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SummerWorks Performance Festival announces 2026 lineup, including a wealth of international offerings

Creations from Denmark, Hong Kong, Iran, Mexico, and beyond feature in this year’s SummerWorks Performance Festival programming.

REVIEW: An homage to Richard Foreman commands us to change our lives — and our theatre

Richard Foreman's plays usually drew on his personal journals and clocked in around 70 minutes; when he passed away last year at the age of 87, he left behind an invitation for directors to create royalty-free work from those journals. With the recently closed You Must Change Your Life at Toronto’s Alumnae Theatre, creator-director Ilana Khanin took up that offer to ludic, collage-like effect.

REVIEW: This year’s Bealtaine Theatre Festival featured accordions, ketamine, and James Joyce

The festival serves up a curated program of contemporary theatre from Ireland — appreciated, in a city that punches below its weight in terms of international performing arts offerings from countries it doesn’t border.

Toronto Fringe reveals 2026 programming

Summer is on the horizon, and that means the Toronto Fringe Festival is too. The annual event’s 38th edition spans 13 days and features 123 shows in 27 venues across the city.

Soulpepper’s Tiger Bride offers a ‘wildly transformative’ audience experience, says Hailey Gillis

“It starts out in a hyper-fairy-tale world, and then we slowly, by the end of it, move into a rock-n’-roll basement concert,” says creator-performer Hailey Gillis. “We're just left with guitars and sweaty bodies and loudspeakers."

Calgary’s Lunchbox Theatre announces 2026-27 season — and a new home

After nearly two decades at the base of the Calgary Tower, North America’s longest-running lunchtime theatre will now reside in an arts and culture hub called cSPACE Marda Loop.