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REVIEW: Here For Now’s well-acted Reproduktion attempts to tackle too much "Amy Rutherford’s world premiere script is ambitious and the material it covers is complex — but the narrative feels disjointed." https://t.co/NKCr5YDAr8

How the stars of Lunchbox Theatre’s new holiday comedy are learning to tap dance from scratch “We’re living in a world right now where failure is not an option,” says actor Elinor Holt. “And a lot of times people would rather not try anything at all.” https://t.co/VUB1KjFbEn

REVIEW: Obsidian and Tarragon co-production reflects on the inadequacy of language "'a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun)': the title says it all, offering a definition for an absent word. The thing is the thing unsaid." https://t.co/vhbu5phK0H

With TIFT’s Twelve Dinners, actor Steve Ross makes the leap to playwright-director "I love sitting with the actors before rehearsals and discussing, especially when they ask questions,” says Ross. “I love directing my own work, but find it challenging." https://t.co/XQj88EPzw9

'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' has toured internationally since 2022, with a shifting cast of performers. Manus Halligan and Genevieve Hulme Beaman, the original actors and co-adaptors, will reprise their roles for the Toronto premiere.  https://t.co/3stzdwG9WN

REVIEW: Veteran actors Scott Wentworth and Walter Borden take a dreamlike road trip in intimate world premiere "Dandelion Theatre's An Orchid and Other Such Lilies and Lies is an existential rumination on life, death, and friendship." https://t.co/eIjk5dZBvu

Narnia completes a trilogy of musicals championing a child’s-eye view of life "What emerged for us was this idea of life cycles,” reflects adaptor-director Fiona Sauder. “‘[What things] have to die and fall away in order for new things to grow?’” https://t.co/9Z4CQum4N7

REVIEW: With equal parts joy and indignation, The Christmas Market shines a light on migrant labour "Delicately balanced with humour and emotionally charged dialogue, The Christmas Market is vibrant and moving, bottled up like lightning in 90 minutes." https://t.co/VPBz0L8fi6

REVIEW: Theatre Gargantua’s Dissonant Species features live science experiments and impressive visual storytelling "For the first half of the show, you can’t help but focus on director Jacquie P.A. Thomas' thoughtful scenic choices." https://t.co/rs6pIQ6e6A

REVIEW: Icarus Theatre’s DNA paints a disturbing mural of teenage rebellion "Erik Richards’ tendency toward thriller-esque pacing adds electricity to the drama’s group scenes, bringing its reflections on groupthink and collective grief into clear view." https://t.co/GaAL0rx66J

REVIEW: Jessica B. Hill’s Pandora thinks outside the box at Stratford’s Here For Now Theatre "Weave Pandora's disparate elements together and a story emerges that is equal parts moving and fascinating." https://t.co/vQTsFfmpdx

REVIEW: Soulpepper’s The Comeuppance unpacks high-school reunions with deadly, millennial-aged precision "Macabre and drama-filled, The Comeuppance will probably be most compelling to the around-40 crowd who share its specific touchstones." https://t.co/Wq6sAZ3Vau

REVIEW: TfT delivers humour and cruelty in striking rendition of Camus’ Le Malentendu "Director Karine Ricard banishes all earthly joy from the scene, leaving behind an almost lunar coldness." https://t.co/P6j8wWqb7S

NEWS: Tara Beagan wins 2025 Governor General’s Award for drama "Published by Playwrights Canada Press, her multilingual play Rise, Red River connects environmental devastation with the intergenerational impacts of colonial violence." https://t.co/2QeisDqeI4

REVIEW: The Far Side of the Moon is insomniac theatre "The Far Side of the Moon begins and ends with a large mirror on stage, and the show extracts enigmatic power from the tantalizing question of whether Philippe is losing himself in his reflection." https://t.co/rNiBCVw0hP

REVIEW: National Ballet’s Procession tangles the lines of sorrow and sensuality "Procession, the National Ballet of Canada’s brooding and stylized world premiere ballet, rushes to the stage with startling vitality — and does so at a funeral." https://t.co/uSKz3W4ZdY

REVIEW: Tarragon’s CHILD-ish takes a hopeful and hilarious look at life through kids’ eyes "It’s a giggly good time, if a pinch oversweet." https://t.co/eNQd6ZnQlO

REVIEW: At Ottawa’s GCTC, you won’t expect what happens when Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre "Sarah Kitz’s production leans into the play’s real strength: its exploration of narrative." https://t.co/vYt23WKgPz

Tarragon’s upcoming show CHILD-ish gives audiences a verbatim taste of children’s wisdom, wit, and weirdness. The actors in this production do not imitate kids. Instead, they speak children’s words while retaining their own voices and physicalities.

REVIEW: The Sankofa Trilogy is a passionate love letter to Jamaica and Black womanhood "Bringing together live music, African storytelling traditions, dub poetry, and pantomime, anitafrika’s Sankofa Trilogy continues to resonate with urgency."