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

Letters from Max, a ritual

PAST EVENT. From Fri, Nov. 10 – Sun, Dec. 3, 2023: Necessary Angel Theatre Company opens its 45th anniversary season with the Canadian premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s award-winning play Letters from Max, a ritual – a poetic & deeply moving portrait of a friendship & an unforgettable exploration of love, art, mortality & the afterlife.

Same Boat Theatre presents: Whale Fall

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Nov. 17 – Sun, Nov. 26, 2023: Same Boat Theatre presents Stephen Near’s award-winning play Whale Fall at Red Sandcastle Theatre. Part coming of age story, part climate change era fable, it’s the intimate journey of one woman in search of the last remaining orca while struggling to hold on to memories of her father. For audiences 14+.

Soundstreams presents: The Bright Divide

PAST EVENT. Three performances only: Fri, Nov. 10 - Sat, Nov. 11, 2023 at the TD Music Hall. Soundstreams, in partnership with Pinkhouse Productions, presents The Bright Divide, a riveting concert experience including projections. The program features Rothko Chapel by American composer Morton Feldman; and the world premiere of mark by Canadian composer Cecilia Livingston. Recommended for audiences 14+.

Pleiades Theatre presents: Hagar

PAST EVENT. From Wed, Nov. 8 – Sun, Nov. 12, 2023: Pleiades Theatre, in partnership with the Festival of Arabic Music & Arts, presents Hagar, the gripping odyssey of a determined mother striving to find safety with her infant son amidst the chaos of war-torn Syria.

Play reading: After the Trojan Women

PAST EVENT. Four nights only; Sat, Oct. 28 – Thu, Nov. 9, 2023: Pleiades Theatre, in partnership with the Festival of Arabic Music & Arts, presents a staged reading of After the Trojan Women, a new full-length play exploring the profound connections & suffering of women in war that span generations, from ancient Troy to present-day Syria.

Play reading: Arden of Faversham

PAST EVENT. One day only – Sun, Nov. 5, 2023: Farce meets tragedy as Shakespeare BASH’d launches their 2023/24 season with a staged reading of Arden of Faversham, a sordid Elizabethan true crime story of love, lust, virtue & murder by Anonymous, at The Monarch Tavern. For audiences 19+.

Doc Wuthergloom’s Here There Be Monsters

PAST EVENT. From Wed, Oct. 25 – Sun, Nov. 5, 2023: Step right up as infamous necromancer Doctor Pretorious Wuthergloom presents some ghoulishly giddy tales about the monsters, cryptids & weird creatures that haunt our mortal realm! For audiences 14+. Suitable for deranged weirdos who love horror & dark humour.

Anthony’s Journey: Songs That Tell A Story

PAST EVENT. One night only - Sat, Nov. 4, 2023: An accessible concert presentation of Anthony’s Journey: Songs That Tell A Story, an epic, empowering new musical that explores how we’re not alone in our struggles with grief & how we can learn from it by taking care of ourselves & each other.

Heroes of the Fourth Turning

PAST EVENT. Tue, Oct. 3 – Sun, Oct. 29, 2023: Extended by popular demand, The Howland Company & Crow’s Theatre present the Canadian premiere of Will Arbery’s play Heroes of the Fourth Turning. A week after the Charlottesville riots in 2017, an intimate college alumni party spirals into spiritual chaos, clashing politics & stunning revelations. For adults 18+.

Bremen Town

PAST EVENT. From Thu, Oct. 19 – Sun, Oct. 29, 2023: Follow the winding journey of an aging laid off housekeeper as she travels to live with her estranged son (doing her best to avoid the stupid Kite Festival along the way) in this rural folk tragicomedy about the painful truth of outliving our use. At Next Stage Theatre Festival. For audiences 18+.

Comedy is Art. Festival

PAST EVENT. Five nights only, from Tue, Oct. 24 – Sat, Oct. 28, 2023: The Theatre Centre presents its annual Comedy is Art. Festival. Five nights of comedy & good vibes, featuring stand-up & sketch comedy, improv & music. For audiences 18+. Mature content.

Play reading: Choti Choti Batain

PAST EVENT. One day only - Sat, Oct. 21, 2023: Pleiades Theatre presents a staged reading of the play Choti Choti Batain as part of the Decolonise Your Ears New Play Festival. As the death of their father brings a Brampton family to their knees, their mother attempts to divorce her dead husband to find freedom again. A love letter to South Asian mothers.