Shimmering with rich language, colourful characters and Hanna Kiel's beguiling choreography, 'Cockroach' delves deep into a deceptively simple story.
Renovation includes upgrades to YPT's original theatre space plus a three-storey facility across the street with studios, classrooms and a mainstage-size rehearsal hall.
The new comedy, a co-production among three Canadian theatre companies, mostly cracks instead of crackles, despite strong performances.
Ian Shaw plays his father, Robert Shaw, who died three years after starring as maniacal shark hunter Quint in the blockbuster thriller.
Jac Yarrow will star in the title role, with West End and Broadway actor Linzi Hateley as the narrator.
Kimberley Rampersad's production of "King Lear" will open the festival, which runs from mid-April through October
The awards show marked the first in-person Dora ceremony since 2019. Check out the full list of winners here.
Kazmi stars in the Crow's Theatre production of the Chekhovian classic as Astrov, a role his father played 15 years ago.
The theatre's 2023 lineup also features plays by James Baldwin, Edith Wharton and Tom Stoppard.
The new production, which played London's West End, is slated to start a two-month run in December at the Princess of Wales Theatre
Erin Shield's 'Queen Goneril,' set seven years before 'King Lear,' is playing in repertory with the Bard's bleak tragedy at Soulpepper
'Rent' will be directed by Broadway veteran Thom Allison, a source close to the production told the Star.
The two-hour show weaves together music, comedy and improv into a story that follows six characters and their relationship with guitar music
Will King's macabre play, about a broke student squatting in an abandoned house, has a winning script packed with dark humour.
She grew up as a Filipina Muslim with a Moro father and a Christian mother. Now in her mid-30s, Rasul reflects on her childhood and family
As Flo, Flo, Merchant traverses decades to tell a story about immigration, assimilation and family ties.
Amin Shirazi's powerful work, winner of the Fringe's New Play Prize, is grounded by a sharp directorial vision and a riveting central performance
Covering everything from nationalism, to geopolitics, to German recycling the comedian pushes the envelop and then some
Brad Gira's 85-minute dark comedy takes risks in form and structure that pay off in this slick production
Fatuma Adar's semi-autobiographical musical about a Somali refugee family in Toronto is receiving a not-to-be-missed world premiere at the High Park Amphitheatre
The announcement in December 2021 that the musical would close for good in Toronto kick-started a process that will see it return in 2024.
Though lacking the playful humour of the novel and the propulsive drive of the Oscar-winning movie, the play with music still resonates.
Longtime bar manager Patricia Wilson also announced she was stepping back from the company.
Shawn Daudlin, Buddies' managing director of 13 years, confirmed his resignation on Facebook.
Britta Johnson's musical draws on her own life story as a young woman coming to terms with her father's sudden death.