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Past event: Greyed out image featuring text superimposed over a photo collage. Pleiades Theatre proudly presents Karma by Aksam Alyousef. Left: Close-up of a battered flag with red and white horizontal stripes, a green star and two red stars set behind the title. Centre: A sepia-toned, ghostly shrouded figure, revealing an image where the face should be, of a distant figure waving, with hands reaching out toward it. Right: Close-up of a man's right hand, reaching away from us, toward the top right corner.

Pleiades Theatre presents: Karma

PAST EVENT: From Fri, May 1 - Sun, May 17, 2026: Pleiades Theatre presents the world premiere of Karma by Aksam Alyousef. This mother & son journey explores the bonds of family, the trauma of civil war, the notion of forgiveness, & how our circumstances shape us. Presented in the Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace. For adults 18+ & not recommended for kids under 14.

Past event: Greyed out detail of a black & white nighttime photo, with a slight purple tint, of an estuary with a receding shoreline, the edge of the water in the distance. Lines of wooden posts, cut directly from trees, wind their way to the water.

Soundstreams presents: In Terra Pax (On Earth, Peace)

PAST EVENT: One night only – Sat, May 9, 2026: Soundstreams closes their 2025/26 concert season with In Terra Pax (On Earth, Peace), a powerful reflection on war, loss & resilience curated by composer & vocalist Anna Pidgorna, featuring music inspired by Ukrainian poetry & haunting projected landscape images. Presented at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text superimposed over a photograph. Left: A woman with shoulder-length curly reddish brown hair, wearing a white Victorian blouse, stares off pensively to the right. Right: The Moors by Jen Silverman. Directed by Bryn Kennedy. April 3rd - 19th. The Theatre Centre.

Riot King Art Market presents: The Moors

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Apr. 3 – Sun, Apr. 19, 2026: Riot King Art Market presents the Toronto premiere of The Moors by Jen Silverman. A Victorian Gothic-inspired dark comedy about love, desperation & the dangerous results of yearning for too long to be seen. Think Brontë sisters with a queer, modern twist. Presented at The Theatre Centre’s BMO Incubator. For audiences 13+.

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 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 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 & book cover superimposed over a photograph of the Toronto skyline, taken from a distance at dusk across the harbour, over the water. Left: Toronto #VHBC February 19 / 2020 | 7 PM | How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones. Right: Book cover for How We Fight for Our Lives A Memoir Saeed Jones, with black font on an orange and yellow abstract background.

Violet Hour Book Club – Toronto Edition: How We Fight for Our Lives

PAST EVENT: One night only – Thu, Feb. 19, 2026: Another Story Bookshop hosts their second meeting of the Toronto edition of the Violet Hour Book Club, a reading & discussion group dedicated to exploring classic & contemporary 2S/LGBTQ+ literature. This event’s book selection is Saeed Jones’ How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir, the coming-of-age story of a young Black gay man from the American South fighting to carve out a place for himself.

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.