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REVIEW: At this year’s SummerWorks Performance Festival, physical storytelling is central

From a dancer becoming a canine to a shy theatre director practicing his swordsmanship, the shows I’ve seen so far use performers’ bodies to dramatize defiance.

MADGEN Theatre Festival returns to the Danforth

Theatre of the Beat selected four producers under the age of 30 to receive paid mentorship from Toronto theatre-makers. From August 20 to 22, each member of the cohort mounts a new one-act Canadian play.

REVIEW: High Park Twelfth Night pays tribute to the crazy things we do for love

As the play’s events ping-pong between seriousness and frivolity, Caroline Toal’s Viola appears constantly aware of the dangerous contradictions in the air, remaining guarded against the chaos' pull — and yet never entirely abandoning the possibility of enchantment.

Why Paul Gross thinks Waiting for Godot is ‘one of the great achievements of human creativity’

“The audience is with you. You bring them in. There isn't a big division between the stage and the audience,” says Gross, currently playing Vladimir in Waiting for Godot at the Stratford Festival. “They’re the final piece of the storytelling. We need them to complete the circle.”

Productions at Crow’s and Theatre Passe Muraille win top honours at the 2026 Dora Awards

This evening at Meridian Hall, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced the recipients of the 46th annual Dora Awards, celebrating local theatre, dance, and opera.

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.