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.”

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

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.

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

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.

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.

If you’ve never seen Next to Normal, you’re in for the emotional roller coaster ride of your life with this story of how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. If you’re no stranger to the musical, Vanguard Theater Company’s production will cause you to see it anew, with fresh nuances and messages.

‘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.

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.

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’.

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

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

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.

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

Factory has just announced its 2021/2022 season. Good things are happening here as I always look forward to this theatre’s slate.

The new West Side Story trailer is here and we get to hear some singing!

As a result of the pandemic, Artistic Director Joel Greenberg stated how fitting it is to turn the theatre into a refuge, a balm, and a resting place with stories this Fall of 2021 that “challenge our assumptions, as the plays' characters are themselves challenged to understand themselves and their values in a world that refuses to stand still.”

“In light of COVID-19, MAM Fest will be a virtual celebration of mixed Asian & Pacific Islanders, who express themselves through creative art forms — including film, theatre, art, dance, and more! The festival will take place on the platform Bizzabo.”

“Facing multiple allegations of sexual assault occurring during their productions, officials at the Classic Theatre of San Antonio have announced that they are planning to launch a full investigation into the claims.”

Artistic Director of Crow’s Theatre, Chris Abraham adds, “We have a season that celebrates extraordinary artists who are facing the world head-on and looking for new ways for us to move forward together. In landscapes that are both real and imagined, of the moment and historical, our 2021.22 season is unabashedly urgent, contemporary, and immediate theatre.”