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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 impage of the poster for Hagar, with the Pleiades Theatre logo above the title. Close-up photo of a young woman's hand, reaching up from behind a barb wire fence, with a purple and blue-tinged night sky in the background.

Pleiades Theatre presents: Hagar

PAST EVENT. From Wed, Nov. 8 – Sun, Nov. 12, 2023: Pleiades Theatre, in partnership with the Festival of Arabic Music & Arts, presents Hagar, the gripping odyssey of a determined mother striving to find safety with her infant son amidst the chaos of war-torn Syria.

Past event: Greyed out image of the poster for After the Trojan Women, with an illustration of a wooden horse standing in front of a cloudy night sky on the right, with a series of green, yellow, orange and red outlines of squares beside it. To the left are the event details.

Play reading: After the Trojan Women

PAST EVENT. Four nights only; Sat, Oct. 28 – Thu, Nov. 9, 2023: Pleiades Theatre, in partnership with the Festival of Arabic Music & Arts, presents a staged reading of After the Trojan Women, a new full-length play exploring the profound connections & suffering of women in war that span generations, from ancient Troy to present-day Syria.

Past event: Greyed out image of a poster for a play. Shakespeare BASH'd presents Arden of Faversham by Anonymous. Nov 5 2pm 2023 The Monarch Tavern. In the background, an illustration of a rough knife, with three holes in the blade, the handle wrapped in leather strapping.

Play reading: Arden of Faversham

PAST EVENT. One day only – Sun, Nov. 5, 2023: Farce meets tragedy as Shakespeare BASH’d launches their 2023/24 season with a staged reading of Arden of Faversham, a sordid Elizabethan true crime story of love, lust, virtue & murder by Anonymous, at The Monarch Tavern. For audiences 19+.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text & a photograph. Eldritch Theatre presents Doc Wuthergloom Here There Be Monsters. Created & performed by Eric Woolfe. To the right, Doc Wuthergloom, a man with skull makeup on his face, wearing a black top hat and a black and red striped jacket, holds up a small wooden structure bearing a tiny skeleton and a small jar.

Doc Wuthergloom’s Here There Be Monsters

PAST EVENT. From Wed, Oct. 25 – Sun, Nov. 5, 2023: Step right up as infamous necromancer Doctor Pretorious Wuthergloom presents some ghoulishly giddy tales about the monsters, cryptids & weird creatures that haunt our mortal realm! For audiences 14+. Suitable for deranged weirdos who love horror & dark humour.

Past event: Greyed out image of a colourful child-like stick drawing of a boy, his eyes wide and mouth open. To the bottom left, the black silhouettes of two hands signing.

Anthony’s Journey: Songs That Tell A Story

PAST EVENT. One night only - Sat, Nov. 4, 2023: An accessible concert presentation of Anthony’s Journey: Songs That Tell A Story, an epic, empowering new musical that explores how we’re not alone in our struggles with grief & how we can learn from it by taking care of ourselves & each other.

Past event: Greyed out poster image for the Canadian premiere of Heroes of the Fourth Turning. October 3- 22, 2023. Written by Will Arbery. Directed by Philip Aiken. The Howland Company & Crow's Theatre logos at the bottom. All against the background of a nighttime photograph of a forest of evergreens with a starry sky above.

Heroes of the Fourth Turning

PAST EVENT. Tue, Oct. 3 – Sun, Oct. 29, 2023: Extended by popular demand, The Howland Company & Crow’s Theatre present the Canadian premiere of Will Arbery’s play Heroes of the Fourth Turning. A week after the Charlottesville riots in 2017, an intimate college alumni party spirals into spiritual chaos, clashing politics & stunning revelations. For adults 18+.

Past event: Greyed out image of medium close-up of a woman with a garland of flowers and leaves around the back of her tied up grey hair, a shawl draped over her naked shoulders, in profile gazing off to the left. The words A New Play Bremen Town by Gregory Prest on either side of her.

Bremen Town

PAST EVENT. From Thu, Oct. 19 – Sun, Oct. 29, 2023: Follow the winding journey of an aging laid off housekeeper as she travels to live with her estranged son (doing her best to avoid the stupid Kite Festival along the way) in this rural folk tragicomedy about the painful truth of outliving our use. At Next Stage Theatre Festival. For audiences 18+.

Past event: Greyed out image of the poster for Comedy is Art, featuring photos of a diverse array of stand-up & sketch comedy & music performers against a pink background, arrows pointing up to the right surrounding the title.

Comedy is Art. Festival

PAST EVENT. Five nights only, from Tue, Oct. 24 – Sat, Oct. 28, 2023: The Theatre Centre presents its annual Comedy is Art. Festival. Five nights of comedy & good vibes, featuring stand-up & sketch comedy, improv & music. For audiences 18+. Mature content.

Past event: Greyed out image of the poster for Choti Choti Batain by Sanskruti Marathe and Davinder Malhi, featuring a burning photograph of a waterfall against a starry night sky.

Play reading: Choti Choti Batain

PAST EVENT. One day only - Sat, Oct. 21, 2023: Pleiades Theatre presents a staged reading of the play Choti Choti Batain as part of the Decolonise Your Ears New Play Festival. As the death of their father brings a Brampton family to their knees, their mother attempts to divorce her dead husband to find freedom again. A love letter to South Asian mothers.

Past event: Greyed out image of the poster for Discount Dave and the Fix by Rebecca Auerbach. A Studio 180 IN DEVELOPMENT presentation. Text on an olive green background, featuring a graphic representation of a person with a long-haired shag hair cut and sunglasses, driving a motorcycle, a cigarette hanging out of the corner of their mouth.

IN DEVELOPMENT: Discount Dave and the Fix

PAST EVENT. One night only - Thu, Oct. 12, 2023: Join Studio 180 Theatre for their 2023/24 season launch party and a staged reading of Rebecca Auerbach’s solo show Discount Dave and the Fix, an examination of our obsession with celebrity, how addiction can bury our wounds, and what it takes to heal. For adults 18+.

Past event. Greyed out photo of a four-person band, performing live onstage in a smoky, purple pink lighting, with a female guitarist to the left, lead singer in the centre, bass player to the right and drummer behind the singer.

Civil Wray: Live at The Dive Shop

PAST EVENT. One night only – Tue, Sep. 26, 2023: Experience the ethereal blues/soul/pop hybrid sounds & poetic lyrics of Civil Wray as she performs new songs from upcoming EP “Sparkle”, as well as favourites from her debut record. Live at The Dive Shop with guest artists Just Jillian & Lisa Costa. Audiences 19+.

Past event: Greyed out image of the illustrated poster for the play Give 'Em Hell by Madeleine Brown, in various shades of purple, featuring silhouettes of students protesting: 2 holding signs & one playing guitar, with one wearing a backpack in the background.

Give ‘em Hell: a play based on a true story

PAST EVENT. Fri, Sep. 15 – Sat, Sep. 23, 2023: Theatre Direct Canada presents the world premiere of award-winning playwright Madeleine Brown’s Give ‘em Hell, a play inspired by the true story of the student fight to save Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School (PCVS) in 2012.