
News
The Latest From Broadway to
Your Community
HAZING U : Silly bonding fun or horrifically brutal treatment of others?
‘Hazing U’s plot takes place inside a fraternity house of an unnamed Michigan university. As the pledging process comes to an end and the first night of Hell Week begins, the malevolent underbelly of the events of one night will forever change the lives of all those involved.
Toronto Fringe presents Next Stage Theatre Festival's 'The Complex'
The Complex’’ is a unique, immersive online theatre experience where no two shows are the same. Taking place in the digital world of a Gather.town environment, participants must work together to select one of the Prospects to be society's future leader. This audience-led event is a fun and exciting new way to experience theatre and allows participants to interact as much or as little as they want.
Toronto Production of 'Come From Away' permanently closes its hometown performance
Sadly, the decision was made today to close permanently Toronto’s Mirvish Productions of ‘Come from Away’ after 855 performances on account of the Omicron variant. The production ended its run Wednesday December 22, 2021, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.
Toronto's HARBOURFRONT CENTRE Announces its 2022 Winter Season
More on the live Toronto arts scene from Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre in its gradual re-emergence from the pandemic…
Soulpepper Theatre's 25th Year Celebrates its 2022 Opening
Some Toronto, Canadian and World Premieres in Soulpepper’s 2022 opening. Have a look:
Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille Announces #RedDoorsOpen for Theatre Beyond Walls - 2022 Season
Theatre Passe Muraille has continued to film to dream, to plan and to hope behind these red doors…We’re overjoyed to be able to share heartbeats with you again.”
Ontario's Stratford Festival Announces Its 2022 Season
We want audiences’ return to be everything they hope for. We want them to feel safe, of course, but we also want to fill the void left by the absence of live theatre and communal activities. The plays in the 2022 season contain not only new beginnings but the difficult moral and ethical as well.”
Port Hope, Ontario's Capitol Theatre Announces Its 2022 season
Beginning in March 2022, ‘Boom’ written, directed, and performed by Rick Miller will grace the stage at the Capitol. I had the opportunity to see this production at Montreal’s Segal Centre and what a treat it was to watch Rick on the stage. This production was scheduled as part of the 2020 season before the pandemic
Toronto's Coal Mine Announces Its 2 Show Winter 2022 Slate
The Coal Mine was modeled after the Off-Off Broadway New York theatres and branded as Toronto’s Off-Off Broadview Theatre. In its intimate space at 1454 Danforth Avenue, The Coal Mine has for six season presented some of the most challenging, stimulating and award-winning scripts from Canada and around the world.
London, Ontario's Grand Theatre Reveals Its Upcoming 2021/2022 season
As a University of Western Ontario/King’s College alumni, The Grand has always remained a strong fixture in my mind. There was something about attending productions there during my undergrad years that was a magical place to watch and to see others at wondrous play. And now returning all these years later to see new talent and to experience new works from another perspective is all the reason more to get to see what’s happening
Toronto's Studio 180 announces further what's part of its slate in the New Year (Part 2)
Four Studio 180 IN DEVELOPMENT presentations of works-in-progress from early to later stages of development, all reflecting themes of memory, generational divides and how we see ourselves, our identities and our history will increase audience awareness and invite us to consider some next steps.
Barrie, Ontario's Theatre by the Bay to produce a new local theatre festival in June 2022
Theatre by the Bay will produce a new local theatre festival in June 2022 to provide opportunities for local artists to write, direct and perform their own original plays.
Toronto Company of ‘Come From Away’ returns to the Royal Alexandra Theatre
‘Come from Away’ tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. On September 11, 2001 the world stopped. On September 12, their stories moved us all.
Announcement from Toronto's b current
On account of the ongoing public health concerns and in a bid to remain nimble, b current has decided to announce one or two projects at a time this year.
Toronto's Young People's Theatre (YPT) announces Historic New Beginnings
Incoming Artistic Director Herbie Barnes recently stated: “To become AD in this time – not only as we move through the pandemic, but also through a time of great evolution with BIPOC, #MeToo and other powerful societal change – is extremely exciting. We are finally hearing voices from communities who have been silenced. As Artistic Director, I cannot sit back in a ‘business as usual’ position or relax with the notion that ‘this is how it’s always been done’.
Exciting Turn of Events for Barrie, Ontario's 'Talk Is Free' Theatre (TIFT)
Seven emerging artistic leaders have been provided with an opportunity to work together on new managerial visions, and fresh ideas of governance structures and support systems…There is organizational staff restructuring that will occur within TIFT for the first time since the company’s founding twenty years ago
Toronto's Necessary Angel announces its upcoming season
Necessary Angel has earned a national reputation for ground-breaking and innovative work, but the magic of theatre lives through personal moments and relationships. Person by person, the Necessary Angel community is built around a shared commitment to develop and promote Canadian artists
Toronto's Canadian Stage Announces Its 2022 Season
There aren’t enough words to express how it feels to have our city’s theatres re-open,” says Canadian Stage Artistic Director Brendan Healy. “While the artistic community navigated the pandemic with amazing resilience and creativity – finding ways to make art through any means available –the energy, synergy, and community that happens between the walls and on the stages of live theatres is irreplaceable.
Commentary: 'The Great Grand Road Trip' by the 2021 Grand Theatre High School Project, London, Ontario
I gotta applaud London, Ontario’s Grand Theatre and the High School Project for continuing to nurture young talent and encouraging them to pursue a possible career in the performing arts
Toronto's Factory Theatre unveils its 2021-2022 season
Factory has just announced its 2021/2022 season. Good things are happening here as I always look forward to this theatre’s slate.