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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 of a collage featuring text and photographs against a purple background. A drag performer on the right is dressed in black and has long talon-like nails, holding a cigarette holder in her right hand as she reaches out to us with her left. The other, left, is a white, ethereal figure. Text: Oraculum.

Oraculum: a world premiere

PAST EVENT: From Sun, Dec. 1 – Sat, Dec. 14, 2024: Canadian drag stars Denim and Pythia, together with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, present the world premiere of Oraculum. Drag and the divine combine, with performance, puppetry and projection creating an otherworldly spectacle, pulling back the velvet curtain on gender and spirituality in an avant-garde freak show setting that will enthral and delight.

Past event: Greyed out medium close-up of a woman in profile, her long blonde hair tied back with a woven gold headband, her eyes closed and head tilted back slightly as she rests a violin to her left shoulder in playing position.

Soundstreams & Music Toronto present: Invocations

PAST EVENT: One night only – Thu, Dec. 5, 2024: Soundstreams & Music Toronto present Invocations at the Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Violin virtuoso Lara St. John, soulful singer Aviva Chernick & other guests join the celebrated Gryphon Trio in a rich musical offering that will resonate with each of us during those vulnerable moments when we, too, seek to invoke something beyond ourselves.

Past event: Greyed out distorted image of a woman with long red hair, her face split down the centre into two mismatched halves, mouth open in a scream. In the background, a woman with long red hair tilts her head back, eyes closed in the darkness.

Honey I’m Home

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Nov. 21 – Sun, Dec. 1, 2024: Factory Theatre presents Lester Trips (Theatre)’s Honey I’m Home. When workaholic Janine uploads her consciousness into her home, a slow Wi-Fi nightmare triggers an unsettling revelation. A darkly comedic & surreal physical theatre body horror mystery, delving into the absurdity of modern life & the impact of technology on human existence. For audiences 14+.

Past event: Greyed out image of solid text in grey and yellow on a black background. In yellow font, across various lines of text: Shakespeare BASH'd presents A Staged Reading The Spanish Tragedy November 17th at the Monarch Tavern by Thomas Kyd

Play reading: The Spanish Tragedy

PAST EVENT: One day only – Sun, Nov. 17, 2024: Comedy, tragedy & ghost story combine as Shakespeare BASH’d launches their 2024/25 season with a staged reading of The Spanish Tragedy, a bloody recounting of a father’s revenge for a murdered son, by 16th playwright Thomas Kyd, at the Monarch Tavern. Mature content. For audiences 19+.

Past event: Greyed out close-up of a young person with a dark brown blunt hair cut, berettes at their temples, wearing a pink zippered top, the collar pulled up over their mouth, eyes wide in shock as they gaze to the left.

I Don’t Even Miss You

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Oct. 31 – Sun, Nov. 10, 2024: Factory Theatre presents Tiny Bear Jaws’ I Don’t Even Miss You, a new work created & performed by award-winning theatre maker Elena Belyea. A bold multidisciplinary exploration of grief, love, AI & legacy that asks how gender, identity & family can exist with no one to perceive them. For audiences 14+ (for ages 10-13, a guardian is required).

Past event: Greyed out poster for Phantasmagoria 3D! The title in red retro font against an illustration of a person standing inside the entrance of a spooky cave, the shadows of two giant tentacles stretching out towards them on the floor and a pair of yellow eyes glowing in the pitch black of depths of the cave. A banner in the upper left reads: Gasp as subterranean creatures enslave the innocent! Banners in the bottom right read: Scream as the Old Ones awake... in Live 3D!

Eldritch Theatre presents: Phantasmagoria 3D!

PAST EVENT: From Wed, Oct. 30 – Sun, Nov. 10, 2024: Using a never before imagined process known as Live 3D!, Eldritch Theatre brings the uncanny Phantasmagoria shows of the past onto the 21st century stage! Ghosts will rise, demons will cavort - you will not believe your eyes! For audiences 18+. Suitable for those who love gothic horror with a side of cosmic terror.

Past event: Greyed out poster image with text and illustration, torn up the middle. Pleiades proudly presents a public workshop of Karma by Aksam Alyousef. Dramaturged by Ash Knight. In the background, a sepia-toned image of a war-battered street front, apartment buildings crumbling.

Pleiades Theatre presents a public workshop: Karma

PAST EVENT: One day only – Sun, Nov. 3, 2024: Pleiades Theatre kicks off Part One of their 2024-25 season with a public workshop presentation of Karma, a new piece by Aksam Alyousef. A tale of horror & hope, it’s inspired by reincarnation & the choices we make. How does the environment in which we are created affect our thoughts, beliefs & actions? And how might this change in different circumstances?

Past event: Greyed out close-up of a man wearing a black cowboy hat and a black western shirt with white fringe and long silver grey hair, gazes at us, his mouth open slightly.

The Flin Flon Cowboy

PAST EVENT: From Sat, Oct. 19 – Sat, Nov. 2, 2024: Theatre Passe Muraille & The Flin Flon Cowboy Collective, in association with Why Not Theatre, present the world premiere of The Flin Flon Cowboy, an autobiographical musical that brings the remarkable life of gay disabled artist, singer & rebel Ken Harrower to the stage. For audiences 14+.

Past event: Greyed out image of the poster for Goblin:Macbeth, featuring the tile in yellow against a red polka dot on olive green background. Below the title are three goblins, two males and one female, dressed in black, striking various malevolent and haunting poses.

Goblin:Macbeth

PAST EVENT: EXTENDED to Sun, Nov. 3, 2024: Tarragon Theatre presents Spontaneous Theatre’s Goblin:Macbeth. When three Goblins come across a copy of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, they’re eager to take over a theatre & take a stab at Macbeth. Combining the script with improv & audience participation, you’ve never seen it like this. For audiences 15+.

Past event: Greyed out detail of the poster for Soldier's Tale Retold, featuring an illustration of a Black man in profile, from the shoulders up, wearing a uniform. Overlapping this portrait to the back of his head/shoulder is a wood grain silhouette of half of the body of a violin.

Sankofa: The Soldier’s Tale Retold

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Oct. 24 – Sun, Oct. 27, 2024: Art of Time Ensemble presents their final production, the world premiere of Sankofa: A Soldier’s Tale Retold at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre. A reimagining of Igor Stravinsky’s 1918 theatrical work L'Histoire du Soldat, this production revisits the story from today’s perspective, in a theatrical piece incorporating newly written poetic dialogue, accompanied by Stravinsky’s music, performed live. For audiences 13+.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text and photographs. Comedy Is Art. October 22 - 26, 2-24. tickets on sale now! A collage of dozens of diverse comedy artists against a funky pink and light blue background.

Comedy is Art. Festival 2024

PAST EVENT: Five nights only, from Tue, Oct. 22 – Sat, Oct. 26, 2024: The Theatre Centre presents its annual Comedy is Art. Festival. This year’s programming includes nine shows & 50+ artists from all over, featuring stand-up & sketch comedy, improv, music + free industry panels & an improv class. For audiences 18+, unless otherwise noted. Mature content.