SCRUTINY | Theatre Smith-Gilmour’s Pu Songling: Strange Tales Takes The Audience On A Wild & Imaginative Ride

By Anya Wassenberg on January 19, 2026

INTERVIEW | Director Brendan Healy Answers A Few Questions About A Doll’s House At Canadian Stage

By Anya Wassenberg on January 15, 2026

Canadian Stage artistic director Brendan Healy will direct a modern adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s renowned play A Doll’s House, on stage from January 17 to February 1.

SCRUTINY | Part Parody, Part Critique, Make Banana Cry At Buddies In Bad Times Reveals The Distance Navigated By Asians In The West

By Anya Wassenberg on January 15, 2026

Make Banana Cry by choreographers Andrew Tay and Stephen Thompson, currently at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, blends runway aesthetics, performance, and dance.

THE SCOOP | Andrew Burashko & The Art of Time Ensemble Stravinsky: Sankofa, The Soldier's Tale Retold & Histoire du soldat Suite On February 6

By Anya Wassenberg on January 13, 2026

The Art of Time Ensemble will release a digital version of Stravinsky: Sankofa, The Soldier's Tale Retold & Histoire du soldat Suite on the Leaf Music label.

PREVIEW | National Arts Centre Dance & Indigenous Theatre Kick Off 2026 With Amrita Hepi’s Rinse

By Anya Wassenberg on January 9, 2026

Australian choreographer and performer Amrita Hepi comes to Ottawa to help launch 2026 with the National Arts Centre and Indigenous Theatre with her solo work Rinse.

PREVIEW | Theatre Passe Muraille Present The Fourth Edition Of The #BeyondTO Series

By Anya Wassenberg on January 6, 2026

Theatre Passe Muraille presents the fourth edition of the #BeyondTO Series, featuring Tiziano Cruz's Wayqueycuna, and Chisato Minamimura's Mark of a Woman.

PREVIEW | Tarragon Theatre’s Third Annual Greenhouse Festival Returns In January 2026

By Anya Wassenberg on December 24, 2025

THE SCOOP | Harbourfront Centre And The Shaw Festival Announce New Partnership

By Anya Wassenberg on December 23, 2025

The Shaw Festival and Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre have announced a partnership that will bring the Festival’s theatrical productions to the waterfront performing arts venue.

PREVIEW | Theatre Smith-Gilmour Presents The English-Language World Premiere Of Pu Songling: Strange Tales

By Anya Wassenberg on December 18, 2025

Theatre Smith-Gilmour has announced the English-language world premiere of Pu Songling: Strange Tales, in an adaptation of Songling's tales of the supernatural.

THE SCOOP | Theatre Passe Muraille Launches The Andy McKim Endowment Fund For New Works

By Anya Wassenberg on December 18, 2025

Theatre Passe Muraille has announced the upcoming launch of the Andy McKim Endowment Fund, dedicated to support the creation of new works.