Music is magic: a song can express a part of our souls that we’re too afraid to. Carolyn Fe and her ghostly group are lifting their voices, and potentially more than just the spirits of the audiences, with their concert Grave Songs: A Concert to Thin the Veil. With pieces from France to Broadway, this…
May I have the definition please? Could you use it in a sentence? What’s the country of origin? If you’ve watched even one round of the Scripp’s National Spelling Bee, you know these questions. But are YOU ready to take on the Bee yourself? Directed by Jennifer Walls, with music direction by Michael Ipplito, and…
Could there possibly be a show at the centre of a Venn diagram of clever 80’s references, musical theatre, and the hit Netflix show “Stranger Things”? There is only one that fits the bill: Stranger Sings. Directed by Zachary Mansfield, this parody musical has a little something for everyone, not just die-hard fans of the…
Taking in a holiday show is such a great way to spend a chilly winter evening. Even better when you could keep coming back night after night as no two shows could possibly be the same! Bad Dog Theatre is presenting their hit show Holiday! An Improvised Musical in association with Factory Theatre this holiday…
“Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!” to the hottest spot in all of Berlin, the Kit Kat Club. Take a trip into the daring underground of 1930’s Germany with Kander and Ebb’s classic Cabaret. An ambitious production from Horrorshow Productions, a relatively new theatre company in the Toronto scene, Cabaret offers an immersive experience from the moment you…
“Who can take tomorrow? Dip it in a dream. Separate the sorrow and collect up all the cream?” The candy man, Willy Wonka, of course! Young People’s Theatre is putting their own spin on the Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to dazzle audience members of all ages. Directed by the inimitable Thom…
Welcome sun-seeds! Joy is overjoyed to have you at her “wellness retreat” for the next three months! Such a warm welcome couldn’t come from a cult...could it? Seven strangers think they’re signing up for a life-changing experience, but what they endure is more scary than sunny. Not A Cult: The Musical is an ambitious new…
The Toronto Fringe Festival’s Next Stage Festival is back for its 17th year, and once again this year they have 6 exciting shows on offer. All 6 shows take place at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, with four of them in the main Chamber space, and the other two in the Cabaret space. On its…
“Ladies and gentlemen, whether you like it or not, HEDWIG!” John Cameron Mitchell’s opening line to his queer masterpiece Hedwig and the Angry Inch reverberates through the theatre as “America the Beautiful” begins to sound on the electric guitar. Though technically a musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a rock concert, history lesson, and…
What would you do for a Timbit? Would you compete in semi-athletic events? Run out into a blizzard (just once...okay twice)? Steal for your best friend? Or maybe even ask out the boy you like? Nine strangers are faced with this dilemma as their Timbit supplies dwindle while they’re trapped in a Tim Hortons during…
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