Jonathan Church’s first Stratford Festival season serves up musicals, Shakespeare, and literature adaptations — with a helping of Saul Rubinek

2027 highlights include a new Canadian Jacob Two-Two musical and two of the Bard’s thornier plays: The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of the Shrew.

Q&A: At RUTAS Festival, Tara Beagan’s Mujer Venado / Deer Woman makes its Spanish-language premiere

The translation connects the play’s existing themes to the experiences of missing and murdered Indigenous women across the Americas.

REVIEW: Icarus Theatre balances philosophical musings with richly shaded relationships in Walden at The Theatre Centre

Steeped in emotional and scenic intimacy, Icarus Theatre’s production probes the relationships we cultivate to duty, community, and progress in the face of climate crisis.