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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 & illustration. A stylized Indigenous illustration of a black tree with yellow circular growth at the end of each branch, a linear representation of a coyote dancing beneath the tree to the left, with a black starry night sky in the background. Under the tree, to the right: Weesageechak 38 in white font.

Weesageechak Begins to Dance 38

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Nov. 21 – Sun, Nov. 30, 2025: Native Earth Performing Arts presents Weesageechak Begins to Dance 38 at Aki Studio. An annual festival showcasing new theatre, dance & multidisciplinary works & works-in-development by 10 Indigenous creators from across Turtle Island & beyond. This year’s theme is Complexities & Curiosities.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring white text and illustration against a red holiday gift-patterned background. Top left: FLATO Academy Theatre logo / A FLATO Academy Theatre production. Top right: Written by: Joseph Robinette. Music & lyrics by: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul. Centre: A Christmas Story The Musical - the "O" in "Story" is a Christmas wreath. To the right of the title: An illustration in beige and brown of a floor lamp, in the shape of a woman's leg, with fishnet stockings and high heel shoe, plugged into a wall socket. Below the title: November 28, 29 & 30. Bottom left: Directed by: Beth Wilson. Pit Band Directors: Lynne Davis & Chris Mabee.

A Christmas Story: The Musical

PAST EVENT: Three days, four shows – Fri, Nov. 28 – Sun, Nov. 30, 2025: The FLATO Academy Theatre presents A Christmas Story: The Musical. Based on the beloved holiday movie, follow young Ralphie as he dreams of the perfect Christmas gift: an official Red Ryder BB gun! Told with humour, warmth & nostalgia, this musical is packed with heart & lively, showstopping songs – reminding us of the joy & chaos of the season. Fun for the whole family!

Past event: Greyed out image of a performer, transformed into a two-foot tall bag of trash walks along the floor on an area rug in front of an audience.

Literal Trash: A Comedy Experience

PAST EVENT: Tue nights on Aug. 19, Sep. 16, Oct. 21 & Nov. 25, 2025: Toronto comedian Adam Mohammed invites audiences to join him for a wholesome evening of irony with Literal Trash: A Comedy Experience. Follow Trash, a two-foot tall sentient garbage bag with a heart of gold, in an experimental physical comedy show at The Tranzac. For audiences 14+.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring a photograph with overlapping text. Two mature dancers, a man and a woman, dance together in front of a grey wall. His hands are on her hips and her arms are raised, both heads tilted back as they look up. Above them, silver paint drips down from the centre of the image. Text: Older & Reckless. 25 years of recklessness.

Older & Reckless 25

PAST EVENT: Three performances only – Fri, Nov. 21 & Sat, Nov. 22, 2025: Moonhorse Dance Theatre celebrates the 25th anniversary of Older & Reckless at the Fleck at Harbourfront Centre Theatre. An annual dance show presenting works by lifelong performers & creators age 45+, this year’s program features four dance works by luminary dance artists + a community ensemble of 20+ mature dance enthusiasts.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring a medium close-up photograph with overlapping text. A violin explodes from the inside out, creating a ripple aftershock of soundwaves against a black background. Bottom right: Dissonant Species.

Theatre Gargantua presents: Dissonant Species

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Nov. 6 – Sun, Nov. 23, 2025: Theatre Gargantua presents the premiere of Dissonant Species, delving into the symphony of human discord that surrounds us all through a dynamic blend of storytelling, live music and physical theatre. Running in the Factory Theatre Mainspace. For audiences 14+.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring a photo in the top half and text at the bottom. A woman with tied back ash blonde hair, wearing a sleeveless black dress, stands hip-deep in a river, arms behind her back as she gazes up and off to the right. A riverbank of trees and bushes, with subtle signs of lower water level and soil erosion, in the background. Text: Mass for the Endangered. Nov 22, 2025. Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. Produced by Soundstreams in association with FLAP Canada.

Soundstreams presents: Mass for the Endangered

PAST EVENT: One night only – Sat, Nov. 22, 2025: Soundstreams opens its 2025-26 season with the concert Mass for the Endangered. Featuring choral, instrumental & orchestral works, it’s a deeply moving reflection on our responsibility, relationship & connectivity to the planet & its creatures. Presented in association with the bird charity FLAP Canada. At Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre.

Past event: Greyed out 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: November

PAST EVENT: Tue, Nov. 18 & Wed, Nov. 19, 2025: Toronto Sketch Comedy & The Second City Toronto present the November edition of Spotlight at The Second City, featuring Red Hot Sili Peppers and Summer Dad, at The Second City’s Theatre ‘73. For adults 18+.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text superimposed on a photograph. Photo of a person's torso. They wear vintage masculine clothing, including a button up white shirt through which we see ample cleavage and a tweed waistcoat with a chain likely holding a pocket watch. Their right hand is held in a fist; it is bloodied and wears four silver wrings. Their left hand is open and holding a variety of large coins. Text at the bottom reads: The Elephant Girls.

The Elephant Girls: 10th anniversary performance

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Nov. 13 – Sun, Nov. 16, 2025: Parry Riposte Productions celebrates the 10th anniversary of Margo MacDonald’s award-winning solo show The Elephant Girls, presenting a short run in the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s Studio Theatre. Immerse yourself in the riveting true story of the devious all-female gang that once terrorized London, England! For audiences 16+.

Past event: Greyed out fish-eye lens view of a young man wearing a white shirt, black tie and blue dress pants drinking a coffee and a young woman dressed in black seated on stools at a diner counter, both looking off to the left. Behind the counter stands another young man in a black t-shirt with a white towel draped over his right shoulder, gazing straight ahead as he leans on the counter, arms spread wide. On the counter in front of him is a keyboard and note books.

tick, tick… BOOM!

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Nov. 7 – Sat, Nov. 15, 2025: Bowtie Productions presents tick, tick… BOOM! on the Alumnae Theatre Mainstage. Set in 1990, this autobiographical musical by Pulitzer & Tony award-winning American composer, lyricist & playwright Jonathan Larson takes audiences on a personal journey of discovery that led to an award-winning Broadway blockbuster.

Past event: Greyed out poster image featuring text and illustration on a black background. Top: Doc Wuthergloom's Little Lib'ary of the Damned. Left side: Created and performed by Doctor Pretorious Wuthergloom with the assistance of Eric Woolfe. October 30 - November 9, 2025. eldritchtheatre.ca/tickets Toronto Arts Council log. Right side: A man with a skeletal face, wearing a black top hat and round wired-framed glasses, poses with hands raised, holding a wand in his right hand, mouth open as if shouting. Bottom: Red Sandcastle Theatre. 922 Queen St. E. Eldritch Theatre logo.

Doc Wuthergloom’s Little Lib’ary of the Damned

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Oct. 30 – Sun, Nov. 9, 2025: Eldritch Theatre opens their 2025-26 season of sundry horrors & night terrors with Doc Wuthergloom’s Little Lib’ary of the Damned at Red Sandcastle Theatre. Armed with a caravan of creepy puppets & dark parlour magic, Toronto’s favourite itinerant exorcist returns to warn us all of the horrific dangers that lurk within the pages of the ancient forbidden books that line the shelves of his Little Lib’ary. Audiences 18+.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text and photographs. Top left corner: Comedy Is Art. October 23 - 25. Bottom left: The Theatre Centre. Centre: A series of photos, in 4 rows of 5 images each, of comedians of various genders, ages and ethnicities. Right: 3 comic book explosion bubbles, followed by a circle, each with text: Three nights. 20+ artists. Tickets on sale now! & More!

Comedy is Art. Festival 2025

PAST EVENT: Three nights only, from Thu, Oct 23 – Sat, Oct. 25, 2025: The Theatre Centre presents its annual Comedy is Art. festival. This year’s programming includes 20+ comics from Toronto and beyond, plus a symposium on inclusion and diversity in comedy hosted by Bad Dog Theatre. For audiences 18+, unless otherwise noted.

Past event: Greyed out image of a dark leather antique easy chair, a floor lamp with a bare lightbulb to the right, and a circle of salt on the floor around it and fog beginning to envelop it from behind. The pale, bony hand of a darkly-clothed forearm emerges from the fog, reaching through the head rest portion of the chair, fingers gripping the back rest like claws.

The Veil

PAST EVENT: Extended to Sun, Oct. 19, 2025! Inspired by classic horror writers like Edgar Allan Poe and Shirley Jackson, this haunting new work tells the tale of a high-powered lawyer who inherits a sinister curse. Thought For Food Productions, in association with Crow's Theatre and Guild Festival Theatre, presents the world premiere of The Veil at Crow’s Theatre.