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Review: Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo is a strange beast
Photo by Dahlia Katz BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO by Rajiv Joseph (Crow's Theatre/Modern Times Stage Company). At Crow's Theatre's Guloien Theatre (345 Carlaw)... -
John Irving’s latest novel is full of empathy and affection for his characters
Photo of John Irving by Derek O'Donnell THE LAST CHAIRLIFT by John Irving (Knopf Canada, 912 pages). $45. Rating: NNNN After seven years, 80-year-old John... -
Review: The Family Crow: A Murder Mystery will leave you ravin’
Photo by Dahlia Katz THE FAMILY CROW: A MURDER MYSTERY created and performed by Adam Francis Proulx (The Pucking Fuppet Co., presented by Eldritch Theatre).... -
Review: The First Stone is a powerful look at violence and reconciliation
Makambe K. Simamba (left) and Dorothy A. Atabong photographed by Cylla von Tiedemann THE FIRST STONE by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard (New Harlem Productions/Great Canadian Theatre... -
David Suzuki: It’s time to extinguish oil and gas industry “gaslighting”
This summer, a Fortis BC booth at a Vancouver farmers market displayed the slogan, “Natural gas is good for your home.” Fortis and other fossil... -
Wrestling superstar Chris Jericho brings AEW to Toronto
Courtesy of AEW Chris Jericho is one of the most decorated professional wrestlers of all time. Over the course of his storied career, he’s held... -
Review: Bentboy successfully ushers in next chapter at Young People’s Theatre
Photo by Dahlia Katz BENTBOY by Herbie Barnes (Young People's Theatre). Runs at YPT's Ada Slaight Stage (165 Front East) until October 23. $10-$39. youngpeoplestheatre.org.... -
Review: The Shark Is Broken, and so is this play
Photo by Helen Maybanks THE SHARK IS BROKEN by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon (David Mirvish/Sonia Friedman Productions/Scott Landis). At the Royal Alexandra Theatre (260... -
Things to do in Toronto this weekend: September 30-October 2
Photo by Isabelle L'Italien Corpus in the Junction Not to be confused with the all-night festival, which also occurs this weekend (see below), the physical... -
Review: Canadian Stage’s Public Enemy hits close to home
Photo by Dahlia Katz PUBLIC ENEMY by Olivier Choinière, translated and adapted by Bobby Theodore (Canadian Stage). At the Berkeley Street Theatre (26 Berkeley) until... -
Tender coming-of-age novel Mr. Wilder And Me is a joy
Photo by Josefina Melo MR. WILDER AND ME by Jonathan Coe. Europa Editions, 256 pages. $38.50. Rating: NNNNN Award-winning British novelist Jonathan Coe returns with... -
Things to do in Toronto this weekend: September 23-25
Just For Laughs Toronto Toronto's largest comedy festival returns to live performance and gets a new name – it was formerly called JFL42 – with... -
Op-ed: Ad agency lockout disproportionately hurts diverse gig workers
The benefits of unions for gig workers are clear: living wages, pensions, benefits and safe working conditions. These protections are especially important for groups who... -
Women Talking: Sarah Polley and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
In Women Talking, Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Miriam Toews’s novel, Mennonite women gather in a hayloft and discuss the horrific and violent sexual assaults committed... -
TIFF 2022: This Place is about community and allyship
Nick Lachance With This Place, V.T. Nayani became the first Tamil-Canadian filmmaker to bring a feature to TIFF. But what’s remarkable about her Toronto-set love...
