Siobhan Richardson

Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL 2024: FINAL ROUNDUP at Toronto Fringe
by Ilana Lucas - Jul 29, 2024

The Toronto Fringe’s 12-day extravaganza has concluded! Over 40,000 tickets were sold to 76 different shows around the city, from companies both local and international. With plenty of free arts programming at the Fringe Tent behind the Tranzac Club, the Fringe is a thrilling glimpse into the future of Toronto theatre.

Canadian Opera Company to Present DON PASQUALE This Spring
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 7, 2024

The Canadian Opera Company will usher in spring with a feel-good comedy that hasn't been seen on the COC stage in 30 years: Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti. Learn more about the opera and see how to purchase tickets.

Kyle Brown and Jamar Adams-Thompson to Star in TYSON'S SONG World Premiere at Pleiades Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 20, 2024

Pleiades Theatre has revealed that the world premiere of Tyson's Song will star Kyle Brown as Tyson, and Jamar Adams-Thompson as Bryan. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets!

Experience DON GIOVANNI at Canadian Opera Company This Winter
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 5, 2023

Experience Don Giovanni as never before with a breathtaking new production. Discover the thrilling tale of love, lust, and revenge in this iconic opera.

Beethoven's Only Opera, FIDELIO, Hits The Canadian Opera Company Stage In A Visually Stunning Ode To Freedom
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 5, 2023

The Canadian Opera Company's 2023/2024 season launches with Fidelio, the only opera from master composer Ludwig van Beethoven and a work that hasn't been seen on the COC stage in nearly 15 years. The opera, running from September 29 to October 20, 2023, centres on Leonore, a woman who has disguised herself as a man named Fidelio in order to save her husband, imprisoned for his revolutionary political views.

Canadian Opera Company Theatre Presents POMEGRANATE Is A Lesbian Love Story For The Ages
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 12, 2023

A contemporary, time-shifting love story takes centre stage at the Canadian Opera Company this spring, as the company presents the world premiere of Pomegranate by composer Kye Marshall and librettist Amanda Hale.

VIDEO: Get A First Look At SALOME At Canadian Opera Company
by Alan Henry - Feb 3, 2023

Get a first look at Canadian Opera Company's SALOME! A dance—perhaps the most famous one in history—precedes a macabre kiss and an execution in this opera by Richard Strauss. An explosive, modernist score propels the action, redefining musical storytelling.

Review: CARMEN Burns Bright in Canadian Opera Company's Latest Production
by Isabella Perrone - Oct 26, 2022

Quite possibly one of the best known opera comiques, CARMEN has returned to the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts’ stage in a bright blaze.

BWW Review: ROOM is a Heartwarming, Heart-Wrenching Adaptation That Feels Right at Home On Stage
by Isabella Perrone - Apr 16, 2022

Adopted for the stage by Emma Donoghue, the writer of the novel, ROOM is a 2-act spectacle full of imaginative creative choices, heart wrenching performances, and original music.

Pleiades Theatre Announces English Language World Premiere Of LESSON IN FORGETTING
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 28, 2022

Andrey Tarasiuk, Artistic Producer of Pleiades Theatre, today announced the English language world premiere of Lesson in Forgetting by Emma Haché, commissioned by Pleiades and translated by Taliesin McEnaney with John Van Burek, running live on stage from May 3 to 22 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Coal Mine Theatre to Present COST OF LIVING
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 6, 2020

A rich and complicated portrait of people with disabilities (and the stereotypes that accompany them), COAL MINE THEATRE is has announced its upcoming presentation of Martyna Majok's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama COST OF LIVING, directed by Ted Dykstra. Making its much-anticipated Toronto Premiere, the play features rich performances by established and emerging talents Christine Bruno, Jessica Grossi, Tony Nappo, and Sean Towgood. Presented at COAL MINE THEATRE, April 5 - May 3, 2020 (Opening night April 8, 2020).

Driftwood Theatre Presents A (MUSICAL) MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2019

Driftwood Theatre presents their 25th annual Bard's Bus Tour with A (musical) Midsummer Night's Dream, an a cappella slant on William Shakespeare's most popular comedy. Driftwood Theatre brings accessible, live, outdoor theatre across Ontario with contemporary Canadian takes on Shakespeare. A (musical) Midsummer Night's Dream will run from July 19 - August 18, 2019 with 27 performances in 22 cities and towns in Southern Ontario.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX Gets Canadian Premiere At The Shaw
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 20, 2019

Just shy of a century after her sold out Broadway run was branded an 'obscene, indecent, immoral and impure drama' by a New York grand jury, Mae West's Sex gets a rousing production at the Shaw Festival. Directed by Peter Hinton-Davis, this powerful melodrama begins in Montreal's red light district of the 1920s, then shifts locations to Trinidad and New York City. Overflowing with trademark Mae West one-liners, and with its frank sexuality heightened by Hinton-Davis's gender-bent casting, Sex begins previews at the Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre on June 21st.

Stratford Festival's OTHELLO Begins Performances Tonight
by Julie Musbach - May 3, 2019

Director Nigel Shawn Williams brings Shakespeare's Othello firmly into the here and now with a gripping contemporary production that will officially open the Stratford Festival's 2019 season on Monday, May 27. Previews begin today at the Festival Theatre.

Driftwood Theatre Presents The 25th Bard's Bus Tour: A (MUSICAL) MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Stephi Wild - Apr 23, 2019

Driftwood Theatre presents their 25th annual Bard's Bus Tour with A (musical) Midsummer Night's Dream, an a cappella slant on William Shakespeare's most popular comedy. Driftwood Theatre brings accessible, live, outdoor theatre across Ontario with contemporary Canadian takes on Shakespeare. A (musical) Midsummer Night's Dream will run from July 19 - August 18, 2019 with 27 performances in 22 cities and towns in Southern Ontario.

Ergo Arts Theatre Announces 2nd Annual ERGO PINK FEST
by Julie Musbach - Mar 18, 2019

Ergo Pink Fest is a 4-day theatre festival in Toronto (March 28-31, 2019), conceived and hosted by Ergo Arts Theatre (EAT) that gives voice to female and non-binary identified playwrights, providing them a unique platform to develop and showcase their work. The festival, being held at the Small World Music Centre, 180 Shaw Street, brings together award-winning playwrights and dramaturges Beverley Cooper, Marcia Johnson, Anita La Selva, Paula Wing and Elyne Quan to nurture the development of eight new plays.

The World Premiere WHY WE FIGHT Comes to The Redwood
by Stephi Wild - Nov 10, 2018

Crux Encounter Productions is proud to announce the World Premiere of a new movement-based anthology that asks why we fight, through the craft of stage combat. Limited run with only three performances starting November 17, Why We Fight is being performed live at The Redwood, 1300 Gerrard St. E., Toronto, with both Saturday performances being simulcast worldwide, so that audiences can watch the show from anywhere.

Flying V and theatreWashington Announce Intro To Intimacy For The Stage Workshop
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 27, 2018

Flying V, in association with theatreWashington, are proud to present: Intimacy Directors International Co-Founder, Siobhan Richardson, as a guest instructor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada to teach a 4-Hour Workshop, An Introduction to Intimacy For The Stage, from 1-5pm on August 12th, at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center.

Thought For Food to Present DARK HEART World Premiere This Winter
by BWW News Desk - Jan 24, 2018

Thought For Food presents the world premiere of Dark Heart, on stage January 24 - February 11 at The Assembly Theatre.

Thought For Food to Present DARK HEART World Premiere This Winter
by BWW News Desk - Dec 12, 2017

Thought For Food presents the world premiere of Dark Heart, on stage January 24 - February 11 at The Assembly Theatre.