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Toronto Fringe 2026 Dispatch #2: The Weekend
The first week of Fringe is over. We’ve officially entered the festival’s Middle Ages. By now, ‘Everyman’ has probably settled...
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While a promising world premiere celebrating Blue Rodeo’s music, ‘In the Key of Blue’ still needs a tighter book, cleaner pacing and steadier sound mix.
The first duty of a new Canadian musical is to prove it belongs on stage. In the Key of Blue,...
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Toronto Fringe 2026 Dispatch #1: First Encounters and Early Picks
Roll up, roll up: Thespis’ wagon is in town! The Fringe couldn’t be further from a temple of slick entertainment....
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‘Cusp’ nods and winks to 1980s coming-of-age cinema while searching for its own contemporary pulse.
There is something endearingly earnest about Cusp, a one-hour late-afternoon opening that arrives at Toronto Fringe with its heart fixed...
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VOICE CHOICE. Stratford’s ‘Othello’ offers a forceful account of Shakespeare’s tragedy, anchored by disciplined performances and a sustained sense of foreboding.
This Stratford Festival production of Othello earns that attention through a measured build toward tragedy and a series of performances...
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Unique creativity in ‘Medusa’ which raises fearsome questions about modern injustices to women.
A startling world premiere of Erin Shield’s Medusa is now playing at Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto’s Distillery District. This play...
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Stratford’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ offers a visually rich staging of Wilde’s enduring comedy.
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at Stratford’s Avon Theatre emphasizes both the play’s verbal wit and its visual...
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‘The Outsiders’ arrives with the pulse of a contemporary musical and the heart of a classic coming-of-age story.
Can a 1967 novel written by seventeen-year-old Susan E. Hinton — later transformed into a 1983 film and a 1990...
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Stratford’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ presents challenges in its overlapping subplots and extended running time. This production addresses them through sleek contemporary staging and visually sophisticated theatrical design.
The production relies on the audience’s willingness to accept the play’s supernatural framework and enter its world of fairies, sprites...
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VOICE CHOICE: Stratford’s return of ‘Something Rotten!’ arrives sharper, wittier and more confident. A joyous, silly and irreverent production that embraces its own absurdity.
The Festival’s return of Something Rotten! invites repeat viewing, not only for its energy but for its juicy wordplay and...
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