A quarter-century of SummerWorks by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Performance festival celebrates 25 years in Toronto with some changes, including a new focus on dance and local curators.

Top Ticket: Three shows to take in Aug. 1 to 7 by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

For Cirque Alfonse, juggling axes is family fun by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Antoine Carabinier Lépine, sister Julie, father Alain, brother-in-law Jonathan bring lumberjack-inspired Timber to Panamania.

Sharp moments but also laughs in Stratford's Oedipus Rex: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Gord Rand plays the king of Greek tragedy as more self-righteous and infantile in Daniel Brooks production.

Possible Worlds at Stratford Festival is intoxicating: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Mitchell Cushman stages John Mighton's sci-fi murder mystery/love story with a strong, clear vision.

The Top Ticket: How about a feminist Entourage? by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

You can also catch Shakespeare in High Park, Friday Night Lights stand-in Monday Nights, or Josh Gondelman at Comedy Bar.

'This is an age of startups:' Pygmalion takes a modern turn at the Shaw Festival by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Peter Hinton's modernization of George Bernard Shaw's classic play turns the class wars of London in 1914 into a look at today's ever-growing creative class.

A poetic retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice myth: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

In Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice, at Soulpepper till June 18, heroine torn between her lover above and her father in underworld.

Philip Nozuka makes his Toronto stage debut by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Son of artist Holly Sedgwick and brother of musicians George and Justin Nozuka draws on memories of family road trips for Durango.

Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play deserves to survive the apocalypse: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Anne Washburn's Simpsons-related play is big, bold, weird, charming, funny, sad and smart (S-M-R-T!)

The Simpsons as postapocalyptic beacon of hope by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

In Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play, in Toronto May 9 to 31, the cartoon family inspires survivors of a great disaster.

Trudeau and Levesque makes Canadian history anything but boring: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Mac Fyfe and Richard Alan Campbell portray the combatants in VideoCabaret's latest, onstage until June 14.

Classic play is intimate and intense in Coal Mine production: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Noah Reid, Hardee T. Lineham and Liisa Repo-Martell give fine performances in August Strindberg's Creditors.

Heartstrings pulled in Therefore Choose Life: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Kathy Kacer and Jake Epstein make solid debut as writing team, but play doesn't always connect emotionally.

Tom at the Farm was worth the wait: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Michel Marc Bouchard play a gripping portrayal of all-consuming grief as man visits homophobic family of his deceased lover.

Ubu and the Truth Commission unleashes puppet dogs of war by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Handspring Puppet Co., known for War Horse, enlivens play about South African atrocities with its creatures.

Lies, truth and dangerous entanglement by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

In Quebec playwright Michel Marc Bouchard's Tom At The Farm a gay man is caught between comforting his late lover's family and keeping his secret from them.

Infinity a fine family drama with cerebral spin: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Playwright Hannah Moscovitch charters unknown scientific territory with some familiar artillery in this Tarragon Theatre show.

Nature of the Beast takes inscrutable dark turn: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Brandon Crone's play about a sexual dominator and his teenage nephew moves along comfortably until the last 10 minutes.

The Unplugging a feminist take on the apocalypse by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Allegra Fulton and Diana Belshaw are commendable playing aboriginal women, but staging doesn't allow us to delight in their achievements.

My Dinner with Casey Donovan never quite satisfies: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Sky Gilbert's new production opens at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace.

From Kensington to Harbourfront to New York for Toronto play by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Sheila Heti's All Our Days Are Stupid started out as a 'ragtag' production of a once 'unstageable' script in a tiny storefront.

Twisted review: Oliver is innocent, Nancy is witty, but Oliver Twist remake is missing connection by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

In modern-day update Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman and Joseph Jomo Pierre now on at Factory Theatre, Nancy and Ollie are in love and communicate by text message.

Solid cast in psychological mystery The Other Place: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Tamsin Kelsey brings bite to Sharr White's protagonist Juliana, ably supported by Jim Mezon, Haley McGee and Joe Cobden.

HER2 a smash in theory, not always in practice: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

We feel surprisingly little for the patients in Kim Ardal's play about breast cancer, despite some crackling performances.

Waiting Room a solid but uneven look at life inside a hospital by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Jordan Pettle, Michelle Monteith and Jane Spidell wonderful as parents of sick children, but some scenes push us into hospital soap opera territory.