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Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre performs in New York festival

Sat Oct 17 2015

Ranging in age from 11 to 18, dancers to perform José Limon's The Winged at international festival.comments
Cumberbatch is an incredible Hamlet: review

Fri Oct 16 2015

Sold-out National Theatre Live production comes to Toronto on the big screen.comments
Lisa Dwan is brilliant in Beckett Trilogy: review

Thu Oct 15 2015

It's impossible to envision anyone finding as many shades of meaning in this sonata of memory as Dwan.comments
Cliff Cardinal turns traumatic story into mythical lore in Huff: review

Thu Oct 15 2015

Actor and writer plays 20 characters in a tight 75 minutes, mixing heavy content with wry, playful humour. comments
La Traviata like you've never seen it before: review

Wed Oct 14 2015

Cast is magnificent and Arin Arbus stages splendidly in COC production on at Four Seasons Centre till Nov. 6.comments
The top ticket, Oct. 11 to 17: Three shows to take in

Mon Oct 12 2015

Lisa Dwan in the Beckett Trilogy, Cliff Cardinal's Huff and Kaeja d'Dance's lifeDUETScomments
Childhood memories permeate Coleman Lemieux's Les Paradis Perdus/Remix

Sun Oct 11 2015

Laurence Lemieux revisits work she first choreographed in 2005.comments
Hana's Suitcase is a story worth repeating: review

Fri Oct 09 2015

Young People's Theatre restages story of Holocaust victim Hana Brady for its 50th anniversary season.comments
Toronto production of La Traviata stars real life couple as ill-fated lovers

Tue Oct 06 2015

Russian soprano Ekaterina Siurina and American tenor Charles Castronovo are a married couple playing lovers in La Traviata. comments
Barbara Hannigan to sing while conducting in TSO gig

Mon Oct 05 2015

Risk-taking soprano Barbara conducts the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 7 and 8.comments
Toronto’s top tickets for Oct. 4 to 10

Sun Oct 04 2015

An Enemy of the People, Hana's Suitcase, and SELFIE.comments
Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet comes to Cineplex

Sun Oct 04 2015

With tickets sold out to the performances of Hamlet, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, National Theatre Live will broadcastcomments
Rockin’ barefoot Messiah to play at Harbourfront Centre

Fri Oct 02 2015

Against the Grains’ updated Messiah is moving to the Harbourfront Theatre in a Massey Hall collaboration.comments
So what does astronaut Chris Hadfield think about space movies?

Thu Oct 01 2015

He liked The Martian. He didn't like Gravity. comments
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Video Chris Hadfield's made-in-space album landing on Earth

Thu Oct 01 2015

The music Canadian astronaut recorded in space is being released as Space Sessions: Songs from a Tin Can Oct. 9.comments
Séance genuinely spooks you: review

Wed Sep 30 2015

There were genuine screams at opening night of Nicholas Wallace and Luke Brown's ghostly theatre show.comments
Michelle Dorrance brings her acclaimed tap to Fall for Dance North

Wed Sep 30 2015

Recently awarded a ‘genius grant,’ Dorrance brings SOUNDspace to Toronto dance festival.comments
ProArteDanza lives up to motto of passion in performance: review

Tue Sep 29 2015

Company was superb in works by Mauro Astolfi, Ryan Lee, Roberto Campanella and Robert Glumbekcomments
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Video For the love of Downton Abbey

Tue Sep 29 2015

Luke Kempner says his hit spoof of the British series is the work of a fan.comments
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Photos Soundstreams opener a percussionists' dream

Tue Sep 29 2015

Hundreds of instruments — bells, chimes, gongs and toy piano — feature in Sept. 29, along with Adrianne Pieczonka and Krisztina Szabo.comments
New translation of Yours Forever, Marie-Lou interesting but flawed: review

Mon Sep 28 2015

Soulpepper production of Michel Tremblay family drama seems removed from the here and now.comments
Will Toronto Fall for Dance?

Mon Sep 28 2015

Inaugural local version of New York dance festival sets up shop at Sony Centre Sept. 29 to Oct. 1.comments
Motown the Musical gloriously revives hit-making era: review

Sun Sep 27 2015

The cast shines, especially Josh Tower as Berry Gordy, who created Motown Records from nothing and took it to phenomenal heights.comments
The Top Ticket: three shows to take in Sept. 26 to Oct. 2

Sun Sep 27 2015

An incredible dance lineup for $10, plus a cringeworthy (in a good way) comedy show and an immersive multimedia performance.comments
A theatre critic's view on cellphones in the audience

Sun Sep 27 2015

Not everyone is put off by the prospect of smartphones mixing with live performance. comments

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