Hop on the Greyhound and take a trip into the Rockies of creator and performer Tiffany Thomas’ mind with The Rocky Mountain Special. A delightful mix of original songs and storytelling make The Rocky Mountain Special a one-of-a-kind journey. So grab your bag and your guitar, and a spare scuba tank if you’ve got one,…
Soundstreams has kicked off their 41st season with their presentation of The Bright Divide. A brand new programme featuring compositions by Morton Feldman and Cecilia Livingston with Duncan McFarlane, The Bright Divide is an immersive, multi-faceted experience at the new TD Music Hall. Full of passion and meaning, The Bright Divide is the perfect way…
October was a total whirlwind! So many incredible shows giving me PLENTY to write about! November is going to be no different; there’s tons going on around the city! I only wish I could make it to everything! Make sure you check out not just this post, but also my Beyond the Box post to…
Back at the post for another race is Gareth Williams and Anna Chatterton’s award-winning opera Rocking Horse Winner. Directed by Michael Hidetoshi Mori, with musical direction by Kamna Gupta, Rocking Horse Winner brings the short story by D.H. Lawrence to life. Talented vocalists, stunning design, and a mesmerizing score puts Rocking Horse Winner several lengths…
Hallowe’en would not be complete without a trip to the most spooky theatre in town for a ghoulish tale or two from our favourite necormancer and magician Doc Wuthergloom. This year, he’s taking audiences on a harrowing journey full of ghouls, goblins, and a kapre (oh my!) with Doc Wuthergloom’s Here There Be Monsters. Full…
An unexpected meeting with blue invitations, lovers scorned and seeking closure, murders most foul...what better material for a musical?!? Love You To Death: A New Canadian Musical, directed by Caitlin Turner, certainly thinks so and they’ve created a twisty tale of love, deceit, heartbreak, and sabotage. With memorable characters, catchy songs, and a well-built story,…
The first production of Opera Atelier’s 2023/2024 season is Gluk’s Orpheus and Eurydice. Originally commissioned for the court of Marie Antoinette, this beautiful love story is now on stage at the historic Elgin Theatre. Masterfully done, as I’ve come to expect from Opera Atelier, Orpheus and Eurydice is an opulent night at the opera. Orpheus…
East Coast music and imagination are on stage at the whimsical Winter Garden Theatre in Terra Bruce Productions’ The Wild Rovers. Using the music of Irish-Canadian band The Irish Rovers and bringing to life the magic of their television show, The Wild Rovers is a wild trip into a fairy tale world where anything can…
Toronto Fringe is back with its Next Stage Festival; similar to Fringe, it’s short form works which are now in their next stage of development. This year’s festival is their sixteenth year giving artists another opportunity to showcase their works and their talents on the Toronto Fringe stage. The whole festival takes place at Buddies…
Walter Borden is here to rock our worlds, and change our perspectives, with his solo show The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time. Dealing with everything from legacy to memory and how we pass all of that on, Borden’s incredible work is a moving, thought-provoking look at our lives and how we choose to stitch them…
A View from the Box 