Theatre

Sequel to the beloved musical comedy Nunsense sets the sisters in a school basement recording a cable-access Christmas special

In the SNAFU Society of Unexpected Spectacles production, Fraggle Rock puppeteer Ingrid Hansen brings a little stinker named Baby Tyler to adorably sassy life

Playwright Max Wolf Friedlich’s award-winning drama is a tense intergenerational showdown between a millennial content moderator and her baby boomer therapist

Offerings in store range from compelling plays care of the Arts Club On Tour to a relaxing matinee Coffee Concert Series

With hummable songs and intricate choreography, Metro Theatre opens its season with a Sesame Street parody that delights in poking fun at the absurdity of it all

Juliet: A Revenge Comedy, Eddie and Will, and Shakespeare’s Will to alternate on the Douglas Campbell Theatre stage

U.K.–based Out of the Forest Theatre’s production fuses gallows humour and vaudevillian horror

Offerings range from Indigenous drum and dance performances to videos that spotlight the Overdose Prevention Society

Two unique solo shows—one set in the underworld, the other in the dressing room—deliver witty takes on contemporary anxieties

Queer zombie love story explores mental illness, trauma, and choosing life in turbulent times

Keely Rois O’Brien’s intimate experimental work transforms a personal message into a subversive cake

Arun Lakra’s play is like a caper movie crossed with a whodunit, and director Andrew Kushnir says pulling it off requires the combined forces of an A team of designers and actors

Darkly funny play examines whether coexistence is possible in a society fraught with prejudice and discrimination

The 26th annual edition spans theatre, dance, comedy, and music from November 3 to 15

The local French-language theatre company will present everything from a live video game to an emotionally intense two-hander based on a Virginia Woolf masterpiece

A staged reading of Carol Shields and Dave Williamson‘s comedy takes a sharp look at life and love in middle-class suburbia

In playwright-performer Christina Cook’s new show, reality-bending correspondence plays out across a stage loosely divided between the three generations of women

Majid Tafreshi’s play intertwines Nezami Ganjavi’s 12th-century poetry with the lives of contemporary theatre actors

Christopher King directs the Tony Award–winning musical comedy about a college grad finding his way in the world

A new dance work by Kirsten Wicklund and Peter Smida, the world premiere of a musical, and more round out the lineup

Short works by D/disability-identified artists offer compelling stories, from a literally spirited cabaret to the time-spanning medical office of Anton Chekhov

Singer Krystle Dos Santos and her band celebrate the record label that brought us legendary performers including Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye

One-man show by Amsterdam-based Palestinian artist Alaa Shehada had already been postponed from last spring due to processing holdups

The show, produced by Theatre Conspiracy in association with Pi Theatre, finds contemporary resonances in Eugène Ionesco’s 20th-century works

Wug, Kravga, and Moog deliver a take on Sophocles’ Greek tragedy that, in addition to copious amounts of crude humour, has its share of chillingly effective moments

Ensemble Theatre Company taps into the humid haze of a Tennessee Williams classic where love and self-deception mingle

Standout performances and design bring infectious energy to Disney’s tale of love and self-discovery

Bold update by Kate Besworth brings mythic figures closer to us while continuing to ask the ancient questions posed by Sophocles

Fierce company transforms characters by committing to the popular musical’s blend of disco, soul, and gospel

Presented by the fest and Boca del Lupo, the multifaceted one-woman show carries long-standing reflections on workout culture and the life-altering effects of a pandemic