Mitchell Cushman

Review: NEXT STAGE FESTIVAL: PART 1 at Buddies In Bad Times

Read our critics coverage of the first three shows in Toronto Fringe's annual curated festival.

The 17th Annual Next Stage Theatre Festival Reveals 2024 Programming and Casts

Toronto Fringe has revealed the programming and casting for the 17th Annual Next Stage Theatre Festival with six compelling shows from Toronto, Edmonton, and Halifax including solo shows, musicals, and dramatic theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets.

DEAD BROKE Comes to the Theatre Centre Next Month

Lost Dreams Collective will present Dead Broke by Will King from Oct 31 to Nov 10 at The Theatre Centre, directed by Calvin Petersen. 

Horror-Comedy DEAD BROKE Announced Ar The Theatre Centre This Halloween

Lost Dreams Collective will present Dead Broke by Will King from Oct 31 to Nov 10 at The Theatre Centre, directed by Calvin Petersen.

Vineyard Theatre Postpones AGE IS A FEELING

Vineyard Theatre is postponing Age is a Feeling by Haley McGee, due to unforeseen circumstances. Learn more about the production.

Cast & Creative Team Set for AGE IS A FEELING at Vineyard Theatre

Vineyard Theatre has revealed the creative team for AGE IS A FEELING. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

AGE IS A FEELING & THE WIND AND THE RAIN Join Vineyard Theatre 24-25 Season

Vineyard Theatre has revealed two additional productions for the company’s upcoming 42nd season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets!

Me Time Brings R.A.V.E. to Downsview Airport Lands

It’s a dance party. It’s a theatre show. It’s a rave opera for desperate times. Me Time is one of Toronto’s favourite underground DJs, known for her inclusive events and infectious energy on the decks.

AGE IS A FEELING Comes to Soulpepper Theatre This Month

Soulpepper Theatre will present the Canadian Premiere of Age is a Feeling, the award-winning smash hit by Dora-award-winning artist Haley McGee (The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale).

Crow's Theatre Reveals 2024-25 Season Lineup

Crow's Theatre has announced its 41st season, the largest and most ambitious season in the company's history. Learn more about the season here!

Spotlight: UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY ABOUT THE DEATH OF WALT DISNEY at Young Centre for the Performing Arts

Outside the March and Soulpepper Theatre present A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney

What's Closing Soon on Broadway & Off Broadway- November 2024

It's closing time! Last call to catch some of your favorite stars in action on and off Broadway, including a beloved revival, a star-led new play, and more. Get your tickets to these shows now before they are gone for good.  

A PUBLIC READING OF AN UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY ABOUT THE DEATH OF WALT DISNEY Comes to Toronto in April

Two of Toronto’s leading theatre companies Outside the March (Jerusalem, The Flick) and Soulpepper (Sizwe Banzi is Dead, The Seagull) are teaming up for A Public Reading of An Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney, by Obie Award-winning playwright Lucas Hnath (Dana H., A Doll’s House Part 2).

Feature: Ilana Lucas Picks The Top Toronto Theatre of 2023

It’s been a strong year for Toronto theatre. I saw 145 shows this year in Toronto and beyond, and am happy to report that theatre is alive and well. I’ve laughed, sobbed, coughed (discreetly into a mask), and cheered my way through our stages in 2023. Here are some local highlights.

Review: THE EFFECT at Coal Mine Theatre

In asking the persistent questions of how much of what we consider love, the personality, and even the soul is of our own making, and how much is just chemical, Mitchell Cushman’s searing production immediately gets under your skin, and it’s no placebo.

Review: NO SAVE POINTS at Outside The March

Outside the March brings another innovative and interactive theatrical experience to Toronto audiences with No Save Points, playing at the Lighthouse ArtScape. Writer and creator Sébastien Heins had a rough time growing up with an ailing mother who suffered from a rare genetic disease that could have passed on to him.

THE EFFECT Comes to Coal Mine Theatre in July

Concluding COAL MINE THEATRE’s buzzy first season in their new home at 2076 Danforth Avenue – award-winning director Mitchell Cushman returns to the east end to direct the Canadian premiere of UK writer Lucy Prebble’s Critics Circle award-winning THE EFFECT – on stage July 9 – 30 (Media night: July 13).

Bad Hats/Soulpepper's ALICE IN WONDERLAND Leads Dora Award Nominations

At a press conference held at Meridian Hall, the Toronto Alliance for the  Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 228 nominations for the 43rd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which recognize excellence in professional theatre, dance and opera in Toronto for the 2022-2023 season. Also announced at the press conference was the recipient of the Province of Ontario’s Pauline McGibbon Award. 

NO SAVE POINTS Comes to Toronto This Summer

This June, creator/performer Sébastien Heins invites Toronto to a joyous, high-octane, deeply personal adventure story, all experienced at the touch of a button. Video games, theatre and memoir collide as Heins places the control(er) in the hands of the audience, entrusting them to pilot his performance using state-of-the-art motion capture and haptic technology.

TIFT Announces Upcoming Season of Theatre in Argentina

Artistic Director Michael Torontow has announced further programming plans for a concurrent fall/winter 2022/23 season in Barrie and in Argentina.