SCRUTINY | Tarragon Theatre’s Feast Offers An Eclectic Intellectual Journey

By Paula Citron on April 11, 2025

In two hours, Canadian playwright Guillermo Verdecchia's Fear touches on everything from climate change and globalization to pseudoscience, surrealism, and Greek mythology.

INTERVIEW | Suba Sankaran Talks About Her Music For The Mahabharata — An Integral Part Of Storytelling

By Paula Citron on April 8, 2025

Suba Sankaran, co-composer and co-sound designer of the international epic hit The Mahabharata, talks about the music that is an integral part of the storytelling.

INTERVIEW | Pulitzer-Winning Librettist, Playwright: Against The Grain Theatre’s Multi-Hyphenate Artistic Director Royce Vavrek Talks Shop

By Anya Wassenberg on March 25, 2025

Royce Vavrek, librettist, playwright, and filmmaker (among other things), is the Artistic Director of Toronto’s Against the Grain Theatre, and we caught up with him recently for a chat.

INTERVIEW | Saint Stella Talks About The Masque Of The Red Death In Toronto

By Anya Wassenberg on March 19, 2025

Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death has been given a makeover with a difference by Toronto multi-hyphenate artist Saint Stella in a new musical production.

THE SCOOP | Toronto’s New Arts Venue: The Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre Is Open At 877 Yonge

By Anya Wassenberg on March 18, 2025

The Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre has opened its doors at 877 Yonge, developed in a partnership between Tapestry Opera, Nightwood Theatre, and St. Clare’s Housing Society.

SCRUTINY | Mirvish’s Inside American Pie Celebrates The Song With A Docu-Concert

By Paula Citron on March 17, 2025

Inside American Pie is very enjoyable and a delightful way to spend an evening; the enthusiastic audience was literally brimming with love for Ross and his musical colleagues.

INTERVIEW | Transcen|Dance Project Presents Ophis: A Bold Retelling Of The Medusa Story

By Anya Wassenberg on March 14, 2025

Transcen|Dance Project will debut a new immersive dance/theatrical event titled Ophis, which reimagines the ancient myth of Medusa for a modern world.

SCRUTINY | Writer/Star Anusree Roy’s Trident Moon Takes On Powerful Themes & Emotions

By Paula Citron on March 14, 2025

Playwright Anusree Roy’s Trident Moon is a harrowing theatre experience, set during the tumultuous time surrounding Pakistan's independence from India in 1947.

SCRUTINY | HOUSE + BODY’s Measure For Measure Is Immensely Entertaining

By Paula Citron on March 11, 2025

This radical treatment of Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure by HOUSE + BODY in association with Crow’s Theatre is immensely entertaining.

THE SCOOP | National Ballet Of Canada Nominated For Two Olivier Awards In A Company First

By Anya Wassenberg on March 6, 2025