Basement Production’s “Tommy Rhodes”

If your child went missing for a year, would you know them if they returned? More importantly, would they know you? Leslie Rhodes faces this unfathomable situation in Tommy Rhodes, a new true crime musical written by Aveleigh Keller and Mateo Chavez Lewis who also directs. Based on a true story from Louisiana in 1913,…

Beyond the Box – June 2024

There's plenty of theatre happening in the GTA, and in other provinces too! Here's a list of a few other productions which are coming up this month. Discovering Allan Sherman - Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company The songs of Allan Sherman will have you rolling in the aisles as we learn about the man who…

Waiting in the Wings – June, 2024

Hard to believe that June is upon us already! It feels like this year has flown by. I've seen so much incredible theatre this year, and this will certainly be continuing into June. Speaking of Hilary - Moving Theatre Speaking of Hilary is an original one-act play premiering at Toronto’s Red Sandcastle Theatre on June…

Crow’s Theatre’s “The Wrong Bashir”

Bashir Lada is a pretty unique name...isn’t it? Unfortunately for the main character in Zahida Rahemtulla’s The Wrong Bashir, he is NOT the Bashir they’re looking for. Closing out Crow’s Theatre’s banner 40th season, The Wrong Bashir is a family-driven comedy of mistaken identity, love, and familial sacrifice. Directed by Paolo Santalucia, The Wrong Bashir…

Obsidian Theatre in association with Crow’s Theatre’s “seven methods of killing kylie jenner”

Cleo has thought up seven methods by which she could kill Kylie Jenner, a so-called “self-made” billionaire. It isn’t until she starts to tweet about it that things get extra complicated. seven methods of killing kylie jenner, written by Jasmine Lee-Jones and directed by Jay Northcott, is a scrutinizing look at fame, the internet, and…

Stage Door Dialogues – Mariya Khomutova of Soulpepper Theatre Company’s produciton of Punctuate Theatre’s “First Métis Man of Odesa”

When Matthew Mackenzie and Mariya Khomutova first met in Ukraine, they never could have guessed at the incredible, and often terrifying, journey they would go on together to become a family. They talk about this, and so much more, in their play First Métis Man of Odesa, on right now at Soulpepper Theatre Company. I…