Theatre and Performance

Louise Lambert brings a huge theatrical presence to People, Places and Things

Here For Now is here to stay with acquisition of new theatre space in Stratford, Ont.

Come From Away to close in Toronto after final extension

The Wolf in the Voice is a joyful, if niche, celebration of song

Inside the thicc world of Fat Ham at Canadian Stage

Indigeneity continues to get increasingly more bureaucratic. But we don’t mind doing the paperwork

Kim’s Convenience is a love letter to Soulpepper Theatre

Canadian actor Paul Gross to return to Broadway opposite George Clooney

Mirvish reveals all-musical subscription season, including the return of & Juliet

Just For One Day is an under-baked, over-simplified dance party

COC’s Madama Butterfly bucks stereotypes and defies expectations

Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special is another bait-and-switch for Canada’s cheekiest playwright

St. Lawrence College spikes music theatre program owing to cuts

Two years after its premiere, Fifteen Dogs is even more fetching

The Canadian Opera Company’s La Reine-garçon puts its own historical spin on a contemporary theme

Canadian Stage’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is two-thirds of a great production

With Live Aid musical set to kick off in Toronto, Bob Geldof stands by legacy of charity efforts

Leading actor recast in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? due to medical issue

Crow’s Theatre misfires with Wights, a drama needlessly bogged down by otherworldly detail

Danny DeVito talks bringing Matilda to the symphony nearly 30 years after its big-screen debut

Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation steps up with $500,000 donation for nomadic theatre company Outside the March

Theatre Calgary’s Maya Choldin to head up New York Theatre Workshop

In Saint John, an old courthouse could help make the city a theatre destination

The most anticipated theatre productions of 2025

Kids in the Hall don’t stand on ceremony to mark 40th anniversary

The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical conjures joy on the Winter Garden stage

Sharing the magic of The Nutcracker with my son didn’t go as expected

Best theatre of 2024 from Toronto, Stratford and Shaw

Pantomime newbie Julia Pulo on playing Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical

Titaníque is a campy, Celine Dion-jukebox spoof buoyed by an unsinkably fabulous cast

Family show business: How producer Hannah Mirvish earned her spot next to her father atop the theatre empire

Sheridan musical theatre program that launched smash-hit Come From Away at risk amid financial turmoil

Craze at Tarragon feels like a showy parade of the issues du jour

Erased is a climate manifesto that explodes from a slow burn to an apocalyptic climax

Big Stuff is a can’t-miss celebration of the objects we hold dear

Factory Theatre’s Honey, I’m Home is a darkly surreal body horror