October, my favourite month of the year, brings the Toronto After Dark Film Festival (TADFF) to the city. With 9 Nights of New Horror, Sci-Fi, Action and Cult Movies, TADFF takes over the Scotiabank Theatre from October 13 – 21. READ MORE
Pleiades Theatre, in co-production with Théâtre français de Toronto, presents the Toronto premiere of The (Post) Mistress (in English, from October 25 to November 6) known in French as Zesty Gopher s’est fait écraser par un frigo (from October 12 to 23), the latest musical by Canada’s acclaimed First Nations’ playwright, Tomson Highway. READ MORE
Off The Rails introduces us to Darius McCollum, a New York City man who has been jailed 32 times for impersonating NYC bus drivers and subway conductors. The issue: He was taught the ins and outs of the subway system from childhood by transit workers who adopted him as a sort of ‘mascot’. READ MORE
For two weeks, the RUTAS panamericanas International Performing Arts Festival takes over Daniels Spectrum, from October 5–16, featuring over a dozen Canadian, Indigenous, and Latin American groups, with performances, master classes, cabarets, concerts, film and a multi-day conference on the intersections of performance and human rights. READ MORE
After years spent under copyright, Aldous Huxley’s enduring classic Brave New World will come to life on a Canadian stage for the first time in decades. Produced by Litmus Theatre and Kabin and with the support of Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM), Brave New World previews September 27-28, opens September 29 and runs until October 16, 2016. READ MORE
VRTO (Virtual Reality, Toronto) presents FIVARS (Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories), established 2015 the first Canadian festival of its kind, showcasing content producers and storytellers pushing the boundaries of virtual reality and immersive 360 degree videos. FIVARS invites viewers to don a VR headset and connect with this state-of-the-art revolutionary narrative form. READ MORE
TIFF Programmers have curated a selection of internationsl short films that are playing at TIFF 2016. Short Cuts Re/Mix allows you to log in from anywhere in the world, and be part of the festival. READ MORE
