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Religious icon-style photo of a young woman with long dark brown hair, wearing a short-sleeve dark orange knit top, arms crossed at the wrists in front of her chest. She holds a small green bulb-like fruit or vegetable in her left hand, with a small leafy herb-like plant dangling from her right hand. A yellow halo surrounds her head, with the words Hypothetical Baby. Below: Written and performed by Rachel Cairns. Directed by Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster.
Religious icon-style photo of a young woman with long dark brown hair, wearing a short-sleeve dark orange knit top, arms crossed at the wrists in front of her chest. She holds a small green bulb-like fruit or vegetable in her left hand, with a small leafy herb-like plant dangling from her right hand. A yellow halo surrounds her head, with the words Hypothetical Baby. Below: Written and performed by Rachel Cairns. Directed by Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster.
Photo: Kristine Cofsky

Toronto, ON

Photo: Kristine Cofsky
Past event: Greyed out image of poster for Shakespeare BASH'd presents The Two Noble Kinsmen by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. Jan 25 - Feb 4, 2024. The Theatre Centre. Behind the text is an illustration of two swords, the blades laid one atop the other, pointed towards the hilts.

The Two Noble Kinsmen

PAST EVENT. From Thu, Jan. 25 – Sun, Feb. 4, 2024: Join Shakespeare BASH’d at The Theatre Centre for William Shakespeare & John Fletcher’s The Two Noble Kinsmen, a mythic tragicomedy of two honourable cousins in a production that challenges expected ideas of gender, sexuality, romance & ceremony.

Past event: Greyed out image of a group of men and women dressed in black, standing in a rocky, moss-covered terrain, with a mountainous hill and cloudy sky in the background.

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

PAST EVENT. One night only - Sat, Feb. 3, 2024 (+ a talk on Jan. 29): Soundstreams presents the world-famous Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir led by maestro Tõnu Kaljuste, returning to Toronto for the only Canadian stop on their tour to perform in the acoustically superb St. Paul’s Basilica, with music by Arvo Pärt & Palestrina & a world premiere by Estonian/Canadian composer Omar Daniel.

Past event: Greyed out image of the poster for Toronto Stationery Show, with the words "Valentine Edition" inside a pink heart. To the right: Sat, Feb 3, 2024. 1605 Queen St. W. The Parkdale Hall.

The Toronto Stationery Show: Valentine Edition

PAST EVENTS. One day only - Sat, Feb. 3, 2024: The Toronto Stationery Show presents its Valentine Edition, featuring dozens of vendors from Toronto and around the world displaying and selling stunning stationery, original artwork and paper products at The Parkdale Hall.

Past event: Greyed out image of a photograph of four women standing in a field, their backs to us as they look ahead to the blue, cloud-dotted sky.

Two Thousand Feet Up presents: Migraaaants

PAST EVENT. From Sat, Jan. 13 – Sun, Jan. 28, 2024: Two Thousand Feet Up Theatre Company presents the Toronto premiere of Matei Visniec’s dark comedy Migraaaants, translated by Nick Awde & directed by Siavash Shabanpour, at Theatre Passe Muraille. This immersive, multimedia mosaic of stories reveals the many facets of a global crisis, and captures the struggles, hopes & fears of refugees. For audiences 16+.

Past event: Greyed out image of the illustrated poster for Killer B Cinema presents El Vampiro, featuring a silver white-haired male vampire dressed formally and with a black cape, fangs bared as he holds an unconscious woman in his arms.

Killer B Cinema presents: El Vampiro

PAST EVENT. One night only – Fri, Feb. 2, 2024: Valentine’s Day is coming early & it’s going to get weird. Killer B Cinema is celebrating with 1957 Mexican vampire flick El Vampiro. The first Friday of each month, join Lizzie Violet & Zoltan Du Lac at See-Scape in the Junction for screenings of killer B-movies from the 1930s to the present. For adults 19+.

Past event: A hand holds a poster coming out of a printing press. The poster has a yellow and white background with red letters on top. Text reads: Ok!

Letterpress Poster Workshop

PAST EVENT. One day only - Sat, Jan. 28, 2024: Play with wood type and linocut shapes/patterns to design and print your own edition of posters at Flycatcher Press's print studio. You'll design with, and set type, carve & print a linoleum block, and learn how to operate a printing press. Materials included.

Past event: Greyed out image with photo & text. Eldritch Horrors Plays from the Tomb. To the left of the text, a menacing monster-faced puppet, dressed in a long black coat and top hat, sneers at us.

Eldritch Horrors play readings: Zombocalypse!

PAST EVENT. One day only: Sun, Jan. 14, 2024: Eldritch Theatre commences their Plays from the Tomb staged reading series with a terrifying tale of a prince, a rebel, a jock, a brain & recluse trying to survive that horrible day in 1986 when the dead rose to feast on the flesh of the living! For audiences 14+. Suitable for those who love horror read aloud & zombies.

Past event: Greyed out image of the movie poster for Killer B Cinema presents Turkish Star Wars a.k.a. The Man Who Saved the World. To the left of the text, a collage of photographs of characters from the movie: An evil wizard, with a man on either side of him in fighting stance in the background. There's a robot to the right of the wizard and a woman hugging a boy to his left. In the background, a star-filled sky surrounding the rocky planet terrain.

Killer B Cinema presents: Turkish Star Wars

PAST EVENT. One night only: Fri, Jan. 5, 2024. Two friends crash on an alien desert planet & find themselves fighting for their lives & the world as an evil wizard plots to conquer Earth. Start off the New Year with Killer B’s screening of Turkish Star Wars! The first Friday of each month, join Lizzie Violet & Zoltan Du Lac at See-Scape in the Junction for screenings of killer B-movies from the 1930s to the present. For adults 19+.

Past event: Greyed out image of a poster with text and illustration against a red and white background. Ring in the Holiday Season! Chris, Mrs. A New Holiday Musical. December 5 - 31, 2023 Get tickets at Chris.Mrs.com To the left of the text, an illustration of a woman's arm and hand, holding a large diamond, which she dangles over a Christmas wreath. Company and sponsor logos in bottom left corner.

Chris, Mrs.: A New Holiday Musical

PAST EVENT. From Tue, Dec. 5 – Sun, Dec. 31, 2023: Ring in the holiday season at Toronto’s historic Winter Garden Theatre with the world premiere of Chris, Mrs.: A New Holiday Musical! Full of mischief & mistletoe, twisted ankles & tangled heartstrings, it’s a heart-warming story that will make you laugh. Bound to become a holiday musical tradition for the whole family. For audiences age 8+.

Past event: Greyed out image of illustrated poster for A Christmas Carol, the red with gold-outline title set against a green door with a door knocker that resembls a spectral man's face with pennies over his eyes. Reviews: Five stars "Brilliant!" NOW Magazine and four stars "Delightful!" MGT Magazine. At the bottom: ChristmasCarolTO.com

A Christmas Carol at Campbell House

PAST EVENT. From Wed, Dec. 6 – Fri, Dec. 22, 2023: The Three Ships Collective, with support from Soup Can Theatre, presents their critically acclaimed immersive production of A Christmas Carol at Toronto’s historic Campbell House Museum, inviting audiences to step into the world of Victorian London and follow the flinty miser Ebenezer Scrooge on his ghostly journey of redemption. For audiences 10+.

Past event: Greyed out image of poster for Cahoots' Sweeter: a Cahoots Theatre production in association with Roseneath Theatre. Written by Alicia Richardson. To the left is an illustration of a mango tree, with green leaves and orange fruit.

A Cahoots Theatre production: Sweeter

PAST EVENT. From Sat, Dec. 2 – Sun, Dec. 17, 2023: Cahoots Theatre, in association with Roseneath Theatre, presents the world premiere of Alicia Richardson’s Sweeter, a beautiful & compelling journey of an unusual friendship and a story of enchanted growth & love vs. greed. A Theatre for Young Audiences play that everyone will enjoy!

Past event: Greyed out image of the poster for the play Hypothetical Baby with text and a photo. Written and performed by Rachel Cairns. Directed by Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster. Below the text, a photo, fractured up the middle, of a young woman with long dark brown hair, wearing a short-sleeve dark orange knit top gazes thoughtfully off to her right. Bottom left: Presented by The Howland Company at Tarragon Theatre December 8-17.

Hypothetical Baby

PAST EVENT. Fri, Dec. 8 – Sun, Dec. 17, 2023: A time-travelling exploration of the personal & societal factors that shape our reproductive lives & the intricate relationship between choice, change & loss. Award-winning theatre artist Rachel Cairns, with the support of The Howland Company, presents the world premiere of Hypothetical Baby at the Tarragon Extraspace. For audiences 16+.