Theatre Reviews

White Girls in Moccasins by manidoons collective welcomes audiences back to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

The culture wars are coming to dinner in Jason Sherman’s new play

Tarragon Theatre’s Light sheds judgement in favour of acceptance

In Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer, nothing is sacred (and that’s a good thing)

Gloria - finally, a media satire that really hits the mark

Second City Toronto’s Welcome Back to the Future is a happy return, but to a new home

Landing Tyrone Huntley for the Toronto stop of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar was a huge coup

Dolly Parton’s musical take on A Christmas Carol is a fun return to the theatre, but needs some fine-tuning

Don’t call No Change in the Weather ready-for-Broadway

Crow’s Theatre’s MixTape is a solo show that will teach you why love is listening

National Ballet returns with the prophetic Angels’ Atlas, Soul and Serenade

The Spectators’ Odyssey - o dell’Inferno will help you get your steps in, but not much else

Draw Me Close: Discover life inside an NFB animated short in this cutting-edge yet nostalgic VR/theatre hybrid at Soulpepper

Exploring memory and metaphysics, Rosa Laborde’s True is as good as we remember

Opera Atelier’s Angel will be heavenly for lovers of music, but storytelling event is overselling it

At the Shaw Festival, a case for Eugene O’Neill’s Desire Under the Elms as a Halloween classic

The Home Project is thoughtful storytelling weaving three stories with a longing for home

Is My Microphone On? at Canadian Stage unnervingly explores adolescence and the climate emergency

At the Stratford Festival, Serving Elizabeth is more than just a callout of The Crown

Trouble in Mind arrives in Canada disgracefully late in a perfectly pitched production at the Shaw Festival

Stratford Festival: Three Tall Women is one nasty evening at the theatre you won’t (be able to) forget

Talk is Free Theatre’s Into the Woods: In Concert will satisfy Ontario audiences’ hunger for a real musical

Forswear it, sight! You’ve never seen (or not seen) Shakespeare like the Stratford Festival’s R + J before

Stratford Festival’s I Am William is theatre for young people that isn’t afraid of delivering a direct message

The Blyth Festival has a hit with its new outdoor Harvest Stage, a pandemic pivot set to be permanent

It’s elementary why Sherlock Holmes and the Raven’s Curse is relaunching indoor theatre at the Shaw Festival

Chilina Kennedy instead of Shakespeare in the park? Musical Stage Company’s Blackout is a preview of enticing possibilities

Blindness: It’s a real pleasure to see you again, Princess of Wales Theatre

The Rez Sisters gets a miraculous production at the Stratford Festival

Praise be to The Devil’s Disciple at the Shaw Festival for bringing back theatre without compromise

Charley’s Aunt at the Shaw Festival: Sometimes a man in a dress smoking a cigar is just that

Virginia Woolf pet story Flush best suited for a dog day afternoon at the Shaw Festival

A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a twist wakens Shakespeare from slumber at the Stratford Festival

Stratford Festival cast triumphs over COVID-19 pandemic, severe thunderstorm to mark first opening since 2019

Emil Sher takes The Boy in the Moon from page to stage

Do you miss Succession? Watch Hannah Moscovitch’s Post-Democracy for another sordid succession saga