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iPhoto caption: Mahabharata: Karma (Part 1), The Life We Inherit (Why Not Theatre presented by Canadian Stage). Photo provided by TAPA.

TAPA unveils 2025 Dora Award winners

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced the winners of the 2025 Dora Awards during a Monday evening ceremony hosted by Peter Fernandes, with 26 individual artists and companies receiving their first-ever Doras.

By Krystal Abrigo / Jun 30, 2025
iPhoto caption: Louise Lambert in People, Places & Things. Photo by Elana Emer.

TAPA reveals 2025 Dora Award nominees 

This morning, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced the nominees for the 45th annual Dora Awards, which will be given out at Meridian Hall on June 30.

By Krystal Abrigo / May 28, 2025
iPhoto caption: Photo of Legally Blonde cast, taken after rehearsals.

Theatre Calgary announces full cast and creative team of Legally Blonde

Theatre Calgary has revealed casting for its spring production of Legally Blonde, running from May 20 to June 15 at the Max Bell Theatre.

By Krystal Abrigo / May 20, 2025
Mark Crawford iPhoto caption: Photo by Ann Baggley.

In Lighthouse Festival’s The New Canadian Curling Club, a classic Canadian sport helps newcomers break the ice 

“I had this idea to write a play about a group of relative strangers who come together with one common goal,” says playwright Mark Crawford. “I love that kind of narrative: people from disparate parts of a community who come together to form their own little community.”

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / May 14, 2025