The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short The Girl Who Cried Pearls by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski has been nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards.
READ MOREAmish Famous is a solo sketch musical, starring Spencer Glassman, about an Amish girl who defies her Bishop father by leaving home to audition for American Idol.
The story is told from the point of view of the detective investigating her disappearance.
READ MOREThe Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, the city’s longest-running comedy festival celebrates its 21st anniversary with over 70 high-energy showcases of contemporary sketch comedy, drag, storytelling, musical comedy, and clown.
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My In The City series returns with a personally curated list of events as part of what I have been calling my birthday / celebration of life week. This year, I have decided to switch it to an Aquarius season celebration.
As per my usual, the list includes some theatre, live performances, music and film screenings around Toronto, as well as, films and a series you can screen from the comfort of home.
As always, hope you find some new favourites.
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With fall in the air and the holidays peeking around the corner, Canadian Stage is thrilled to unveil complete casting and creative team details for their sophomore presentation of Toronto’s beloved holiday Panto, Robin Hood: A Very Merry Family Musical.
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Native Earth Performing Arts premieres its 38th edition of Weesageechak Begins to Dance; an annual festival showcasing new works and works-in-development by 10 Indigenous creators from across Turtle Island and beyond.
The festival theme for this year is ‘Complexities and Curiosities’, weaving stories, conversations, workshops, and more around a fulsome gathering of creativity and inspiration.
Each night of the festival will feature a double bill with presentations from two Weesageechak creators.
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The Theatre Centre hosts its sixth edition of the Comedy is Art festival, with three nights of can’t-miss comedy with over 20 comics from across Toronto and beyond.
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Ontario Culture Days returns with over 1,000 free events happening across the province from September 19 to October 12, 2025.
As part of the Ontario Culture Days 2025 Creatives in Residence series, eight multidisciplinary artists from across Ontario will debut new works exploring themes such as ritual, dreams, ecological interdependence, migration, and cultural histories through diverse mediums and evocative visual language. This collection of artists come together under the banner The Shape of Memory.
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Princess productions present the eighth edition of the dance: made in canada / fait au canada (d:mic/fac) Festival 2025. This year’s Festival brings together a great lineup of artists responding to the world around them.
Through powerful movement and deeply personal storytelling, d:mic/fac 2025 celebrates Canadian dance in all its forms: bridging generations, genres, and lived experiences. These works remind us that “movement can hold both struggle and joy, and that dance can speak what words often cannot”.
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SummerWorks Performance Festival continues in Toronto for its second week. As the festival celebrates its 35th anniversary, it continues to serve as a launchpad for new voices, bold ideas, and transformative experiences.
In co-presentation with DanceWorks, SummerWorks is featuring two performances created by amazing Latin American female choreographic voices, Irma Villafuerte (El Salvador/Toronto) and Sonia Bustos (México/Montréal).
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