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Poster for the 2024 Toronto Fringe Festival. iPhoto caption: Poster courtesy of Toronto Fringe.

REVIEWS: Toronto Fringe 2024

This collection of Toronto Fringe Festival capsule reviews will be updated throughout the festival with writing from eight different critics.

By Alethea Bakogeorge, , Ryan Borochovitz / Jul 4, 2024
Production shots of the Stratford Festival shows reviewed below: Hedda Gabler, Twelfth Night, and Romeo and Juliet. iPhoto caption: Production shots by David Hou.

Stratford Festival review: Stripped-down sets and strong performances define Stratford’s approach to the canon

Throughout Stratford’s productions of Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, and Hedda Gabler, moments of actorly playfulness jolt us into the here and now.

By Liam Donovan / Jun 6, 2024
The 2024 Soulpepper Academy cohort. iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

Soulpepper Academy reveals music-oriented 2024 cohort

Soulpepper Theatre has revealed this year’s Soulpepper Academy cohort: Alicia Barban, Belinda Corpuz, Ben Kopp, Ruaridh MacDonald, and Haneul Yi.

By Liam Donovan / Jun 5, 2024
iPhoto caption: Photos of Karen Ancheta and Donna-Michelle St. Bernard courtesy of Theatre Aquarius.

This year’s Brave New Works Festival is set to be a ‘place of convergence’ for Hamilton artists

“With all of these pieces, there’s something really about perspective,” says co-curator Donna-Michelle St. Bernard. “There’s something about not just risk and performance, but risk and experience… These are stories that I could not know if you did not tell them to me. And I think that’s an important piece of broadening the voices in theatre.”

By Liam Donovan / Jun 3, 2024