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An image of a Dora Mavor Moore Award on a white background. The statue displays a bronze humanoid figure, its arms raised above its head to create a circle. Surrounding the statue is text reading "Dora Mavor Moore Awards."
News May 29, 2023

Announcing the 2023 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominees

By Jessica Watson

The 2023 Dora Mavor Moore Awards will be announced during an in-person ceremony at the TELUS Centre for Performing and Learning on June 27.

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News April 25, 2023

Announcing Tarragon Theatre’s 2023-2024 Season

By Hélène Crowley

“We are thrilled to welcome audiences to a season brimming with new pieces that will entice curiosity, inspire, challenge, move and look deeper into ourselves and each other in beautiful and unexpected ways.”

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A view of the front of Canadian Stage's exterior, taken from an angle. A large, red-brick building with green doors and windows. A sign reading "canadian stage" hangs above the front doors, with green lights above to illuminate it.
News April 12, 2023

Announcing Canadian Stage’s 2023-2024 Season

By Aisling Murphy

Canadian Stage has announced their electrifying 2023-2024 season, jam-packed with the signature blend of theatre, dance, and multidisciplinary performance the company has become famous for.

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Stagecoach Celebrates 35 Years of Education and Empowerment
News April 10, 2023

Stagecoach Celebrates 35 Years of Arts Education and Empowerment

By Jessica Watson

Since their humble beginnings in 1988, Stagecoach has taught over one million students from across the world.

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Prince Edward County’s County Stage Company Announces 2023 Summer Season
News April 5, 2023

Prince Edward County’s County Stage Company Announces 2023 Summer Season

By Jessica Watson

With more artists and shows than ever, this year’s summer festival promises to be the County’s most ambitious yet.

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GCTC logo and posters of upcoming productions
News March 16, 2023

Ottawa’s GCTC Unveils 2023-2024 Season

By Aisling Murphy

The Great Canadian Theatre Company has announced a full subscription season with five new mainstage productions.

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The banner image for Ottawa Fringe's undercurrents festival announcement. Blue and red rings fill a white background, showing images of various performances: a figure singing into a microphone, another wearing a clown nose, and a third seeming to be mid-speech.
News February 1, 2023

Ottawa Fringe’s undercurrents festival Invites Audiences to Embrace Curiosity

By Jessica Watson

The 2023 undercurrents festival will be presented bilingually, with French-language productions and some French late-night programming.

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A banner image for a news article about YPT's world premiere of Commander Chris Hadfield's The Darkest Dark.
News January 17, 2023

The World Premiere of Chris Hadfield’s The Darkest Dark Takes Flight at YPT

By Jessica Watson

The Darkest Dark’s innovative blend of theatre, multi-media and magic invites audiences into a universe where the dark is more than it seems.

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News January 5, 2023

As You Like It: A Radical Retelling Arrives at Ottawa’s Great Canadian Theatre Company

By Aisling Murphy

Cliff Cardinal‘s new realization of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It is on its way to the Great Canadian Theatre Company.

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News December 19, 2022

Announcing the Winners of the 2022 Nathan Cohen Awards

By Aisling Murphy

The Canadian Theatre Critics Association is pleased to announce this year’s winners of the Nathan Cohen Awards for Excellence in Critical Writing.

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A promo image of Sébastien Hines as the Inspector in the Ministry of Mundane Mysteries (2020). Photo by Dasha Peregoudova, courtesy of Outside the March.
News December 7, 2022

Last Call for a Marathon of The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries

By Jessica Watson

After 31 months of mystery-solving, the finale of Outside the March’s phone-based immersive theatre experience will be a 24-hour extravaganza.

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The cast of the 20th Anniversary production of 'da Kink in My Hair stands facing the camera. Each of the eight women wears a different style of black outfit, some with trains and intricate sleeves, others in sparkles and jumpers. They all look at the camera with confidence, standing tall and strong.
News December 6, 2022

Soulpepper and TO Live’s ‘da Kink in My Hair Returns to its Roots for its 20th Anniversary

By Jessica Watson

After 20 years and multiple iterations, including a television series, the show is returning to Toronto with some of the original cast.

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News December 5, 2022

Announcing the Greenhouse Festival at Tarragon Theatre

By Aisling Murphy

Tarragon Theatre has announced the first-ever Greenhouse Festival for new work.

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Four images of the the individual Siminovitch Prize finalists, clockwise from top left: Sherry J. Yoon, Marie Brassard, Ravi Jain, and Ann-Marie Kerr. In the middle of the four images is a white box containing the Siminovitch Prize logo: Prix Siminovitch Prize.
News November 30, 2022

Announcing the 2022 Siminovitch Prize Live-Streamed Awards

By Jessica Watson

The live-streamed awards will feature four short documentaries showcasing the exceptional artistry of the 2022 Siminovitch Prize finalists.

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The sun sets behind the Stratford Festival's Festival Theatre building. A Canadian flag blows in the wind on the roof of the building, a bright splash across the orange sky. In the foreground is a translucent image of Canadian actor Paul Gross, imposed over the image. He wears a collared white shirt and a black vest, with his hands clasped in front of his chest. The image is from the Festival's 2000 production of Hamlet, in which Gross played the title role.
News November 3, 2022

Stratford Festival Announces Casting for 2023 Season

By Jessica Watson

Acclaimed Canadian actor Paul Gross will return to the Festival Theatre stage in 2023 to play the titular character in King Lear.

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The cast of Things I Know to be True. Clockwise from the top left: Tom McCamus, Seana McKenna, Alanna Bale, Merlin Simard, Daniel Maslany, andChristine Horne,
News September 28, 2022

Casting Announcement: The Company Theatre and David Mirvish’s Things I Know to be True

By Jessica Watson

David Mirvish and The Company Theatre are proud to announce the cast for Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know to be True.

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Reviews

REVIEW: She’s Not Special at Tarragon/Nightwood Theatre

REVIEW: Inge(new) at Theatre Myth Collective/Red Sandcastle Theatre

REVIEW: Gypsy at the Shaw Festival

REVIEW: The Rage of Narcissus at Expandido Theatre Group/Theatre Passe Muraille

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