Tiger Bride – Soulpepper Theatre
A bold genre-defying new musical work from veteran collaborators Frank Cox-O’Connell, Hailey Gillis, and Andrew Penner, this rock-fuelled, punk-infused production, explodes the boundaries of theatre, fusing concert, cabaret, and gothic storytelling into one unforgettable theatrical event. Based on the 1979 short story The Tiger’s Bride by British author Angela Carter, this electrifying song cycle turns Beauty and the Beast inside out. Here, the Beast doesn’t become a man—instead, the Girl becomes something wilder. Blurring the lines between girl and woman, human and animal, power and submission, TIGER BRIDE is a raw, gothic fever dream pulsing with sex, fury, and transformation.
Featuring 16 original songs composed by Cox-O’Connell, Gillis, and Penner—and performed live, both vocally and instrumentally, by the three cast members—the production is a bewitching alchemy of music, performance, and storytelling. Co-created by Cox-O’Connell, Gillis, and Penner and directed by Cox-O’Connell, Soulpepper’s Slaight Family Director of Music, TIGER BRIDE stars Dora Award-winning performer Gillis as the titular character alongside Penner and Landon Doak.
May 29 – June 14
Micheal Young Theatre in the Young Centre for the Performing Arts – 55 Tank House Lane
https://www.soulpepper.ca/performances/tigerbride
American Devotion – By The Word Productions
American Devotion takes us back to 1957 and the Connecticut farmhouse shared by Marilyn Monroe and her celebrated playwright husband, Arthur Miller. In this fictional version of events, Norman Mailer has successfully wangled a coveted invitation for cocktails with the reclusive couple. With McCarthyism running rampant, Miller has been called to testify before the House of Un-American Activities Committee adding further strain to an already besieged marriage. Mailer storms into this delicate situation ready to do battle and claim his prize at any cost but Monroe has plans of her own for the evening’s festivities.
June 3 – 21
Studio Theatre at Streetcar Crowsnest – 345 Carlaw Ave
https://www.crowstheatre.com/shows-events/american-devotion
Louise: The Last Dance – Saint Stella
Louise: The Last Dance fuses live performance, projection, archival media, and dance to ask a question still relevant today; whose stories get told, and whose get buried? Drawing on archival research, period press, and rare documentary footage of Louise filmed weeks before her death, Stella inhabits Louise’s story – giving voice, at last, to a woman who spent her life having her narrative controlled by others.
June 5 & 19
Society Clubhouse – 967 College St.
https://fundrazr.com/52hHN3?ref=ab_5ZKtA2hqzCi5ZKtA2hqzCi
Clue – Wren Theatre
It’s a dark and stormy night, and you’ve been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well… dead! So whodunnit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green. Peacock, and Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up.
Based on the cult classic film and the popular board game, Clue is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist!
June 9 – 14
The Annex Theatre – 73- Bathurst St
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/wrentheatre/2104140
CAMP – Branch Out Theatre
CAMP, juxtaposes two 15 year old girls’ experiences—Lila at Jewish sleepover camp in Canada and Greta- in Auschwitz- a concentration camp. This research and me-search informed play explores themes of womanhood, intergenerational trauma, sisterhood and resilience.
Though separated through time, space and absolutely different life circumstances, both girls share stories of love, shame, sexual violence, overcoming oppression and singing as a form of resistance- leaving the audience with greater appreciation for the triumphs of young women and the importance of healing intergenerational wounds.
June 11 – 14
Sweet Action Theatre – 180 Shaw St.
https://www.universe.com/events/camp-tickets-7J0WC1
The Caged Bird Sings – Tarragon Theatre Presents a Modern Times and Theatre ARTaud Production
Witness a radical re-imagining of Rumi’s “Masnavi”.
The Caged Bird Sings tells the story of three prisoners: two star-crossed lovers and scientists – Rumi and Jin – who share a cell with Sal, a mysterious vagrant. As they navigate their new-found reality and reconcile their past lives, they are haunted by ghosts and demons of their own making.
The Caged Bird Sings explores the literal and metaphorical prisons that we are put in, put ourselves in, and the ones that we create. Inspired by Sufi mysticism and concepts of Fanafillah, the critically-acclaimed production examines our ability to overcome and break out of the cage.
June 9 – 21
Tarragon Theatre Extraspace – 30 Bridgman Ave.
https://tarragontheatre.com/plays/2025-2026/the-caged-bird-sings/
You Must Change Your Life
Ah, you must be disoriented. You must have been paying attention to your own words instead of mine. You must be at the other end. You must be hearing the inside of your own head. You must be superstitious. You must know I am here? YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
A comedy about the absurdity of life and the words that matter.
June 11 – 21
Alumnae Theatre Mainspace – 70 Berkeley St
Sìofra – Spindle Collective
Sìofra is Act II of the Dark Mother Trilogy by Natalia Bushnik and Kathleen Welch. síofra follows a newlywed couple in Belclare, Ireland, in the late 1800’s, and the tragedy that occurs when they build a home on a supposed ‘fairy mound’ underneath the famed Knockma Hill. Exploring the myth of Irish changelings, síofra features an extremely talented ensemble cast and original music by Welch. Join us at the foot of Knockma Hill, Ireland for a play that is both sinister and mysterious.
June 17 – 28
Red Sandcastle Theatre – 922 Queen St E
https://natbushnik0.wixsite.com/spindlecollective/about-3
PUNCH – A New Musical – Presented In Concert – Eclipse Theatre Company and Chaos & Light
Abandoned at birth and raised by humans, Punch grows up between two worlds, never fully fitting into either. When, at the tender age of 6 months, he is released into a troop of 60 monkeys, he faces a world as unfamiliar as it is unforgiving.
Through loneliness, hope, rejection, and love, Punch searches for where he belongs, and the courage to believe he is worthy of it.
June 12 – 21
Factory Theatre – 125 Bathurst
https://www.factorytheatre.ca/event/punch-a-new-musical/2026-06-12/
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