Toronto
Concord Floral – Pucker’s
Inside a deserted suburban greenhouse, ten teenagers are bound by secrets they cannot escape. As whispers spread and shadows grow, a mysterious plague seeps into their lives, forcing them to confront the choices they’ve made—and the ghosts they’ve left behind. Inspired by The Decameron, Concord Floral collides the ordinary with the surreal: text messages and late-night walks are pierced by visions, while the safety of friendship fractures into betrayal, fear, and reckoning.
October 8 – 12
The Theatre Centre – 1115 Queen St W
https://theatrecentre.org/event/concord-floral-2025/
I Love To Have To Do This – Gillian Barrolucci
Gillian Bartolucci will tape her debut comedy special I Love to Have to Do This on Saturday, October 4 for two shows at The Assembly Theatre in Toronto. Gillian Bartolucci will take the stage with a best-of collection from her signature solo sketch work in this live, filmed event that will be released to YouTube at a later date. Directed by Carly Heffernan, I Love to Have to Do This celebrates ten years of hysterical characters and epic monologues from Gillian Bartolucci – recorded live for the very first time.
October 4
The Assembly Theatre – 1479 Queen St W
DARKFIELD: SÉANCE and FLIGHT
Staged inside purpose-built 40-foot shipping containers, these genre-defying works combine 360° binaural sound, total darkness, and precise environmental effects to transport participants into uncanny alternate realities. With over 700,000 attendees worldwide and appearances at Venice Film Festival, Tribeca, SXSW, and Edinburgh Fringe, DARKFIELD is recognized globally as a leader in boundary-pushing immersive theatre.
October 4 – November 9
STACKT Market – 28 Bathurst St
Fall For Dance North
This year’s iteration of the festival presents three mainstage signature mixed programs showcasing a diverse range of contemporary and classical dance styles from some of the world’s leading dance artists. FFDN 2025 will also introduce two new audience experiences: a uniquely intimate 45-minute dance series with front row only seating, and a dance and visual arts combo at OCAD U with free adjacent programming at the AGO for FFDN ticket holders.
Highlights include:
- a performance from the UK’s Royal Ballet
- the Canadian debuts of UK-based Dickson Mbi Company and US artist Sekou McMiller
- Reverence from Toronto’s own Ethan Colangelo, performed by The National Ballet of Canada
- and a rare international appearance from India’s large, all-female Kathak ensemble Nad-Roop Company.
October 15 – 26
Various venues in Toronto
GO – Laura Piccinin
“GO” is the story of a 336km hike no one asked Laura Piccinin to go on. Much like wanting to go on a beach vacation and accidentally ending up on Survivor, the East Coast Trail of Newfoundland proved to be beyond the expectations, and capabilities, of this first-time thru-hiker.
Following a journey of trying not to die in the woods, Laura Piccinin recounts the stories of her life, reflecting on fear, bravery, and the stupefying concept of being out in the world as, “WOMAN ALONE”.
October 15 – 19
Theatre Passe Muraille – 16 Ryerson Ave
https://www.laurapiccinin.com/-go
The Mush Hole – Young People’s Theatre
YPT is honoured to present Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s The Mush Hole, a powerful theatrical dance performance woven from the testimonials of two generations of Survivors of the Mohawk Institute Residential School. Created by one of Canada’s leading dance artists, Santee Smith from the Kahnyen’kehàka (Mohawk) Nation, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, this production plays a vital artistic role in education, remembrance, and reconciliation in Canada.
The all-Indigenous cast takes audiences inside the bricks and mortars of the Mohawk Institute, which children called the Mush Hole for the gruel they were fed. Through striking contemporary dance, immersive video, and a cinematic musical score the production reflects the realities of the Residential School experience.
October 6 – 17
Young People’s Theatre – 165 Front St E
https://www.youngpeoplestheatre.org/shows-tickets/the-mush-hole/
Les Ballets Trockadaro De Monte Carlo – Show One Productions
Following the company’s 2020 sold out appearance in Toronto, the Trocks are back with a glittering new program of fabulous frothy fun. The New York Post raved “The Trocks may show you to laugh at ballet, but they also teach you to love it.” Reviewing a performance at the esteemed Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the Berkshire Edge raved “The Trocks gracefully and ingeniously combine slapstick, farce, and clowning with the pure artistry of dance.” The New York Times sums it up, calling the performance “brilliant… riveting.”
Brimming with breathtaking artistry and rampant sauciness, the cross-dressing company will lovingly skewer such audience favourites as Swan Lake and The Dying Swan, as well as unveil a fresh batch of highbrow hilarity with the Toronto premiere of the contemporary work, Metal Garden, choreographed by Sean Curran.
Oct 18 and 19
The Winter Garden Theatre – 189 Yonge St
https://showoneproductions.ca/event/trockadero-canada-2025/
Comedy is Art – The Theatre Centre
Welcome to year six of our Comedy is Art festival, with three nights of comedy, over 20 comics from across Toronto and beyond, with shows including Andrew Phung and Friends, Not Hamilton Improvised, Nkasi Ogbonnah’s Afronaut, and more, plus a serious day of comedy with Bad Dog Theatre.
This year’s festival brings 7:00pm and 9:00pm shows with estimated run times between 60-75 minutes. All shows are intended for adult audiences (18+) unless otherwise noted.
New this year, Comedy is Art is hosting a day of Our Cities On Our Stages, Bad Dog Theatre’s groundbreaking symposium on inclusion and diversity. This full day of activities (workshop, presentation, dialogue) will dovetail into an improv presentation as part of Comedy is Art.
October 23 – 25
The Theatre Centre – 1115 Queen St W
https://theatrecentre.org/event/comedy-is-art-2025/
Antigone – Sunbeam Theatre
Confidential Musical Theatre Project
What is the Confidential Musical Theatre Project?
A show is cast. The cast is sworn to secrecy about their role and the title of the show they’re performing. There are no rehearsals. The cast prepare on their own with notes from the Director and Music Director. The cast arrives one hour before performance time and meet each other for the first time. The audience arrives, not knowing what show they’re about to see. The show begins and the secret is revealed.
October 25
Christ Church Deer Park – 1570 Yonge Street Toronto
Tapestry Briefs: Under Where?
Tapestry Briefs: Under Where? is a collection of ten hot-off-the-press opera shorts that take audiences on an immersive, tragic, absurd, and beautiful journey. This intimate production features the work of eight dynamic Canadian creators—composers Rebecca Gray, Saman Shahi, Roydon Tse, Keith Klassen, and Prokhor Protasoff, with librettists Rachel Gray, Sarah Henstra, Keith Klassen, and Christene Adina Browne.
October 16 – 19
Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre – 877 Yonge St Toronto
https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapestry-briefs-underwhere/
The Burton Experience: An Immersive Halloween Pop-Up Bar
Step into the delightfully twisted world of Tim Burton at The Burton Experience, the 2nd edition of Novotel Toronto Centre’s one-of-a-kind Halloween pop-up bar. Where whimsy dances with the macabre, this immersive celebration brings Burton’s most iconic creations to (after)life, with hauntingly fun appearances by the likes of Beetlejuice, Wednesday Addams, and more surprise guests lurking in the shadows… 👀
Expect spine-chilling cocktails, surreal decor straight from your favorite Burton films, and a vibe that’s equal parts quirky and creepy. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or just love a good scare with a side of style, this is not your average Halloween hangout.
On now until Halloween!
The Novotel Toronto – 45 The Esplanade Toronto
Where the Wild Things Are – Young People’s Theatre’s
Young People’s Theatre (YPT) is thrilled to present Where the Wild Things Are from Niagara’s Carousel Players. Hot on the heels of last year’s sold-out sensation, Max roars back by popular demand, inviting audiences ages 3-7 and their grownups to join a magical, interactive journey.
This delightful production transports young and old into Max’s bedroom where together they help make the forest grow and grow until it becomes the world all around. There in the legendary land of the Wild Things, Max faces a crucial decision: rule the wild rumpus or return home?
October 18 – November 2
Young People’s Theatre – 165 Front St E
https://www.youngpeoplestheatre.org/shows-tickets/where-the-wild-things-are/
The Magic Flute – Opera Atelier
One of the most popular productions in Opera Atelier’s repertoire, The Magic Flute is a dazzling blend of comedy and fantasy, in which dragons and spirits roam and perseverance is rewarded by true love. The family-friendly production will open Opera Atelier’s 2025/26 season, fully staged and directed by Opera Atelier Co-Artistic Director Marshall Pynkoski and choreographed by Opera Atelier Co-Artistic Director Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg.
The Magic Flute will include a number of artists making their role debuts, including internationally acclaimed coloratura soprano Rainelle Krause. She will be making her highly anticipated Opera Atelier debut as the Queen of the Night, following triumphs in the role at the Dutch National Opera and the English National Opera.
October 15 – 19
Elgin Theatre – 189 Yonge Street
https://www.operaatelier.com/mozarts-the-magic-flute/
Montreal
Stone and Bone Spectacular – Centaur Theatre
Blending rich oral narratives with old Kahnawà:ke showmanship, Stone and Bone Spectacular follows “Ramrock” as his mind wanders through time, making his way back to his lover “Two Dogs” as she is moved across the island through centuries. With stories alternately caring and chilling, glorious and gory, the characters recount histories of the land Centaur now occupies, stories unearthed through a mix of archaeology and artistry.
October 15 – 26
Centaur Theatre – 453 Saint Francois Xavier St
https://centaurtheatre.com/shows/stone-and-bone-spectacular/
White Lion, Brown Tiger – Teesri Duniya Theatre
This darkly witty and action-packed piece takes place in 2019 in a thrift shop, where a heated exchange between two Sri Lankan employees—Lasantha, a Sinhalese-Canadian, and Rishan, a recent Tamil immigrant—breaks out into a fight. Their manager Tiffany tries to defuse the situation, bringing intracultural tensions and racial politics to the fore. However, there is more to the conflict than the two men are letting on… Audiences will shift from laughing at the absurdity to shocked silence.
October 11 – 23
Rangshala Studio – Cité-des-Hospitalières, 251 av. des Pins Ouest
https://teesriduniyatheatre.com/
CULT PLAY – Imago Theatre
What would you do if the life you always dreamed of came at a price you never expected?
October 22 – November 2
Segal Centre for Performing Arts – 5170 Chem. de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
https://www.imagotheatre.ca/cult-play
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