SCRUTINY | Kanika Ambrose’s Moonlight Schooner Offers A Nuanced Portrait Of Windrush Caribbean Lives And Loves

By Anya Wassenberg on November 27, 2025

SCRUTINY | Soundstreams’s New Season Takes Flight with Mass For The Endangered

By Anya Wassenberg on November 24, 2025

SCRUTINY | Everything About The National Ballet’s A Winter’s Tale Is A Class Act

By Paula Citron on November 18, 2025

This revival of Christopher Wheeldon’s 2014 ballet The Winter’s Tale by The National Ballet of Canada is a class act through and through.

SCRUTINY | Dandelion Theatre’s An Orchid And Other Such Lilies And Lies Takes Us On A Journey Shot With Humour And Truth

By Anya Wassenberg on November 17, 2025

Dandelion Theatre's An Orchid and Other Such Lilies and Lies spins a story of loss, love, life, death, youth, old age, and a lot that comes in between.

SCRUTINY | An Enchanted Evening of Musical Theatre And Beyond At The Burlington Performing Arts Centre

By Denise Lai on November 17, 2025

Vocal and pianistic fireworks were ablaze inside the Burlington Performing Arts Centre for an intimate soirée entitled Some Enchanted Evening: A Celebration of Musical Theatre Past and Present.

SCRUTINY | Ava: The Secret Conversations Offers A Glimpse At Hollywood Royalty Of Days Past

By Paula Citron on November 12, 2025

The play Ava: The Secret Conversations, written by and starring Elizabeth McGovern, reflects that over-the-top personality of old school Hollywood's female stars.

SCRUTINY | Violinist Kyung Wha Chung And Pianist Kevin Kenner Are The Epitome Of Musical Maturity

By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on November 10, 2025

On Sunday, November 9, two illustrious musicians, Kyung Wha Chung, and Kevin Kenner, in their full-glorious maturity, took over the Koerner Hall.

SCRUTINY | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Opens Season With Deeply Moving Brahms Requiem

By Joseph So on November 10, 2025

Ultimately, the star of this work is the choir, and as expected, the full-sized Toronto Mendelssohn Choir made it totally memorable.

SCRUTINY | Twoset Violin Shtick Is Sacrilegious Fun And A Cure For Brainrot

By Denise Lai on November 7, 2025

TwoSet Violin brought their signature comedic take on classical music — including The Sacrilegious Games and a cure for Brainrot — to Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall.

SCRUTINY | The National Ballet’s Procession By Smith & Schraiber Is Nothing Short Of A Masterpiece

By Paula Citron on November 3, 2025

The world premiere ballet Procession by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber for the National Ballet of Canada is a masterpiece.