Next Stage Theatre Festival
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15 theatre shows to see in the first half of 2020
Three Shakespeare productions and three groundbreaking musicals are among the shows we're most looking forward to this season Read more
Next Stage review: The Harold Experience
Improv show featuring some of our best comics is a hit-and-miss affair Read more
Next Stage review: Good Morning, Viet Mom
Franco Nguyen's solo show about growing up in Canada with his Vietnamese-born mom deserves a long theatrical life Read more
Next Stage review: Rumspringa Break!
Musical about Amish siblings in the big city delivers big laughs with lots of heart Read more
Next Stage review: SwordPlay
Sex T-Rex's send-up of fantasy video games and movies provides the most mirth at Next Stage Read more
Next Stage review: Moonlight After Midnight
Martin Dockery's intense two-hander about two mysterious people is cryptic but not baffling Read more
Next Stage review: JONNO
Play about a powerful radio personality accused of abusing several women fizzles out Read more
Next Stage review: The Surprise
Christel Bartelse clowns around with audience participation and our fear of aging in 30-minute antechamber show Read more
Next Stage review: Birthday Balloon
Intense relationship drama is also a powerful parable about work, family and cultural identity in Eastern Canada Read more
Stuart Lowe
Next Stage review: Leila Live!
Solo show about a self-obsessed Iranian woman living in Toronto delivers a blast of energy Read more
Lisa Koh
Next Stage review: That "F" Word
Fierce feminist dance show educates and entertains Read more
Director Steven Gallagher does double duty at Next Stage
Multi-talented artist Steven Gallagher directs contrasting shows at winter theatre fest Read more
Next Stage play JONNO gives voice to the survivors of abuse
Alix Sobler's "angry comedy" is inspired by the Jian Ghomeshi saga Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
Women dominate Next Stage Fest
Several shows at 10-year-old fest explore what it means to be female in the past, present and future Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
Sib survival: All Our Yesterdays
Chloé Hung deals with the 2014 abduction of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
Greek revival: Director Sarah Kitz has an axe to grind in Agamemnon
Classic play gets an update, complete with dildos and texting Read more
Contests: Blood Wild
Win a pair of tickets to Blood Wild part of the Next Stage Theatre Festival on January 8th at Factory Theatre Studio! Read more
Contests: Next Stage Theatre Festival
Win a four play pass to Next Stage Theatre Festival on January 6-17 at Factory Theatre! Read more
