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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: Greyed out image of a 1920s art deco-style illustration of a man and woman, from the shoulders up, facing each other in profile, in an intimate moment. The man wears a white tie and black jacket, and has a streak of white along the temple of his black hair. The woman has red and blonde streaked hair, with a flower in it and she holds a long cigarette holder, the smoke curling off to the left.

Many Happy Returns: Immersive & Interactive Show

PAST EVENT: Every Wednesday night until Sep. 25, 2024: Many Happy Returns, a new 90-minute group-based immersive & interactive experience set during New Year’s Eve 1924, running at Coffee Oysters Champagne. This unique performance event will appeal to anyone who loves the décor, clothing, slang & tomfoolery of the roaring 20s, plus scavenger hunts! For audiences 16+.

Past event: Greyed out graphic image for Orlando Out Fest, featuring a psychedelic multi-coloured heart with the word "Out" in white inside it and the words "Orlando" at the top left and "Fest" in lavender at the bottom right of it.

Orlando Out Fest 2024

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Sep. 20 – Sun, Sep. 22, 2024: The Orlando Fringe presents its inaugural Orlando Out Fest, a curated performance festival celebrating exclusively LGBTQIA stories, artists & history. Audiences can get a taste of the festival lineup with a preview teaser show on Thu, Sep. 19, followed by seven shows performed over three days, featuring cabaret, drag, improv, a variety show, drama & theatre for young audiences, including puppets.

Past event: Greyed out blurred image featuring black text and a photograph against a white background. Five dancers wearing t-shirts of various colours and blue jeans, captured side by side in a variety of movements, their bodies reflected on the shiny floor they move on. Top: All That Is Between. A contemporary dance work. Bottom: The power of collective identity, and collective isolation, manifested in wordless stories within bodies and what lies within our container.

Tiger Princess Dance Projects: All That Is Between

PAST EVENT: Four performances only: Thu, Sep. 12 – Sat, Sep. 14, 2024: tiger princess dance projects presents All That Is Between at Aki Studio. Created by the multi-award-winning Yvonne Ng & featuring a remarkable ensemble of Canadian dancers, it’s an evocative dance piece that explores the intricate dynamics of collective identity & the experience of isolation. All ages.

Past event: Greyed out image containing a black & white photo on an illustrated blue background of a woman with long blonde hair, standing sideways and looking over her shoulder at us. A pointed yellow horizontal zigzag line crisscrosses around her, becoming red at the top.

The Great Fire: An Immersive Audio Drama Experience

PAST EVENT: Thu, Jul. 25 - Sat, Sep. 14, 2024: Necessary Angel Theatre Company presents The Great Fire as part of the Stratford Festival’s Forum Performances at the Tom Patterson Theatre. Written by Roland Schimmelpfennig & translated by David Tushingham, audiences will experience this five-part audio drama in an intimate & immersive environment. Limited seating of 12 for each performance. For audiences 16+.

Past event: Greyed out illustrated image for RAP SHEETS Hip Hop And R&B Trivia, with bold black text inside a white comic book explosion bubble with black outline against a yellow and orange striated background. Monday Sept. 9 2024. The Theatre Centre Cafe & Bar. 1115 Queen St. W. Doors: 7PM. Game Time: 8PM. $10

RAP SHEETS: Hip Hop & R&B Trivia Night

PAST EVENT: One night only – Mon, Sep. 9, 2024: The Theatre Centre hosts RAP SHEETS: Hip Hop & R&B Trivia Night. Come solo or create a duet or crew of up to five members and get ready to show off your skills. This event is for hip hop and R&B enthusiasts interested in testing their knowledge of these genres in a fun, accessible and inclusive trivia format! For adults 18+.

Past event: Greyed out illustrated image for West End Phoenix Future Tense, featuring the Moon (left), with the Earth (right) shaded in yellow and black, overlapping with other planet-like forms between and below them against a blue black star-filled sky. Future Tense in yellow font on a black rectangle at the bottom.

West End Phoenix: Future Tense Benefit Concert

PAST EVENT: One night only - Sat, Sep. 7, 2024: Support local journalism & join West End Phoenix at its Future Tense benefit concert in the courtyard at 1655 Dupont St. Hosted by Ron MacLean & Dave Bidini, this outdoor event features a full program of performances led by the Electro Phoenix band, plus dozens of guest music artists. All ages.

Past event: Greyed out version of the grid image for Guild Festival Theatre's 2024 Summer Season, featuring three event posters. Top left: Family Fest 2024, featuring a black silhouette of a family looking on at a series of music and performance symbols in blue circles. Top right: Three Men on a Bike, featuring silhouetted figures of three men wearing boater hats riding a bicycle, with a dog looking on from the top right corner. Bottom left: Isle of Demons by Robert Chafe. A woman stands at the edge of a cliff overlooking a body of water to the right, with a tree-covered island in the background. Bottom right: Guild Festival Theatre 2024 logo.

Guild Festival Theatre 2024 Season

PAST EVENT: From Wed, Jul. 10 - Sun, Aug. 25, 2024: Guild Festival Theatre’s 2024 summer season is set to take you on an adventure, from a mini-festival of family fun, to a hilariously ill-fated cycling trip through Germany, to the Toronto premiere of a true story of survival in the Canadian wilderness in 1500s! Programming for kids & adults.

Past event: Greyed out image of a yellow hexagon on a black background with the SummerWorks logo and the words: Survival Mode. Performance Festival. August 1-11 2024

SummerWorks Performance Festival 2024

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Aug. 1 – Sun, Aug. 11, 2024: SummerWorks Performance Festival returns with its annual curated program of bold & new performance works & events. This year’s Festival features 40+ events & activities over the course of 11 days, including theatre, comedy, dance, music, staged readings, installations & more – with projects engaging the theme of survival.

Past event: Greyed out photo collage image of a red brick building with a second floor patio against a burnt orange background. Above the building: The Theatre Centre 10 For 10 Community BBQ, with the Theatre Centre logo. To the right side of the building are a bunch of balloons and a raccoon wearing sunglasses peeks over the top of the building, with the number 10 made from pink balloons floating above. To the left of the building are a floating hotdog with all the trimmings and a vinyl record.

The Theatre Centre 10 for 10: BBQ & Hangout

PAST EVENT: One night only – Fri, July 19, 2024: Join the Theatre Centre for their 10 For 10 BBQ & Hangout, part of a year-long celebration of 10 years at their home on Queen Street West. This is a free, outdoor, all ages & puppy-friendly event, featuring hot dogs (while supplies last), DJ, drag performances & live music! RSVP requested.

Past event: Greyed out image of a photo of a person browsing the Toronto Fringe show posters attached to a portable wall.

Toronto Fringe Festival 2024

PAST EVENT: From Wed, July 3 – Sun, July 14, 2024: The Toronto Fringe returns with its annual festival of unjuried theatre & performance works. This year’s Festival features 77 companies, performing over the course of 12 days at 16 venues across the city, including comedy, drama, musicals, improvisation, storytelling, children’s theatre, dance & more.

Past event: Greyed out image of a woman in a white ruffled shirt and black tails gazes at us as she holds up a vintage bicycle wheel in her right hand.

Guild Festival Theatre presents: Evalyn Parry’s SPIN

PAST EVENT: One night only: Sat, July 6, 2024: Guild Festival Theatre launches its 2024 season with Evalyn Parry’s SPIN. Inspired in part by the incredible true story of Annie Londonderry, the first woman to ride around the world on a bicycle in 1895, this theatrical journey takes the audience from 19th century women’s emancipation to the present day, forging unexpected links across time and history.

Past event: Greyed out image of a female Asian dancer with long black hair, wearing a red floral kimono over a red top and jeans holds a pose, arms stretched out, right leg forward and left leg back, her held tilted slightly back as she faces forward and upward.

Kimiko’s Pearl: A ballet world premiere

PAST EVENT: Two performances only - Sat, June 22 & Sun, June 23, 2024 : FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre presents the world premiere of Bravo Niagara!'s Kimiko’s Pearl, a powerful new Canadian ballet reflecting the tragedies, triumphs & perseverance of a Japanese Canadian family and the irrevocable impact of the WWII internment experience on their lives & that of their descendants. This is the first time this story has been told through ballet.