In a project sponsored by York and Brock universities, 21 students shared their responses to the plays in '21 Black Futures.' In songs, poems, American Sign Language videos and more, they ex…
'Dreamers' is the latest addition to the National Ballet of Canada's free online programming. The company has also commissioned new works from Jennifer Archibald, Vanesa Garcia-Ribala Montoy…
The work that Pite made for Paris Opera Ballet has its Canadian digital premiere on Feb. 17 through new dance initiative Digidance.
While Tarragon Theatre is taking its world premiere of 'Orestes' entirely online and 'february: a love story' has become a film, the Rhubarb Festival is going analogue " the 2021 edition of …
Ricard, who takes over the helm of the Théâtre français de Toronto in July, joins a number of other recently appointed female Black theatre leaders in Toronto, including Weyni Mengesh…
Among other things, Star theatre critics Karen Fricker and Carly Maga learned that our theatre scene is built on unjust foundations, that local companies 'pivoted' and fast, and that young p…
Against the Grain Theatre joined with Reneltta Arluk to bring some change to the opera world. 'There are going to be more Indigenous and BIPOC people watching this version of Handel's Messia…
The pandemic forced Petty's holiday pantomime to go virtual this year, but he hopes its signature audience interaction remains: 'This is not a Zoom call. We're making sure they understand th…
TO Live and Buddies in Bad Times are among the international organizations supporting 'Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce " Pandemic!' " a vaudeville-style revue of musical numbers, film, burlesque …
From Berlin to Sydney, Toronto's co-artistic directors David Eisner and Avery Saltzman bring together a dozen Jewish theatres from around the world to link up in seasonal concert
When this version was first seen in theatres in 2008, the Toronto cinema audience applauded virtuoso dances much as they might have in the Four Seasons Centre. The lead performances by Sonia…
Baroque, pastiche-style show 'Something Rich & Strange,' filmed live on stage at Koerner Hall, streams on Saturday, Dec. 12
Beatty's dance school has evolved to become one of Canada's leading; her teaching has "impacted on thousands." She has died age 84
The Trinidad-born, Hamilton-based dancer is part of Claudia Moore's annual showcase of dancers of a certain age, 'Older & Reckless,' happening online Nov. 6.
Theatre Direct's new online show pulls young audiences in with its Zoom-style staging and post-show talkback.
Freshly created web series 'Leer Estates' is just one highlight of theatre fest's new digital subscription service, also a Shakespearean game show and films of famed stage productions from p…
The Siminovitch Prize, which rotates on a three-year cycle to recognize contributions to different theatrical fields, is this year honouring excellence in playwriting.
"The key to it all is for people to be safe," says David Mirvish of staging the North American premiere of British sound-installation 'Blindness' at the theatre
With COVID-19 scuppering shows, three Canadian dance companies have come up with innovative ways to do in person and livestream performances
The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts' campaign, running through Sept. 27, encourages audience members to post on social media recalling a memorable local performance.
What will the future hold for theatre in Toronto? It has to extend beyond how to stage live productions again during COVID-19 to the very structure of organizations, to who's making theatre …
One of Britain's hit shows is set to become the first musical to reopen on London's West End since Britain went into lockdown in March.
Philip Akin has stepped down as artistic director of Obsidian Theatre, but the Philip Akin " Black Shoulders Legacy Award will keep his tradition of mentorship alive beyond his lifetime by g…
Accustomed to large spaces, busy schedules and comradeship, National Ballet performers are only now getting some of their old routine back. They explain how they've coped
The entire cast seemed nervous, writes theatre critic Carly Maga, but the atmosphere of these five people making their way through something that used to feel normal, now rendered foreign, p…