What can you do with a white canvas? Not a blank canvas, mind you, a white one...with white paint in vaguely diagonal lines. Such a white canvas becomes the catalyst for a life-changing evening amongst friends in Yasmina Reza’s ART. Directed by Chloë Rose Flowers and using the translation by Christopher Hampton, ART is less…
Can you recall the most decadent meal you’ve ever had? It was probably for a special occasion, right? Well what about the end of the world, what does one eat at a feast while the Earth crumbles around them? Guillermo Verdecchia’s Feast is just that, morsel after delicious morsel of poignant dialogue and intriguing storytelling.…
At the end of the world there’s a cabaret being performed, and you have been invited. Safely tucked away from the plague ravaging the nation, the Prospero Compound is happy to have you and this performance is sure to raise everyone’s spirits! Written and directed by Stella Kulagowski, this uniquely modern and impactful adaptation of…
It begins in darkness. Suddenly there are tortured screams filling the air, seemingly emanating from every corner of the room. We’re in hell, but we won’t be for long, not if Satan has anything to say about it. Erin Shields’ Paradise Lost, which has only become more apropos with time, is given a new and…
We all know that Pride started as a protest, right? But did you know that Toronto’s Pride has a similar origin story? The history of Toronto’s queer village is almost as old as the city itself, and yet few of us know the details. Jonathan Wilson takes audiences back to 1979 in his solo show…
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…
“What do you see?” Two men. Both artists. One older, one younger. Both on a precipice. And RED, so much red. Written by award-winning author John Logan, RED takes audiences inside the studio of Mark Rothko and into the psyche of one of America’s most renowned artists. Directed by Kenzie Dalie, RED is a love…
Robots taking over our jobs, and sometimes our lives, has been the stuff of science fiction as long as the genre has existed. Yet it seems that more and more, those visions of the future are becoming closer to reality. Graham Isador’s TRUCK takes those anxieties about job loss and widespread automation and makes them…
What happens when you’ve had enough? You’re at the end of your rope and you just can’t take another bad thing happening in your life? Do you cry, scream, or both? Or do you try to set the grocery store you were just fired from on fire, like Beth. There is Violence and There is…
Everyone has their own secrets, but when Kai’s mother unexpectedly passes away, she discovers that her mother had been keeping plenty of secrets...about Kai. Carried by the River, written by Diana Tso 曹楓 and directed by William Yong 楊漢源 is about the importance of both ancestry and discovery, told through the eyes of a queer…
A View from the Box 