Content Warning: The following review mentions abuse, guns, violence, and adult subject matter. “I need you to listen to me!" Medea pleads with us, with her audience, with her daughters. “I need you to listen to me.” Afraid they’ll perpetuate the same cycle of poor choices she has, all she wants us to do is…
Toronto Toronto Sketchfest TOsketchfest is carefully curated to showcase the most exciting comedic voices from across North America. The 2026 festival features its largest lineup to date, presenting over 70 high-energy showcases by more than 75 comedy troupes, spanning contemporary sketch comedy, drag, storytelling, musical comedy, and clown.The festival also proudly presents the 9th annual…
The sound of knitting needles greeted me as I walked into the BMO Incubator at The Theatre Centre. But it wasn’t a pre-show sound effect, there were folks knitting as they waited for the show to start. Many others were clad in knit goods, a product of the cold but also showing enthusiasm for the…
Ten minutes. In the grand scheme of things, ten minutes isn’t a very long time. But for Vic, ten minutes feels like a lifetime. Chelsea Woolley’s Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs, directed by the incomparable Andrea Donaldson, explores the inner workings of our minds, and how that affects every aspect of our…
Imagine waking up for the first time. You haven't been asleep, but you haven't been awake either. No one around you notices. What is different? What has changed? Will this society cast you out as defective? Can you return? And even if you do return, will it be what you remembered? Devon Healey’s Rainbow on…
The hair salon is a sacred space; women to go unburden themselves, to feel glamorous and pampered, and in a small town, that salon community is even more tight knit. Steel Magnolias allows the audience to be a fly on the wall in one such salon in Louisiana, how their lives intertwine and how they…
It was another fabulous day at the Fringe Festival! I had three shows at three venues in the city’s east end, and ran into plenty of friends both old and new. I thoroughly enjoyed all three shows, and I’m hoping you have your tickets for them, because two of the three are already sold out!…
I had another fabulous day at Fringe! I spent the whole day at Soulpepper, and got to see so many friends! It’s so great bumping into folks and getting to connect with them at the Fringe! Maurice Henry Carter and Doug Tjapkes Next Stage Festival - Justice for Maurice Henry Carter - Arbez Drama Projects…
It was a HOT day at Fringe! But it was also a full day of seeing shows, having delicious meals, and running into lovely friends. The community is what I love the most about Fringe and today was a great reminder of that. Photo by Mia Safdie James & Eddie - Skylark Productions What do…
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…
A View from the Box 