Hir

At The Annex (823 Seymour Street) until December 8, 2018
How can a play about a broken family be so bloody funny? That’s the genius of playwright Taylor Mac.

Andrew Wheeler (on the floor, left) as Arnold, Deb Williams as Paige and Victor Dolhai as Isaac in Hir. Credit: Tim Matheson

Read more…

Mortified

At Studio 58 until December 2, 2018
Mortified is a terrific play, brilliantly staged by Anita Rochon and her cast, and a great place to start a conversation. Who should see this? Everyone. Kudos to Studio 58 and Touchstone Theatre.

Emily Jane King as Girl in Mortified. Credit: Emily Cooper

Read more…

The Enemy

At the Firehall Arts Centre until December 1, 2018
Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, often referred to as ‘the father of modern drama’, was a rabble-rouser in the late 19th century theatre world.

Paul Herbert as Mayor Stockman and Jenn Griffin as Dr. Elizabeth Stockman in The Enemy. Credit: Pedro Meza

Read more…

The Suppliant Women

At the Jericho Arts Centre until December 2, 2018 
With hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers on the move all over the world, The Suppliant Women, adapted from Aeschylus by Sally Clark and Adam Henderson, could hardly be more relevant.

Douglas Abel as Danaus and the cast of the Suppliant Women. Credit: Nancy Caldwell

Read more…

Three Winters

At The Cultch until November 17, 2018
It took three years for POWs in Stalag Luft III to build ‘Harry’, one of three tunnels that would lead them from the Nazi camp where they were interned, to freedom. The plan was ambitious: two hundred and fifty men were to make a break for it on a moonless night.

The cast of Three Winters. Credit: Emily Cooper

Read more…

Bacio Rosso

At Queen Elizabeth Park until December 31, 2018
Bacio Rosso is as much an experience as a show. Old World glitz and glam comes at you even before the show and the four-course meal prepared by Chef Adam Pegg of La Quercia.

Spiegeltent interior.

Read more…

Red Birds

At PAL Studio Theatre until November 18, 2018
Playwright Aaron Bushkowsky has the gift of smart, funny dialogue so if you are able to suspend disbelief, there are rewards here.

France Perras (Carol), Gerry Mackay (Derek) and Anna Hagen (Hannah) in Red Birds. Credit: Emily Cooper

Read more…

The Believers Are But Brothers

At The Cultch until November 10, 2018
Who wants to go to the theatre and turn their cellphone on? Apparently, lots do and that’s what UK writer/performer/co-director Javaad Alipoor counts on in his 65-minute audience-interactive work, The Believers Are But Brothers.

Javaad Alipoor in The Believers Are But Brothers

Read more…