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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

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text superimposed over a photo collage of Japanese performers. 20205 - 2026 concert season. Nagata Shachu Japanese Taiko & Music Group presents: Rhythms in Flight. Bottom left: Two taiko drummers perform, smiling with right arms raised with left making contact with their drums. Bottom centre: A man juggles three balls. Bottom right: Medium close-up of a female taiko drummer, both arms raised with drumsticks as she performs. Top right: A man balances on a pole, legs spread wide and elbows bent with hands behind his back and his body parallel to the ground.

Nagata Shachu X Ryunosuke Yamazumi: Rhythms in Flight

PAST EVENT: One night only – Sat, Apr. 11, 2026: Taiko ensemble Nagata Shachu closes their 28th season with Nagata Shachu X Ryunosuke Yamazumi: Rhythms in Flight, an exciting collaborative concert with Japanese circus artist Ryunosuke Yamazumi. The energy, discipline & passion of both taiko & circus, performed by extraordinary & renowned Japanese artists. Presented at The Fleck at Harbourfront Centre Theatre.

Past event: Greyed out poster image featuring text and illustration against a beige background. Top: Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker. Centre: Silhouettes of five people sitting side by side, with four seated on chairs and one on an exercise ball. There's a half green/half orange ringed circle on the floor in front of them with a piece of paper in the centre, mirrored by a white circle behind the group. Bottom: March 11 - 22, 2026. Tiny games. Big heartbreak.

Alumnae Theatre presents: Circle Mirror Transformation

PAST EVENT: Wed, Mar. 11 – Sun, Mar. 22, 2026: Alumnae Theatre Company presents Circle Mirror Transformation, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker. A six-week-long community centre drama class transforms four lost people & their teacher in this funny, poignant play. Presented in Alumnae’s Studio Theatre. For audiences 13+.

Past event: Greyed out illustration-filtered photo of three men, a woman and an upright piano on a blue background. A man stands on either side of the piano, one sits playing it and the woman, dressed in 1940s costume, lies across it on her stomach, propped up on her elbows, left hand against the side of her face. All look out, smiling at us.

Genna G at the NAC: Album Launch Party

PAST EVENT: One night only – Thu, Mar. 19, 2026: Ottawa-based actor & musician Genna Giampaolo & her trio celebrate the launch of her debut jazz album Genna With A G, a collection of vulnerable originals & favourite covers to be released on Mar. 20. Presented at Fourth Stage at the National Arts Centre. For audiences 16+.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text superimposed over a blue-filtered photograph. TOSKETCHFEST. A vampire gazes off to the right, its arms raised as its the edges of its cloak swirls around it. TOSketchfest smiley face logo, repeated in the background.

Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival 2026

PAST EVENT: From Wed, Mar. 4 - Sun, Mar. 15, 2026: The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival celebrates its 21st anniversary! Join them at The Theatre Centre and Comedy Bar Bloor for their largest lineup to date, presenting 70+ high-energy showcases by 75+ comedy troupes, featuring 250+ comedy artists, a film festival, workshops and panels, and more. For audiences 12+. Parental discretion advised.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text and photo collage. Left: Women at Play(s) 8. Original one act plays by Canadian women playwrights, directors, and actors. March 6-8 + 11-15, 2026. 7PM evenings + Sat/Sun 2:30PM & 7PM. Videocabaret, 10 Busy Street (Queen St. E & Logan) Toronto. Women at Play(s) is an approved festival under Canadian Actors' Equity Association's Festival Policy. Tickets: www.womenatplays.ca Right: Image of a woman's hand & forearm, holding up a circular collage of women's faces, a lighting instrument shining down along the arm.

Women At Play(s) 8

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Mar. 6 – Sun, Mar. 15, 2026: Women At Play(s) presents its eighth festival of short one-act plays. Written, directed & performed by Canadian women theatre artists, it features seven new original works full of surprises, secrets & lies in stories that will make you laugh, cry, dream & think. Presented at VideoCabaret.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring blue text, aligned vertically on the left, and a photo on the right agains a black background. Frost Bites, the words surrounded by blue and yellow circles of various sizes. Three people of various ethnicities gaze at us as they stand side by side at a large corner window, houses visible in the background outside.

Hamilton Festival Theatre Company presents: Frost Bites

PAST EVENT: Fri, Feb. 27 - Sun, Mar. 8, 2026: Hamilton Festival Theatre Company presents Frost Bites, Hamilton’s biggest winter theatre festival, featuring six packed days of indoor and outdoor programming over two weekends. Presented in partnership with Theatre Aquarius and The Staircase Theatre + Lounge. Programming available for all ages.

Past event: Greyed out image of six Indigenous performers stand barefoot on stage singing, light shining out in rays behind them.

UPU

PAST EVENT: Three performances only – from Fri, Feb. 27 to Sun, Mar. 1, 2026: Native Earth Performing Arts presents UPU by New Zealand’s UPU Collective. With powerful poetry, compelling storytelling & unforgettable performances, UPU brings the Pacific Ocean’s rich voices to life – exploring cultural struggle, joy & identity across the islands. Presented at Aki Studio. For audiences 15+.

Past event: Greyed out poster image with text superimposed over a photograph in two sections. Top section: Medium close-up of a man and woman in period costume standing close together, side by side, gazing at each other, a green field and cloudy blue sky in the background. Top left: Devin Bell. An ornate gold frame with the words: Celebrating 250 Years of Jane Austen. Top right: Lizzie Moffatt. Bottom section (text on a black background): Based on the novel by Jane Austen. Adapted by Ferron Delcy & Jesse McQueen. Pride and Prejudice. Directed by Tatum Lee.

Wren Theatre presents: Pride and Prejudice

PAST EVENT: Only six performances! Wed, Feb. 18 – Sun, Feb. 22, 2026: Wren Theatre presents a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. This fresh take on the beloved classic brings new life to the timeless tale of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, filled with clever twists and delightful surprises. On for a limited engagement at Randolph Theatre.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text & photograph. Top: Soundstreams presents: TD Encounters. Left: Arvo Pärt at 90. February 9 7:30PM Hugh's Room. Right: Black & white medium close-up of an older man with a beard and moustache, the top of his head bald, wearing a suit. He grins, a delighted expression in his eyes, as he gazes off to the left.

Soundstreams presents: Another side of Arvo Pärt

PAST EVENT: One night only – Tue, Feb. 9, 2026: Soundstreams presents Another side of Arvo Pärt as part of their ongoing TD Encounters series. This Encounters celebrates Pärt’s 90th birthday, featuring some of his secular and folk-inspired pieces, plus works by Omar Daniel and Anna Pidgorna. Presented as a free concert at Hugh’s Room Live.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text and photograph. Top: Soundstreams presents: TD Encounters. A purple-filtered photo of a tumultuous ocean. Bottom: Transoceanic. January 19 7:30PM Hugh's Room

Soundstreams presents: Transoceanic

PAST EVENT: One night only – Mon, Jan 19, 2026: Soundstreams presents Transoceanic as part of their ongoing TD Encounters series. Works from diasporic composers Corie Rose Soumah, Kotoka Suzuki & Anthony Tan reimagine sound & light through science-fiction visions that shift Eurocentric narratives of progress. Presented as a free concert at Hugh’s Room Live.

Past event: Greyed out image of a Black man with a salt and pepper moustache and beard, wearing a straw brimmed hat, a white long-sleeved shirt and beige pants, smiles at us. His arm is relaxed at his side and his right arm is bent at the elbow, his right hand folded out in front of his chest, as if holding something between thumb and forefinger.

Necessary Angel presents: Moonlight Schooner

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Nov 21 – Sun, Dec. 14, 2025: Necessary Angel Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Moonlight Schooner, an evocative tale – told with humour & poignancy – about the systemic & deliberate breaking of Black men by colonial forces during the Windrush Generation & the casualties left behind. Presented in association with Canadian Stage & Tarragon Theatre at the Berkeley Street Theatre.

Past event: Greyed out medium close-up of a South Asian drag performer with black 80s rocker hair, wearing a head mic and a short-sleeved black leather top with bijuriya bedazzled on the back. Her back to us and her face in profile, strong and fierce.

Buddies in Bad Times presents: Bijuriya created by Gabriel Dharmoo

PAST EVENT: Three performances only – from Wed, Nov. 26 – Sat, Nov. 29, 2025: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents Gabriel Dharmoo’s interdisciplinary drag show Bijuriya, a playful examination of the role of vocality in self-expression – utilizing song, speech and lip-sync as tools for exploring South Asian identity. For audiences 19+.