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Dear Ms. Kitt

PAST EVENT: From Wed, Aug. 20 – Sun, Aug. 24, 2025: Hard-Bitten Productions presents the Canadian premiere of Chantel Winters’ play Dear Ms. Kitt. A powerful and tender family drama about guilt, identity and accountability, held together with a little girl’s love of Eartha Kitt. Running at Native Earth's Aki Studio. For audiences 16+.

Guild Festival Theatre 2025 Summer Season

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Jul. 10 to Sun, Aug. 24, 2025: Guild Festival Theatre’s 2025 summer season features a world premiere inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet and a tour-de-force comedy spy thriller based on a Hitchcock classic, as well as the fourth edition of their popular Family Fest. Plus, an exciting season launch on Thursday, July 3, featuring Aqua’s Red Rhythm & Blues group!

Summer in the Park

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Aug. 22 – Sun, Aug. 24, 2025: Crossroads Theatre presents Summer in the Park – three days of live music, dance, circus, spoken word, community parties & more on the theme of 'Resilience' at Weston’s Little Avenue Memorial Park. Free and family-friendly.

Toronto’s First Post Office: Pop-up Paper Fair 2025

PAST EVENT: For two Saturdays this summer – Jul. 12 & Aug. 9, 2025: Join Toronto’s First Post Office & the Town of York Historical Society for their summer pop-up paper fair. Come out & meet the vendors, including Young W (July 12), & browse a fantastic selection of whimsical & fun cards, notebooks, stickers, pins, patches, prints, keychains & more – there's something for everyone! Free admission, for all ages.

Little Deaths Salon

PAST EVENT: One night only – Thu, Jul. 17, 2025: Kaleigh Trace and Christa Couture present the third edition of the Little Deaths Salon, a quarterly literary & performance series that explores the awe inspired by humans’ most intimate experiences: sex and death. Presented at It's Ok* Studios. All are welcome. For audiences 19+.

TOFringe: Stealing Home

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Jul. 4 – Sun, Jul. 13, 2025: Spangle Theatre presents Stealing Home at the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. A comedy set in a fictional Toronto neighbourhood, it pokes fun – and throws more than a little shade – at people who live in an affluent part of the city and their NIMBYism toward a proposed supportive housing project in their neighbourhood. Running on the Alumnae Theatre Mainspace.

TOFringe: Divine Monster

PAST EVENT: From Wed, Jul. 2 – Sat, Jul. 12, 2025: Bernhardt Productions presents Divine Monster at the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. An encounter in a Paris cemetery between the ghost of the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt and a distraught young Canadian musician leads to a passionate debate about art, fame and success in a world now dominated by social media. Presented in Soulpepper Theatre’s RBC Finance Studio in the Distillery Historic District.

TOFringe: Me and You and the Highland Coo

PAST EVENT: From Wed, Jul. 2 – Sun, Jul. 13, 2025: Happy as a Clam Productions presents Me and You and the Highland Coo at Soulpepper’s TD Studio as part of the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. Experience a taste of Scotland in Toronto on a road trip adventure that reminds us to look for the light in times of darkness. For audiences 14+.

TOFringe: #1 Clown Comedy with Victor & Priscilla

PAST EVENT: Wed, Jul. 2 – Sun, Jul. 13, 2025: #1 Clown Comedy with Victor & Priscilla comes to the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival at VideoCabaret. The zany, cross-dressing, historically inaccurate Victorian-era clown siblings return – this time, they’re thinking of quitting vaudeville to become upper-class toffs. Sure to entertain with song, dance, witty wordplay, slapstick, drag & puppets, while touching on the deeper theme of LGBTQ+ history. PG-13, appropriate for older children.

TOFringe: Jack Goes to Therapy: A (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Jul. 4 – Fri, Jul. 11, 2025: Zac Williams brings his critically acclaimed solo show Jack Goes to Therapy: A (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy to the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. An unforgettable and loveable story of a Kindergarten teacher in therapy with a broken heart after his boyfriend leaves him for the man they had a threesome with. Running at Alumnae Theatre’s Mainspace.

TOFringe: Mathew’s Big Broadway Bash

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Jul. 3 – Sat, Jul. 12, 2025: Toronto Cabaret Productions presents Mathew’s Big Broadway Bash at the Heliconian Club as part of the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. This isn’t just a show – it’s a high-energy, feel-good love letter to the musicals we grew up on and still belt in the shower. Come out and sing along! For audiences 12+.

TOFringe: JACK’d, a Thief, a Murder, some Sex and a BEANSTALK!

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Jul. 3 – Sun, Jul. 13, 2025: JACK’d Up Productions presents JACK’d, a Thief, a Murder, some Sex and a BEANSTALK! at the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. Using rather naughty inuendoes, ribald humour and puppets, JACK’d asks us to question the stories we’ve been told and, more importantly, the stories we tell ourselves. Running at Rafos Hall. For audiences 16+.