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Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Performance Performance

Past event: Guild Festival Theatre 2023 season banner, featuring colourful illustrated posters for (clockwise, from top left): Alice in Wonderland, Family Fest, The Drowning Girls and Three Men in a Boat.

Guild Festival Theatre 2023 Season

PAST EVENT. Thu, Jul. 6 - Sun, Aug. 27, 2023: Guild Festival Theatre’s 2023 summer season has something for everyone, from a swingin’ jazz launch party, to family-friendly fun, whimsical & hilarious stories that take you on a journey, plus a true crime drama. Programming for kids & adults.

Past event: The illustrated cover art for Tales from Phantom City, with the title at the top. A city skyline at night with a starry sky, crescent moon and a few clouds. A blonde woman in a white hoodie looks on in amazement at a mysterious gaunt man in a hat and dark glasses and a ginger cat, appearing on the sides of two buildings, with people in apartment windows. A cat pendant hangs from the clock tower in the background, while a black cat with white paws peers down from the building behind the woman.

COMIC BOOKS LIVE!!! presents: Tales from Phantom City

PAST EVENT. One night only – Sat, Aug. 12, 2023: COMIC BOOKS LIVE!!! presents a live action reading of Patrick Jenkins’ debut graphic novel 'Tales from Phantom City' at The Assembly Theatre. For adults 18+ & lovers of graphic novels, film noir & magic realism.

Past event. Mary Moonshine, a brown person with shoulder-length wavy blue hair, blue lipstick, and long eyelashes, speaks into a megaphone. Mary wears a black and white dress, black high-heeled boots, and short black gloves. Some plants and a house are in the background.

Porch View Dances 2023

PAST EVENT. From Wed, Aug. 9 – Sun, Aug. 13, 2023: Come along on a journey with Kaeja d’Dance’s annual outdoor community performance, where real people tell their stories through dance on porches, front lawns and sidewalks throughout a residential neighbourhood. For all ages. Pay-as-you-wish.

Past event. Close-up of illustrated poster for all that remains by josh downing, with title and writing credit in white and pink neon script. There is a multi-coloured glass pig-shaped cookie jar to the right. Bottom left: july 5-16 2023 with natasha fiorino & stephen flett.

all that remains at Toronto Fringe

PAST EVENT. Seven performances – Wed, Jul. 5 – Sat, Jul. 15, 2023: In the wake of a traumatic event, a father is called to pick up his daughter’s remains. But he doesn’t have a daughter. The Hobby Horse Theatre Company presents all that remains at the 2023 Toronto Fringe Festival. For adults 18+.

Past event: Three close-ups colour photographs of the same woman, set up in a downward arc from top left to bottom right, her dark hair tied back. Her expression is neutral in the top photo, she has a closed-mouth smile in the middle photo and a big, wide, toothy smile in the bottom photo. Top left text: Theatre Myth Collective presents. Bottom left text: Ingenue (with the portion nue crossed out and replaced above with new, in brackets). Subtitle reads: In Search of a Musical.

Inge(new) – In Search of a Musical

PAST EVENT. From Thu, May 25 – Sun, Jun. 4, 2023: Theatre Myth Collective presents the world premiere of the musical Inge(new) - In Search of a Musical. On the eve of her 40th birthday, Bridget finds herself navigating a metatheatrical world where past and present collide as she attends an audition with no role for her.

Past event: A black & white photograph of recording studio. On the left, a man with long hair plays acoustic guitar and sings into the microphone (Kevin Dvorak). On the right, a woman with a light streak in her dark hair stands at a keyboard, singing into her microphone (Arlene Paculan).

Arlene & Kevin at Coriander Green

PAST EVENT. Every Tue night until May 30, 2023: Join music artists Arlene Paculan & Kevin Dvorak at East Indian restaurant Coriander Green as they perform some of their favourite cover songs, lesser-known songs by popular artists, plus some originals.

Past event: Carolyn Fe, a smiling Filipino-Canadian woman with long black hair, is pictured in a black and white photograph, sitting on a carpeted floor, legs askew and barefoot, arms and hands resting on her lap. She wears a long skirt, three-quarter-sleeve shirt and has a light printed shawl hanging down from her right shoulder.

Go Fish!

PAST EVENT. One night only – Thu, May 11, 2023: Festival Accès Asie presents a reading of Act 1 of Carolyn Fe’s new play Go Fish! On her last day, an old woman becomes a witness to her past, preparing to let go as she plays a game of Go Fish with various versions of herself at different stages of her life. Theatrical reading, presented in English.

Past event: A close-up photograph of a woman's chest, arms and hands. She's wearing a man's shirt and vest, straining against her chest to reveal cleavage, a pocket watch chain hanging from the buttons of the vest. Her bloodied right hand, rings on each finger, is curled into a fist. Her left hand, palm open, reveals a handful of coins. At the bottom: OutFest Mainstage The Elephant Girls April 2023. Bottom left corner: Parry Riposte Productions logo. Bottom right corner: Page 1 Theatre logo.

The Elephant Girls

PAST EVENT. Five performances only, from Wed, April 26 – Sun, Apr 29, 2023: Page 1 Theatre OutFest 2023 presents Parry Riposte Productions’ riveting, bloody tale of the most notorious all-female gang Britain’s ever seen, as told by gang member Maggie Hale (Margo MacDonald). Pull up a chair and give her a listen, if you’ve got the guts for it. For audiences 14+.

Past event: A photograph of a bald man wearing a suit and glasses, mouth open to speak as he holds up a large puppet of a man with black hair and glasses, wearing a white scarf over a grey shirt. Behind them is a watercolour representation of mountains.

Eldritch Theatre presents… TWO WEIRD TALES!

PAST EVENT. From Thu, Apr 20 to Sun, Apr 30, 2023: Eldritch Theatre presents... TWO WEIRD TALES! Kafka meets Lovecraft in this nightmarish double-bill of terrifying transformation and cosmic horrors, featuring dark magic, hideous puppetry and protoplasmic terrors. For audiences aged 14+. Suitable for horror fans, freaks and geeks, and anyone who loves puppets.

Past event: A poster for the play String of Pearls, featuring graphic design images of women, alone or interacting in pairs or groups of three, with a map of the constellations in the background, a string of pearls floating through it. Above the image: String of Pearls by Michele Lowe.

Alumnae Theatre presents: String of Pearls

PAST EVENT. From Fri, Apr 14 - Sat, Apr 29: Alumnae Theatre presents Michele Lowe’s String of Pearls, a play about a pearl necklace that slips from one woman’s hands to another’s in a fateful thread of magic over the span of 35 years.

Past event: The poster for The Elephant Girls, with text over an image. The image: A close-up photograph of a woman's chest, arms and hands. She's wearing a man's shirt and vest, straining against her chest to reveal cleavage, a pocket watch chain hanging from the buttons of the vest. Her bloodied right hand, rings on each finger, is curled into a fist. Her left hand, palm open, reveals a handful of coins. Text at the top, critic's 5-star ratings: "Gritty, powerful, and excellently crafted." Capital Critics Circle. "A ferocious, charismatically intense performance." CBC. "Packs a punch with a diamond-clad fist!" The Outmost (Dublin). The bloody tale of the all-women gang that terrorized London. Text at the bottom: The Elephant Girls Written and performed by Margo MacDonald.

The Elephant Girls

PAST EVENT: Two nights only – Fri, April 14 & Sat, April 15, 2023: Parry Riposte Productions presents a riveting, bloody tale of the most notorious all-female gang Britain’s ever seen, as told by gang member Maggie Hale (Margo MacDonald). Pull up a chair and give her a listen, if you’ve got the guts for it. For audiences 14+.