The Second City Toronto’s latest mainstage revue (their 92nd!) builds on their last with the same returning ensemble and a bit more of a thematic throughline on the topic of AI and what truly makes us human. Gavin Pounds stands out in the ensemble with strong physicality and exuberant characters, his work in a […]
Last week, the National Ballet of Canada celebrated the start of their landmark 75th season with the premiere of Romeo & Juliet. The company is bringing back choreographer John Cranko’s 1964 version of the ballet, a well known favourite among older fans of the company but unseen in the past generation as it was replaced […]
Known for their elaborate escape rooms and interactive experiences, Secret City has teamed up with Netflix to bring to life Rian Johnson’s whodunnit film series Knives Out in the form of an immersive dinner theatre experience called The Perfect Bite. It’s an original mystery set at a dinner party where you’ll be served a four […]
Written and performed by Dora Nominee Ahmad Meree, UNCIVILIZEDdraws from Meree’s experiences of coming to Canada as a refugee from Aleppo, Syria, in 2016. The set up is instantly striking. We find Meree centre stage, facing a video camera projecting his image onto the back screen. A disembodied woman’s voice comes over the loudspeaker, […]
Toronto is rife with rich opera selections this fall as the Canadian Opera Company shares a delectable duo of well-contrasted classics foiled beautifully by Opera Atelier’s lavish take on a lesser known operatic adaptation of a familiar tale. While the COC tends to lean on iconic works as their season tentpoles, the ever-ambitious Atelier […]
Currently onstage at Buddies in Bad Times, director Jay Northcott’s production of the ridiculously named Bootycandy is a triumph. Blazingly funny and brutally sad, Robert O’Hara’s zinging text links together a vignette structure through unexpected metatheacricality that brilliantly interrogates itself as well as the larger landscape of contemporary theatre in all its diverse, performative, well-intentioned, […]
A 1s1 Theatre and Nightwood Theatre co-production in association with Modern Times Stage Company and Why Not Theatre, playwright Erin Shields’ poetic and at times gruesome one-act To A Flame is a visual treat and sensory rollercoaster set in a lush world of gothic horror, directed by Josette Bushell-Mingo with additive beauty to be fully accessible to deaf audiences (with […]
The Author Spotlight Series shines a light on writers creating heartfelt and original work across genres, giving them an opportunity to talk about their books and why they do what they do. Click Here to follow the series as it progresses. To submit an author for consideration, email editors@myentertainmentworld.ca. … “Born in Romania, Angelica Ganea […]
