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Siranoush and Songs by a Wannabe arrive at Toronto Fringe Festival as part of reimagined Next Stage Series

“It feels lovely to be in this curated window of [the festival],” says Siranoush writer-performer Lara Arabian. "We are excited to have a conversation with the Fringe audience.”

REVIEW: Is Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree worth seeing twice at Luminato?

Crouch tests the limits of theatrical representation, improvisation, and authorship. While I’m usually a sucker for exactly those types of experiments, I ultimately found An Oak Tree a bit underwhelming.

REVIEW: Documenting seven Toronto indie shows, from Factory Theatre to the Tranzac Club and beyond

I’ve started writing brief reviews of Toronto productions Intermission isn’t otherwise covering, and stowing them away until I collect enough to publish in a batch. And now here I am, with seven.

Three actors juggle 17 roles in Lighthouse Festival’s The Hound of the Baskervilles

“[I’ll] be taking off a full tweed suit and putting on a Victorian dress,” says actor Andrew Scanlon. “There will be a lot of coordination that needs to go on.”

REVIEW: Two site-specific Luminato concerts explore the significance of daily ritual

Grounded in a heightened sense of time and place, both Dawn Chorus and Queen of the Night Communion express curiosity about how art can disrupt patterns of living.

REVIEW: For a show about death, Beetlejuice is impressively full of life

It's a thoroughly entertaining musical that even improves on the original film, adding a far more cohesive storyline, clearer character motivations, and an updated sense of humour.

REVIEW: In One Step At A Time, Andrew Prashad unpacks disability through tap dance

Prashad’s play is undeniably impactful and advocates for the spina bifida community with great passion and joy.

REVIEW: You’d have to be a grinch not to like Lighthouse Festival’s Jack and the Beanstalk

You’d have to be a real grinch not to like this take on Jack and the Beanstalk, a panto perfect for Port Dover and Port Colborne.

REVIEW: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Grand Theatre exudes whimsy and warmth

Quibbles on music and class aside, this production is beautifully conceived, and a very enjoyable night out with friends and family this holiday season.

REVIEW: Kim’s Convenience starring Ins Choi skilfully sews together the past and present

I suspect that audiences will pack the Grand Theatre to see this well-executed new production.

REVIEW: Grand Ghosts at The Grand Theatre

Grand Ghosts’ score is bone-chilling from the first note to the last.

The Art of Not Picking A Lane

Both jobs require strong communication and storytelling. Both fill me with a sense of meaning in a difficult world, and the more I dissect them, the less I am able to find where one ends and the other begins.