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Adapted from the 1775 play by Beaumarchais and the 1816 opera by Rossini, Soulpepper’s The Barber of Seville is an update of Theatre Columbus’ 1996 production, a modern spin on the...

In the small Timmins suburb of South Porcupine, a young man in a supermarket apron shares his boredom and confusion with the audience while Shania Twain's “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?” plays in the background. This is the opening scene of Amy Lee Lavoie's...

The Canadian Opera Company's production of Francis Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites, now on stage at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,...

In the early hours of December 26, 2004, the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake. Close on the heels of the quake was a devastating tsunami that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people, and is considered one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded...

High culture meets low art in a new show celebrating the eccentric world of pop star Lady Gaga. Described as a "dance floor dialectic," Of A Monstrous Child: A Gaga Musical hits the...

As human beings, it is natural to be curious about our genetic makeup, and who our ancestors were. After all, our background is what has shaped us into the person we are today, or so one young woman believes—the young protagonist of...

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible still has the power to spook theatregoers, almost 60 years after it premiered on Broadway in 1953. Set in Salem, Massachusetts during the famous witch trials, the...

No time to read all of Shakespeare’s plays? Consider watching 37 of them condensed into approximately 97 minutes of laugh-out-loud absurdity. Now playing for a limited engagement at Casa Loma, the Classical Theatre Project‘s hilarious production...

Soulpepper’s Death of a Salesman returns to the Toronto stage this month in a remount of the award-winning 2010 production directed by Albert Schultz. Here, we chat with actor Ari...

On a stage surrounded by three large screens, two women and one man move gracefully to the sound of a cello being played in the corner. Not a word is spoken for several minutes, which leaves the audience guessing as to how Pressgang Theatre...