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REVIEWS: Festival TransAmériques 2026

The 20th edition of Montreal’s FTA does right by its name, featuring a curated lineup of 25 theatre and dance productions with roots mostly in the Americas. This year, Intermission presents its most comprehensive FTA coverage ever, with four critics publishing a total of 16 capsule reviews — responses that will appear below over the course of the two-week festival.

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. 

REVIEW: COC’s Bluebeard’s Castle/Erwartung is a hypnotic exploration of light

Rather than retread the ground of an overall analysis, I’d like to zoom in on an element that particularly interested me: Simonovitch Prize-winning designer Robert Thomson’s expressionistic lighting for Bluebeard’s Castle, which nicely enriches the opera’s ambiguous psychological landscape.

Through the Eyes of God makes noise at the 2026 Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards

The jury of the Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards (TTCAs) has announced its 2026 results — 26 winners across 20 categories, plus a special citation.

REVIEW: Nervous Hunter’s Bonnes Bonnes combines laid-back ingredients to flavourful effect

Bonnes Bonnes is a nice reminder that productions can think, play, chill — and chili — all at once.