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Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train is definitely worth the ride

Soulpepper's well-acted production of Stephen Adly Guirgis's prison drama gives intoxicating voice to its marginalized characters → Read More

Midsummer Night's Dream is horny, heavy and hilarious

There are no weak links in Theatre Rusticle's exquisite production of Shakespeare's comedy → Read More

Besbouss: Autopsy Of A Revolt is a chilling depiction of recent history

Stéphane Brulotte's play about the remains of Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation was the catalyst for the Arab Spring, is mesmerizing → Read More

Much Ado About Nothing in High Park is an uneven outdoor offering

Liza Balkan's production for Canadian Stage lacks subtlety, but Shakespeare's wit and wisdom still come through → Read More

Luminato review: Four Sisters

The final work in Susanna Fournier’s ambitious Empire Trilogy pays rich theatrical dividends → Read More

Review: Sunset is an entrancing follow-up for Oscar-winning Hungarian director

Son Of Saul filmmaker László Nemes looks at Budapest on the cusp of the Great War → Read More

The Cherry Orchard resonates in our era of digital-age tribalism

Modern Times Stage Company's production of Chekhov's last play is straightforward, funny and affecting → Read More

Sook-Yin Lee's Unsafe has little to say about call-out culture

Canadian Stage's documentary theatre production addressing censorship, online call-outs and shaming plays it safe → Read More

The five films you need to see at TIFF's Mexican series

Curated by Diana Sanchez and Guillermo del Toro, TIFF's month-long survey of Mexican cinema includes rarities and works by renowned auteurs → Read More

Harold Pinter anthology Little Menace draws you in with short, sharp shocks

Soulpepper's collection of short plays by the Nobel laureate is razor sharp, but the production could be more diverse in terms of people of colour and female roles → Read More

Review: Oscar nominee Never Look Away is a middlebrow slog until the final section

Ersatz biopic about German artist Gerhard Richter features lots of foreshadowing and exposition, but eventually pays off after the two-hour mark → Read More

After The Fire looks at the destructive cost of petro-capitalism

Matthew MacKenzie's politically charged black comedy is set in the wake of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire → Read More

Kiviuq Returns: An Inuit Epic is timeless and powerful theatre

Presented entirely in Inuktitut, this evocative show consisting of five stories from Inuit lore provides a feast for the senses → Read More

The Philosopher's Wife marries an Atwood-esque premise with striking theatricality

Susanna Fournier's Empire Trilogy – an ambitious experiment in serial narrative – gets off to a smashing start → Read More

Run, don't walk, to get tickets to riveting solo show The Runner

Christopher Morris's play about a member of Israel's volunteer rescue and recovery team conveys the vagaries of trauma with urgency → Read More

Dystopian play Yellow Rabbit is trapped by genre convention

Silk Bath Collective and Soulpepper's anti-authoritarian tale cribs everything from 1984 to The Hunger Games → Read More

The Message takes on Marshall McLuhan

Jason Sherman’s play about the Canadian intellectual features a bravura lead performance by R.H. Thomson → Read More

The Assembly: Episode 1 is charged, resonant and unnervingly entertaining

Porte Parole and Crow's Theatre's mix of verbatim theatre and open debate helps bridge the political divide → Read More

Now You See Her radiates wit, urgency and theatricality

Collective creation gives raucous voice and unforgettable shape to six marginalized women's lives → Read More

Judas Noir is a work of colossal energy and refreshing vulgarity

Leighton Alexander Williams's freewheeling adaptation of Stephen Adly Guirgis's The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot is baggy but gets an electrifying production → Read More