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Production photo of Circa's Duck Pond. iPhoto caption: Photo by Pia Johnson.

Circus version of Swan Lake touches down at Meridian Arts Centre

This week, TO Live will present Circa’s Duck Pond, a circus reimagining of Swan Lake.

By Liam Donovan
A snowy Yukon landscape. iPhoto caption: Photo by Aisling Murphy.

In the darkest months of Yukon winter, it’s all about the Sun Room

I’m here for a week in January as a guest of Nakai Theatre, a hub for theatrical experimentation and outside-the-box programming in Canada’s westernmost territory.

By Aisling Murphy
Production photo from Who's Afraid of Virignia Woolf? at Canadian Stage. iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: Detailed design anchors confident Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Canadian Stage

Tasked for the second time in a year with filling the titanic canvas of the Bluma Appel Theatre, director Brendan Healy opts for hundreds of little strokes over a single massive one.

By Liam Donovan
iPhoto caption: Photos by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: Two site-specific TIFT shows flirt with nonconformity

Screw the proscenium: a house kitchen and a warehouse take front and centre in Talk Is Free Theatre's productions of Cock and For Both Resting and Breeding.

By Andrea Perez
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: Heist steals from cinema’s playbook at London’s Grand Theatre

What does it take to pull off a heist? And more importantly, what does it take to pull off a heist on stage? The Grand Theatre’s latest co-production with the Citadel Theatre answers these questions with thrills, style, and spectacle.

By Abhimanyu Acharya
Nancy Palk & Diego Matamoros in Necessary Angel's Winter Solstice at Canadian Stage. iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: Psychology and ideology collide in Necessary Angel’s austere Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice left me in a state of tension — pondering whether, in a similar situation, I’d be more likely to flirt with or kill a potentially evil man.

By Liam Donovan