Theatre

Stage play by former frontman of The Police revamped before opening for Canadian audience

This production of the Bard's tragedy by Shakespeare BASH'd is so intimate you'll want to reach out and touch Desdemona's handkerchief

While the hit musical Come From Away is set in Gander, N.L., and the airspace above it, some of its cast members had never visited the remote Newfoundland community.

The musical in all its colourful-costumed glory is making its way across North America and stopping in Toronto for five weeks of grizzled manes and iconic makeup.

When director Ravi Jain approached Jeff Ho two years ago to play Ophelia in his production Prince Hamlet, it was to address a pressing need: the actor originally cast in the role, Kawa Ada, had broken his leg and rehearsals were soon to start.

Toronto’s Coal Mine Theatre says the opening of “The Father” will be delayed a week after star Nicholas Campbell was forced to step down due to health concerns.

Nightwood Theatre, Canada’s leading feminist theatre company, has chosen the next leader to usher in its 40th anniversary season next year and beyond.

The 10-dancer work is an examination of what it means to “have the blues.”

As her acting career gained momentum in Toronto, McGee was also writing and developing solo plays. After performing them at the Edinburgh Fringe in Scotland, the lure of Europe’s performing arts industry wooed her as it has many Canadian theatre artists before her

“Jagged Little Pill” played the American Repertory Theater last summer. It’s directed by Diane Paulus and has an original story by Diablo Cody, who wrote “Juno.”