*UPDATE* POSTPONED TBA THE ASSEMBLY THEATRE in association with ONE FOUR ONE COLLECTIVE & THE SPADINA AVENUE GANG Proudly Present: TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT by Michael Ross Albert WE ARE BACK BABY! WE'VE MISSED LIVE THEATRE AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE PRESENTING IT AGAIN AT OUR BELOVED PARKDALE HOME OF INDEPENDENT THEATRE! In association with the One Four One Collective & The Spadina Avenue Gang, we are proud to present the world premiere of Two Minutes to Midnight by award-winning…

OLD STOCK: A Refugee Love Story January 12 to 29, 2022  *UPDATE* Postponed TBA Created by Hannah Moscovitch, Christian Barry & Ben Caplan This Klezmer-folk music-theatre hybrid starring Hamilton’s own genre-bending sensation Ben Caplan is inspired by the true stories of two Jewish Romanian refugees coming to Canada in 1908. Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story is a humourously dark folktale woven together with a high-energy concert about how to love after being broken by the horrors of war. It’s about refugees…

January 15 – February 13, 2022 CIPHER BY ELLEN CLOSE AND BRADEN GRIFFITHS A body.  A secret code.  A conspiracy that will change their lives forever. In 1956, a man’s body was discovered on the coast of British Columbia. A secret code is found sewn into his clothing. For decades no investigation has revealed his identity, his killer, their motives or even their methods, and the cipher remains unsolved. Forensic toxicologist Grace Godard thinks her scientific approach is leading her…

FLORA & FAWNA HAVE BEAVER FEVER (AND SO DOES FLEURETTE!) DARRIN HAGEN & TREVOR SCHMIDT January 19 - February 6, 2022 STORY The NaturElle Girls—Flora & Fawna (and Fleurette!)—are back with another outrageous and touching offering of how to survive bears, beavers and bullies. All are welcome (but No Mean Girls!). This production features the return of beloved characters from FLORA & FAWNA’S FIELD TRIP, which sold out audiences at Northern Light Theatre, the Edmonton Fringe, and here at Lunchbox…

Heart of a Dog Written by Mohammad Yaghoubi From NOWADAYS THEATRE About the show: The English premiere of Heart of a Dog is a comical adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic Russian novel. Staged twice in Iran, the piece struggled with boundaries and censorship; now, in Canada, Yaghoubi, far from the harassment of the censorship bureaus, can pursue his creative vision in directing this piece any way he sees fit. In this third approach, the most crucial change is that the…

Ursa: A Folk Musical Created by Jake Schindler and Sam Boer From Ursa Productions About the show: Combining the joys of a folk concert with the timeless wisdom of a folktale, Ursa: A Folk Musical weaves a whimsical tale of star-crossed friendship. This unforgettable exploration of the anxieties and euphorias of young adulthood is full of fresh and surprising folk tunes performed by a live band. What happens when a young, small-town Ontario woman runs off into the forest in…

Violette has a story to tell. This utterly unique work brings viewers one by one into her private realm; it’s an experience that mixes live theatre and Virtual Reality, making use of both physical immediacy and digital world-building. The journey begins with a welcome from Violette; you are invited into her bedroom and asked to listen to a story. Then comes the dive into VR: donning a headset, you enter a 360° recreation of the dwelling, where a dark, fantastical…

Undressed Written and performed by Louise Casemore Directed by Jenna Rodgers January 26 – February 13, 2022 80 mins, 1 act   |   Ages 14+ World Premiere Cabaret Stage This hilarious, heartfelt solo show, written and performed by dynamic Alberta theatre artist Louise Casemore, explores a simple but confounding question: What do you do with a used wedding dress? What follows is a real-time zero waste auction, as Casemore embodies each of the brides who have chosen to let their wedding…

In this boldly imaginative performance, Theatre Replacement gazes into this city’s future using the power of fiction and found materials. The story has three social planners visiting Vancouver’s Russian Hall roughly 30 years from now; their task is to repurpose it for common use. Long abandoned due to damage from earthquakes and flooding, the building would seem to be perfect for such a project—but the trio soon discovers a squatter who has been living there all through the years of…

GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA (GOOD MORNING JULIET) Presented by Morpheus Theatre By Ann-Marie MacDonald Directed by Colleen Bishop Show times: Wed-Sat at 7:30pm, Sat/Sun at 2:00pm (*no matinee Sat Jan 29*) Pumphouse Theatre: 2140 Pumphouse Ave SW Tickets: Adult $23, Student/Senior $18 Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is an exuberant comedy and feminist revisioning of Shakespeare’s Othello and Romeo and Juliet. Constance Ledbelly is the beleaguered academic, and unlikely heroine who embarks on a quest for Shakespearean origins and, ultimately, her own identity.…

*UPDATE* SHOW START DELAYED… Due to some key members of the HAVEN team having to self-monitor at home, we are having to delay the opening of HAVEN for one week. The show will now open on Friday 28th January, with preview on the 27th. Those who have purchased tickets for that first week will be offered a change of date or a refund should that be desired. Despite all, the show WILL go on, just a week later than planned! HAVEN by Mishka Lavigne translated by Neil…

Trying by Joanna McClelland Glass Jan 28 - Feb 5, 2022 Abbotsford Arts Centre A timely and humorous drama set in the 1960’s, a young Canadian woman and an old Philadelphia aristocrat, two equally feisty individuals separated by age and generational difference, ‘try’ to understand each other in the midst of rapidly changing times. The year is 1968. Sarah Schor, a young Canadian woman from Saskatchewan, takes on the role of secretary to Judge Francis Biddle, a one-time US Attorney…

February 1 - 27, 2022 Little Red Warrior & His Lawyer By Kevin Loring Show Info Live In-Person – February 1 – 27, 2022 Live Streaming – February 15 – 20, 2022 An irreverent comedy. Little Red, the last remaining member of his tribe, discovers that a land development firm has violated his traditional territory. After attacking one of their engineers, he is arrested and assigned a court-appointed lawyer. Things turn surprising and farcical—when displaced Red moves in with the…