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CBC’s PlayME debuts 2026 season, starting with Kim’s Convenience

PlayME has featured work by more than 30 Governor General’s Award winners and nominees, making some of the country’s most celebrated plays accessible to listeners nationwide.

REVIEW: Ophis dunks viewers into a gothic experience of Medusa’s psychic landscape

Transcen|Dance Project’s Ophis is a woozy tragedy that courts both playfulness and eroticism, deliberately dissolving the boundaries of stage and audience with an immersive format that’s sometimes thrilling, sometimes terrifying, and sometimes — if you’re a people-pleaser like me — both simultaneously. 

‘Through science, art, theatre, we create’: Antoni Cimolino looks ahead to his final year as Stratford’s artistic director

“You want to choose things that feel important to the moment,” he says about building a Stratford Festival season. “If you choose plays and they don’t resonate, it’s very hurtful. You believe in them and the power of them.”

Rhubarb! Festival director Ludmylla Reis wants artists to embrace ‘the detour’

"We do something formative at some point in the arts, and then we just continue doing that in different fonts until we’re no longer on this earth," says Reis. "The important thing is to know what that is, because you don’t want to be controlled by it. You want to be in control."

Twelve indelible moments of performance from 2025

With the lights fading on another year of fleeting thrills in dark rooms, we asked 12 Ontario performing arts writers to reflect on a moment that stayed with them. The results mainly stem from Toronto theatre productions, but there are a few surprises weaved in.

REVIEW: Sex Dalmatian’s Hot Holiday Spectacular is a peppermint-coated acid trip

Rock Bottom Movement’s surrealist mandate is on full display in this 15-dancer fantasia, which begins with an invitation to let go: “The only thing you need to know is not to know anything at all,” pronounces the Mayor of Sex Dalmatian, the evening’s narrator and the mayor of the titular canine’s mind.

Theatre This Week: February 3 – 9

These are the plays to see in Toronto for the week of February 3rd - 9th.

Season Announcement: Canadian Stage 2020-2021

“What audiences will see and experience on our stages are world-leading theatre makers and choreographers from Canada and around the world and this could not have been achieved without our incredible community partners.”

Theatre This Week: January 27 – February 2

These are the plays to see in Toronto for the week of January 27th - February 2nd.

What to Expect at… Soulpepper

Every week, Intermission's Insider Intel articles one theatre across the city, highlighting everything you need to know before your visit. This week: Soulpepper!

Theatre This Week: January 20 – 26

These are the plays to see in Toronto for the week of January 20th - 26th.

Obsidian Theatre Announces its New Artistic Director

"Over the course of my career, I have been passionate about creating work that explores the depth and breadth of the Black voice in its many artistic dialects and having an opportunity to continue to do this within the context of Obsidian is such a gift.”