Bird Sings – The Aga Khan Museum, Modern Times Stage Company, and Theatre ARTaud

Modern Times Stage Company is proud to announce the world premiere of The Caged Bird Sings, specially presented by the Aga Khan Museum in association with Theatre ARTaud, from June 10-26, 2024 in the Museum’s Courtyard. A re-imagining and radical adaptation of Rumi’s “Masnavi”, The Caged Bird Sings reveals a cage within a cage as this surreal piece unfolds for audiences in the round.

June 11 – 26
The Aga Khan Museum – 77 Wynford Drive
https://agakhanmuseum.org/programs/caged-bird

DJ Me Time’s R.A.V.E. – The R.A.V.E. Institute and Outside the March

It’s a dance party. It’s a theatre show. It’s a rave opera for desperate times.
DJ Me Time is one of Toronto’s favourite underground DJs, known for her inclusive events and infectious energy on the decks. While DJs typically mix and blend tracks, this time she’s teamed up with Outside the March to remix live performance styles, bringing interactive theatre to the dancefloor to tell the story of a futuristic wellness start-up and a founder forced to face the music.
The result is an immersive mashup like no other. R.A.V.E. is parody meets autobiography; Black Panther meets Severance; Oprah meets Daft Punk. No rave experience required.
R.A.V.E. blends fact and fiction, imagining DJ Me Time’s alter ego, The Founder, as an Elizabeth Holmes-style character, and the performance itself as the product launch of a new “R.A.V.E.” (Real Audio Visual Experience) technology.
Staged on a dancefloor in a cleared-out cubicle farm at Downsview Airport Lands, audiences are invited to dance for the entire performance as Me Time performs one of her signature sets. Through storytelling and a cast of four dancer-performers, the audience becomes part of the drama.

June 12 – 16
Downsview Airport Lands – 123 Garratt Blvd
https://outsidethemarch.ca/the-experiences/rave/

When You Close Your Eyes – Makeshift Company

Sisters, you’ve been chosen to learn the greatest truth. Makeshift Company is making the official production debut with sister Jessa Richer’s original new horror musical, “When You Close Your Eyes.” the direction and the dramaturgy by sister Ally Chozik.
Abandon the container, and come learn what lies beyond this world. Don’t be a bad sister and miss it.
The Mother Moon invites all its children into the desolate town, where sister Delaney, led by sister Vera finally finds what we all search for … The Escape. The sisters ask the question … what is the real want? How far would you go to get it? Cut the strings, and find out. For when you close your eyes is when you really see.

As of May 27, all performances are completely sold out.

June 12 – 17
Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace – 16 Ryerson Ave
https://ca.patronbase.com/_TheatrePasseMuraille/Productions?_gl=11wznpek_gcl_auMTQ0MTM4MTM4MC4xNzE3NDI5MTA4_gaNjM0ODIyMjkxLjE3MDk1ODU0MDg._ga_KYEP0FP9Y6*MTcxNzQyOTEwNy41LjEuMTcxNzQyOTExNC41My4wLjA.&_ga=2.230084441.49806335.1717429108-634822291.1709585408

Tommy Rhodes: A New True Crime Musical – Basement Productions

In the southern U.S., in the times before DNA testing, two young boys go missing. Then, a few years later, one boy reappears… and both the mothers of the missing kids somehow become convinced that this is their son.

June 18-22
Red Sandcastle Theatre – 922 Queen St. E
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/BasementProductionstoronto/e-qagdgr

Paul and Linda Plan a Threesome – Here For Now Theatre

A WORLD PREMIERE! An uptight Rosedale couple encounter a hilariously disastrous night when they try to open-mindedly plan a threesome to save their marriage.

June 19 – July 6
Stratford Perth Museum – 4275 Huron Road RR#5, Stratford
https://www.herefornowtheatre.com/threesome

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