The Haunting – UnSpun Theatre
UnSpun Theatre invites Toronto audiences to experience The Haunting, a performance for one audience member at a time. Critically acclaimed theatre creator Shira Leuchter explores the ghosts that have haunted us in this performance-meets-séance that offers audiences the unique experience to participate in a long-form one-to-one performance. Shira leads a guided tour through her own personal hauntings and curiosities: a ghost that haunted her pre-teen bedroom, her childhood visit with a local psychic named Bunny, and her encounter with a downtown bed and breakfast that claims to be haunted by ghost dogs. Featuring animated objects, archival interviews and projection, The Haunting asks what happens when we invite our ghosts into the room with us.
April 3 – 29
88 Nassau Street
https://www.unspuntheatre.com/
The Last Five Years – ASV Media Group
The Last Five Years is an intimate, two-person musical by Jason Robert Brown that chronicles the rise and fall of a New York marriage between Novelist Jamie (Daniel Goldman) and actress Cathy (Mai-Yin Johnston). It is known for its unique, non-linear structure: Jamie’s story moves chronologically forward, while Cathy’s moves backward, meeting only once at their wedding.
April 18 – 19
877 Yonge St
https://www.asvmediagroup.com/productions
The Room Upstairs – Holla Jazz
Choreographed by Holla Jazz Founding Artistic Director Natasha Powell, The Room Upstairs is an ode to Coltrane’s indelible creative legacy — not simply his music, but the singular process behind it. Inspired by the special room in Coltrane’s family home where he retreated to practice and create, Powell’s choreography explores the dissolution of the boundary between art and life, set to a live score featuring some of his most celebrated works — “Giant Steps,” “Naima,” and “My Favourite Things” — performed by a six-piece ensemble.
April 29 – May 2
Winchester Street Theatre – 80 Winchester Street
https://www.hollajazz.com/the-room-upstairs
Bonnes Bonnes – A Nervous Hunter production presented by Factory Theatre and Théâtre français de Toronto
Sophie, Meilie and Wai Yin, three Chinese women, come together to watch a video adaptation Sophie made of the classic play The Maids (Les Bonnes) by Jean Genet. Together as they watch the video – where two Chinese women play the maids and fantasize their revenge on their Madame – the friends speak candidly about their childhood, their love-hate relationship with whiteness, the colonization of their minds, and Crazy Rich Asians. They discuss their evolving feelings about their Chinese identity; from shame to pride to deep concern, especially in a world where China’s financial and political power continues to grow. And why do an adaptation of a play by a dead white guy anyway? Differences amongst the women emerge and tensions grow until Sophie’s desire for revenge on whiteness boils over.
Bonnes Bonnes combines documentary theatre, live on-stage cooking, projections and movement to explore how we can heal from the wounds of internalized racism. The play is also a big middle finger to everyone who made fun of the smell of our lunches at school.
April 15 – 26
Factory Theatre – 125 Bathurst St
https://www.factorytheatre.ca/shows/bonnes-bonnes/
Resurgir | Resurgence – Tonalli Dance Productions
Resurgir | Resurgence is a story of transformation, rooted in Hispanic Rock music, ritual, and rebirth. A soul awakens among marigolds and is guided through the memories of a lifetime – childhood, love, loss, and beyond.
April 24 and 25
Aki Studio Theatre – 585 Dundas St E
https://tonallidancepro.wixsite.com/tonallidance/events
Boys With Cars – Young People’s Theatre
Does high school feel like a minefield of unspoken rules? Follow Naz as she navigates the chaotic world of her suburban school where cultures clash, and fitting in can come at a serious price. From award-winning playwright and actor Anita Majumdar, this powerful coming-of-age piece fuses theatre and classical Indian dance as it takes you into the messy realities of privilege, power, and consent. Get ready for raw honesty and a mesmerizing performance – all set to a soundtrack that blends Bollywood bangers and classical Indian music with hip-hop beats. This fearless production will leave you thinking long after the lights go down.
April 13 – 24
Young People’s Theatre – 165 Front St E
https://www.youngpeoplestheatre.org/shows-tickets/boys-with-cars/
Spotlight at The Second City – Second City
Spotlight at The Second City is back this spring with their monthly showcase on April 14 and 15, 2026 at The Second City’s Theatre ‘73 in Toronto with Amish Famous by Spencer Glassman, and sketch comedy trio Best By Far.
Amish Famous is a solo sketch musical directed by Zoe Marin (Small Friend Tall Friend) and written by and starring Spencer Glassman. Amish Famous is about an Amish girl who defies her Bishop father by leaving home to audition for American Idol – told from the perspective of the detective investigating her subsequent disappearance.
Best By Far delivers a unique, stripped down version of sketch comedy letting go of the typical “lights up, lights down” as their scenes endlessly chain with an informally cool sensibility. With content ranging from quick one liners, impressions, and painfully drawn out cringe, Brody Wilkinson-Martin, Rachel Sellan, and Austin Anonsen keep the audience craving more with their high energy sets.
April 14 and 15
The Second City – 1 York St
Murder at Mosquito Cove: The Murder of Elfreda Pike, 1870. The Play – Walnut Productions
It is said that disturbed spirits with an unjust action foisted against them can’t achieve their eternal rest until the truth has been told.
16-year-old Elfreda Pike’s body was discovered on January 6th 1870 on Featherbed Road behind a blood-soaked boulder, her clothes torn from the waist down and disfigured.
Horror spreads through the communities of Mosquito Cove and nearby Harbour Grace; with an invasive, police investigation probing into the lives of the townsfolk.
Was it Thomas Pike [no relation], Elfreda’s beau? Elfreda’s brother-in-law Ray Thomey who shortly before his marriage to Elfreda’s sister Harriet was caught kissing Elfreda in the stable loft? Or a mysterious man in a long black coat seen walking Featherbed Road with Elfreda shortly before she was killed?
It will take 50 years before the true murderer is discovered.
A drop dead mystery you won’t want to miss.
April 10 – 19
Alumnae Theatre Company – 70 Berkeley Street
West Side Story: Film with Live Orchestra – Glatz Concerts and TO Live
With the original film projected on the big screen in high definition, Leonard Bernstein’s iconic music will be performed by a full symphony orchestra under the baton of conductor Evan Mitchell, with the film’s original vocals and dialogue.
A timeless story of forbidden love, this Oscar-winning classic is a moving portrait of connection in a dangerous, divided world. Winner of 10 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, West Side Story is considered one of the greatest achievements in the history of movie musicals.
Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, this modern-day retelling of Romeo and Juliet features Robbins’ electrifying choreography, with lyrics by renowned musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim, a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince adapted from Arthur Laurents’ book.
April 17 and 18
Meridian Hall – 1 Front St E
Knife – Stagepunk Theatre
In London, Ontario, Tanner and Isaac are door-to-door knife salesmen for an international corporation. In the mornings before their shifts, they drink homemade wine, smoke, and talk about their old friends that were lucky enough to get out of the city. Tanner’s marriage is failing. Isaac is celebrating his one-year anniversary with his long-term girlfriend. But when recent high school graduate Luke joins their team, a new, unlikely friendship begins to bud. What happens when a thirty-something in a dead-end job forms a close bond with his eighteen-year-old coworker? Are they actually similar, or are they both desperate to find someone who shares their same loneliness?
Knife is a dramatic, sharp comedy about work, purpose, and not being able to connect with people your own age.
April 22 – 26
The Theatre Centre – 1115 Queen St W
https://theatrecentre.org/event/knife-stagepunk-theatre/
The Time of Monsters: Three Short Plays – 15 to 10 International Film Festival
Our title takes inspiration from the famous quote by Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci, who wrote: “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” We feel that this phrase, and our three plays, reflect the bizarre, chaotic and often terrifying times we’re living in. Join us for a night of absurdist comedy, explosive political commentary and outrageous satire at The Time of Monsters triple bill!
April 19
Sweet Action Theatre – 180 Shaw St
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