Ricard, who takes over the helm of the Théâtre français de Toronto in July, joins a number of other recently appointed female Black theatre leaders in Toronto, including Weyni Mengesh…
Among other things, Star theatre critics Karen Fricker and Carly Maga learned that our theatre scene is built on unjust foundations, that local companies 'pivoted' and fast, and that young p…
TO Live and Buddies in Bad Times are among the international organizations supporting 'Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce " Pandemic!' " a vaudeville-style revue of musical numbers, film, burlesque …
From Berlin to Sydney, Toronto's co-artistic directors David Eisner and Avery Saltzman bring together a dozen Jewish theatres from around the world to link up in seasonal concert
Theatre Direct's new online show pulls young audiences in with its Zoom-style staging and post-show talkback.
Freshly created web series 'Leer Estates' is just one highlight of theatre fest's new digital subscription service, also a Shakespearean game show and films of famed stage productions from p…
What will the future hold for theatre in Toronto? It has to extend beyond how to stage live productions again during COVID-19 to the very structure of organizations, to who's making theatre …
Philip Akin has stepped down as artistic director of Obsidian Theatre, but the Philip Akin " Black Shoulders Legacy Award will keep his tradition of mentorship alive beyond his lifetime by g…
Two days of testimony and activism by First Nations artists on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube begin Friday, June 19. The initiative follows the festival's successful first venture …
For 72 hours, the Stratford Festival handed its social media channels to Black artists and artisans. They revealed their experiences of racism throughout Canada's theatre world and urged Str…
The Cree playwright, whose 'The Cave' is part of the online Luminato Festival, says 'the greater the challenge the greater the fight,' whether it's anti-Black racism, climate change or the m…
'The Flick,' an Outside the March and Crow's Theatre co-production of Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about three young adults working in a rundown cinema, picked up several award…
Theatre companies are keeping the artistic juices flowing with new online content and streaming filmed versions of past productions. Theatre critics Karen Fricker and Carly Maga sort out the…
Thanks to technology and the perseverance of all involved, Sheridan College put on a workshop production of the show this month, with rehearsals and a performance all happening online, write…
As theatres across Canada close their seasons due to COVID-19, a policy update three years ago keeps the Shaw's staff employed and rehearsing
Show in Toronto reunites team behind 'Jersey Boys.'
The actors in the top roles from 'Hamilton' talk about how they got here and the noise they'd like to hear from their Toronto audience.
Opinions vary as to why. Is it the challenges of the staging, a second act that some consider weak or the fact it's about artists and making art?
While the play is full of loss, the meta-story behind it is that of empowerment: nearly all the lead creatives and the entire cast are Asian-Canadian women, writes Karen Fricker.
'How to Fail as a Popstar' is about how the author, visual artist, filmmaker and trans activist failed at what she wanted more than anything: to make it as a pop musician. But she'll always …
The play at Young People's Theatre is for children 12 to 30 months old " or 'explorers,' as playwright Maja Ardal likes to call them.
The Indigenous theatre artist says "bug" is an artistic ceremony, which she says "does not align with colonial reviewing practices."
What's the method behind the Second City magic? We put these questions to the director of "She The People."
'Many women have the exact same set of experiences that I do. No one talks about it,' Moscovitch tells Karen Fricker. And, yes, it's been scary, but she plans to keep putting personal materi…