Do you ever feel stuck on the hamster wheel of life? What would you be willing to do to set yourself free? Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 classic explores cultural expectations for women through the eyes of a young woman who’s stifled by her life. This production, directed by Michelle Soicher, features exceptional design, and fantastic performances…
How many birds can you save before you decide to save yourself? Jamie, who has a job clear cutting Nova Scotia’s bountiful forests, is far more preoccupied with the damage he’s doing to the environment than the damage that’s occurring in his own life. Bone Cage, written by Catherine Banks and directed by Cassidy Sadler,…
There’s a strange rumbling coming from underneath the Red Sandcastle Theatre...could it be a portal to the lost land of Lemuria? You’ll have to experience Phantasmagoria 3D! to find out! Performed and created by Kira Hall, Michelle Urbano and Eric Woolfe, Phantasmagoria 3D! brings historical horror to the big screen in a way that only…
There are two rules to theatre: “The show must go on” and “Shit happens.” Playing Shylock, written by Mark Leiren-Young and directed by Martin Kinch, exemplifies these rules with its own unique twists and turns. Starring legend of stage and screen Saul Rubinek, Playing Shylock is an intensely personal look at Rubinek’s life and his…
How are we in November already? It feels like the fall has simply FLOWN by! But we’ve had some amazing theatrical adventures this month, with plenty more on the way. What the Constitution Means to Me – Soulepper Theatre and Nightwood Theatre in association with Necessary Angel and Talk is Free Theatre What the Constitution…
As always, there’s amazing theatre happening all over the GTA and beyond! Let me know if you make it out to any of these stunning productions! In the GTA One Man, No City Vivek Srikanthan is an astronaut! Well… not really. But he might as well be in the cold, isolation of the cosmos as…
“You only have one story” and Lucy Barton is ready to tell hers. My Name is Lucy Barton, written by Elizabeth Strout and adapted for the stage by Rona Munro, is a harrowing tale of Lucy’s fight for her life, both as a child and as an adult spending nine weeks in the hospital. Maev…
My second day at Next Stage Festival was just as thrilling and eventful as the first. I saw the other two shows being offered in the Chamber at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, which are This Feels Like The End and The Noose. Two remarkably different stories, both told in their own unique styles; this…
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…
So much theatre, so little time! Thankfully, so far this list isn’t very long, but I’ll update it as I hear about more exciting things! In the GTA Sankofa: The Soldier’s Tale Retold – Art of Time Ensemble Sankofa: The Soldier’s Tale Retold reimagines Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat in a new libretto by poet…
A View from the Box 