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Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Performance Performance

A tinted black & white photo against a swirling cloudy blue sky. A small, barefoot South Asian girl in a pink dress stands at the top of a pole, her right arm reaching upwards as she grasps the pole with her left hand.

Crow’s Theatre presents: A Fine Balance

FINAL EXTENSION! From Tue, Aug. 25 – Sat, Nov. 7, 2026: Crow’s Theatre presents the world premiere of A Fine Balance, a new stage adaptation of Rohinton Mistry’s beloved, award-winning novel exploring resilience & injustice during India’s 1975 Emergency. In a cramped Bombay apartment turned illegal garment factory, four unlikely companions are thrown together. For audiences 18+.

Recurring event: Image featuring yellow and white text superimposed over a blue-filtered photograph. Spotlight at The Second City. Toronto. The centre of the "O" in "Spotlight" is the silhouette of a spotlight. A view from the back of a comedy venue in an old brick building with crescent-shaped windows. Cabaret seating, with tables and chairs, facing toward the stage.

Spotlight at The Second City

One Friday & Saturday every month from Sep. – Jun.: Toronto Sketch Comedy & The Second City Toronto present Spotlight at The Second City, featuring two celebrated comedy troupes performing feature-length shows each month at The Second City’s Theatre ’73. For adults 18+.

Three actors, dressed in identical period female clothing, navy dresses with white undergarments, gaze at us. The actor in the middle is hunched over slighting, reaching out to us with her right hand, her left hand pointing upwards. The actor on the left holds her right hand up beside her face in a claw-like position. The one on the right rests her hand on the elbow bend of the one in the middle.

To a Flame

From Tue, Sep. 22 – Sun, Oct. 4, 2026: 1s1 Theatre & Nightwood Theatre present the world premiere of To a Flame, a groundbreaking new work by Erin Shields. An explosive theatrical feast of image & language that pulls the audience deep into a Victorian Gothic Horror. Presented in association with Modern Times Stage Company & Why Not Theatre at the Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre in ASL & English. For audiences 14+.

Detail of an image featuring white text superimposed over a photograph taken against a black cloth backdrop. Left: September 24 - October 4. RUTAS Festival 2026. Manifesting Curiosities. Learn more at RUTAS.ca A naked woman sits with a large, circular wood relief carving of a skull in her lap as she gazes at us defiantly. A naked child, his/her back to us, stands in front of her, reaching for the carving.

RUTAS International Festival of Performance

From Thu, Sep. 24 – Sun, Oct. 4, 2026: Aluna Theatre presents the RUTAS International Festival of Performance, bringing to Toronto some of the most innovative artists representing the cultural diversity of our continent – with breathtaking presentations in theatre, dance, performance & installation. Presented at Theatre Passe Muraille, Factory Theatre & Hart House. Programming for various age ranges.

Detail of a poster image featuring text superimposed over a photograph. Top: Stakes & Embers and Carolyn Fe Productions, in association with Eldritch Theatre. Carolyn Fe. April Leung. Aye Caesar by Carolyn Fe. Close-up of a wooden table, set with a yellow hardcover book with a red Chinese dragon and evergreen tree design, a crumpled black & white photo of a man and woman, and a piece of ragged-edged linen note paper, with a note written in cursive with purple ink, a purple fountain pen set on top of the paper.

Aye Caesar

From Sat, Sep. 26 – Sun, Oct. 4, 2026: Stakes & Embers and Carolyn Fe Productions present Aye Caesar, a tender, haunting meditation on mental health, technology & the quiet ache of human longing – inspired by Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. Presented in association with Eldritch Theatre at Red Sandcastle Theatre.

Three naked dancers, a woman between two men, perform on stage, arms outstretched in the space between them.

Heaven by Sasha Ivanochko

Six performances only. From Tue, Sep. 29 – Sat, Oct. 3, 2026: Virtuosic dancer & award-winning choreographer Sasha Ivanochko presents her ground-breaking dance work Heaven in a 20th anniversary remount performance. The choreography invites audiences into an intimate encounter with the body – offering a viewing experience that is direct, unmediated & deeply human. Presented in association with The Theatre Centre in the Franco Boni Theatre. For adults 18+.

Close-up of a person with a short cropped beard & moustache, wearing a fishnet costume with a high collar & black cylindrical hat, holding a sucker to their mouth with their right hand, left hand open and raised beside their jaw.

Bootycandy

From Wed, Sep. 30 – Sat, Oct. 17, 2026: Buddies in Bad Times & Obsidian Theatre Company present the Canadian premiere of Bootycandy, a meta-theatrical, semi-autobiographical dark comedy by Robert O’Hara that fleshes out an intricate embodiment of Black queer life. Presented at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. For adults 19+.

Image featuring text against a black background and colour photograph. Top: Pseudo-arial close-up view of a section of an orchestra, the image with a swirling filter effect. Bottom: Celebrating Steve Reich at 90. October 6, 2026, 7:30PM, Koerner Hall.

Soundsteams presents: Celebrating Steve Reich at 90

One night only. On Tue, Oct. 6, 2026: Soundstreams presents the first show of their 44th season: Celebrating Steve Reich at 90, a major celebration of the iconic composer, performed by some of the world’s greatest interpreters of his music – including Reich himself, on film. Presented in collaboration with the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto at Koerner Hall.

A grid of two close-up images featuring women violinists, both in semi-profile. The one on the left holds her violin close to her chest. The one on the right plays her violin.

Soundstreams presents: Violins Unbound

One night only. On Mon, Nov. 2, 2026: Soundstreams presents Violins Unbound as part of their ongoing TD Encounters series. This Encounters concert highlights the remarkable agility of the violin, featuring two violinists & including the world premiere of a commissioned duet. Presented as a free concert at Hugh’s Room Live.

Photo collage featuring illustrated images & photograph against a deep purple background. Two burlesque performers in white feminine costumes pose facing each other under a spotlight. Wing and floral outlined images on either side of them.

Toronto Burlesque Festival: REVERIE

Four days only – Thu, Nov. 12 - Sun, Nov. 15, 2026: The Toronto Burlesque Festival presents REVERIE, the 14th edition of their annual festival, featuring dazzling, dreamlike entertainment spotlighting over 50 burlesque artists from around the world, plus workshops & a marketplace. Presented at partner venue Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. For adults 19+.

Collage image of a strange, alien-like musical instrument made up of a lute-shaped body, with strings and a hole, set upside down on a small control panel with three knobs: Mixture, Daming and Tone. A swirling blue-ish purple vortex in the background.

Soundstreams presents: Orison

One night only. On Mon, Nov. 30, 2026: Soundstreams presents Orison as part of their ongoing TD Encounters series. Science fiction imagery, spirituality & the idea of ‘alien-ness’ combine in this music theatre piece in development, created in collaboration & performed with a unique early electronic instrument & current tech. Presented as a free concert at Hugh’s Room Live.

Recurring event: Image featuring text and illustration. On the left: A set of three illustrated images, featuring white silhouettes of heads in profile speaking inside seven-sided shapes in orange, teal and light blue. On the right: Replay Storytelling (Replay in orange font & Storytelling in light blue font).

Replay Storytelling

The second or third Wednesday of every month: Replay Storytelling hosts a true storytelling event, featuring a new theme each month. It’s an inclusive show that welcomes everyone to submit a story – experienced and new storytellers alike – and invites audiences to come out to hear them told. Presented at Burdock Music Hall on Bloor St. West.