Wednesday, July 30, 2025
How do you navigate a stage in a three-foot wide dress?
Ashley Dingwell tells all about wearing a pannier in rehearsals for Dangerous Liaisons. This is her first season at the Festival, and…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:12PMSunday, July 27, 2025
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Harper Rae Asch is "perfect as Annie" (Postmedia) and "a star in the making" (The Globe and Mail). Watch as she sings the iconic hit "Tomorrow" from the rehearsal h…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:12PMSaturday, July 26, 2025
đ„ Introducing Shakespeare's best female character!
Rosalind is the engine of As You Like It, and with 685 lines, she is the largest female role in all his plays! She's also the most full…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:02PMThursday, July 24, 2025
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Watch as Shakura Dickson brings Christine Colgate to life in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, singing "Here I Am" from the rehearsal hall to the stage!
Shakura "shines in an …
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:24PMWednesday, July 23, 2025
How do you get a mid-show standing ovation? đ€©
"It's The Hard Knock Life" performed by the adorable and incredibly talented orphans of Annie.
See them shine (despite wearing rags) in this…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:03PMTuesday, July 22, 2025
Meet Hazel Heaney â she plays the role of Daisy in Annie!
While not exactly an orphan, Daisy makes appearances in Hooverville and during "N.Y.C." in the beautiful window display of Bloomin…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:36PMMonday, July 21, 2025
E21: We kick off the 2025 season of the Everyday Forum Podcast with a lively chat with cultural commentator Stephen Marche. He talks with the Festival's Artistic Director, Antoni Cimolino, a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:18PMSaturday, July 19, 2025
Meet Fae Lewis, who plays the role of Francis in Annie!
While not technically an orphan, she features in Hooverville and in the gorgeous Bloomingdale's window display during "N.Y.C". Fae als…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:18PMFriday, July 18, 2025
We've got a couple dirty rotten guys for you! đ
From the rehearsal hall to the stage, Jonathan Goad and Liam Tobin "work in terrific synchronicity" (The Globe and Mail) as the oddball pai…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:06PMThursday, July 17, 2025
Meet Isla Horner, who plays orphan July in Annie!
You don't want to miss this "classic musical done exceptionally well" (Next Magazine) as "the eight little girls in the dance numbers are a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:42PMWhy see As You Like It now?
đ§ Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, in a newly released podcast, tells us how this play will give us the hope we are looking for. The plotline of As You Like …
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:42PMTuesday, July 15, 2025
Meet Sofia Grace Otta â she plays the role of orphan Duffy in Annie!
âDonna Feoreâs choreography is always wonderful, and she does not hold back with her younger performersâ says Br…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:03PMMonday, July 14, 2025
They make "Easy Street" look, well... easy!
Watch Laura Condlln (Miss Hannigan), Amanda Lundgren (Lily St. Regis) and Mark Uhre (Rooster Hannigan) go from the rehearsal hall to the stage, to…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:48PMSunday, July 13, 2025
Leapin' lizards! "Spectacular Annie is a must-see" (BroadwayWorld) and now extended by six weeks until December 14!
Giving it a Critic's Pick, The Globe and Mail said "the dancing and singi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:18PMSaturday, July 12, 2025
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from the Toronto Star, "Kat Sandlerâs transcendent Anne of Green Gables will become as central to the Canadian canon as the…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:03PMMeet Cydnee Abbott, who plays orphan Pepper in Annie!
"The dance and acrobatic skills of these young artists is astounding" (BroadwayWorld), so you won't want to miss this "classic musical…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:03PMFriday, July 11, 2025
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is âa laugh-out-loud good timeâ (Postmedia) and "a hilarious romp" (BroadwayWorld) that's now been extended until November 23!
"A knockout cast" (Toronto Star) d…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:48PMMeet Jessica Reddy, one of the insanely talented orphans in Annie! She plays the role of Kate.
âYouâd be a fool to miss seeing Canadaâs next generation of talentâ in this musical sa…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:32PMThursday, July 10, 2025
"Cinematic, inventive, and captivating from start to finish" (BroadwayWorld), Robert Lepage's Macbeth is "a towering achievement" (Postmedia) and now extended by three weeks, until November …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:24PMWednesday, July 9, 2025
đą BIG NEWS: our 2025 season is extended! đ
The Globe and Mail were "gobsmacked by the strength of this yearâs opening week", and with overwhelming audience demand, we're thrilled to …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:02PMMeet Addison Wagman, the sweetheart playing the role of Tessie in Annie!
"The dance and acrobatic skills of these young artists is astounding" says BroadwayWorld, and we're only halfway thr…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:02PMMonday, July 7, 2025
Meet Olivia Padfield, who plays the role of orphan Audrey in Annie!
You may have also seen her understudy the role of Annie.
"The orphans are utterly stellar every moment they are on stage,…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:24PMSunday, July 6, 2025
We're 'giving them what they want': Wealthy Woman Energy!
Sara-Jeanne Hosie gives the women of White Lotus a run for their money with her hilarious portrayal of Muriel in Dirty Rotten Scoun…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:02PMSaturday, July 5, 2025
Meet Harmony Holder, the little firecracker performing the role of orphan Molly in Annie!
We're meeting all the Annie orphans - who will be next? đ
Don't miss this "heart-warming story, …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:48PMThursday, July 3, 2025
Meet Evonny Harker, one of the "terrifyingly talented" (Toronto Star) girls in Annie! Evonny performs the role of little orphan Clara.
Keep your eyes peeled to meet all the other orphans of…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:02PMMonday, June 30, 2025
Forgiveness is "another must-see at this year's Festival" and has garnered a Critic's Pick from The Globe and Mail!
Adapted from Mark Sakamoto's Canada Reads-winning memoir, Forgiveness tel…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:48PMMeet Harper Rae Asch, the talented young girl performing the title role in Annie!
Weâll be meeting all the orphans of Annie, so tune in for more. đ€ And be sure to book your tickets for…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:42PMSaturday, June 28, 2025
Anne of Green Gables is "a celebration of imagination, our individuality and of finding the remarkable in the everyday" and it's simply "unmissable" (Toronto Star).
Book now for this "hear…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:02PMThursday, June 26, 2025
This is not your ordinary Jane Austen remake.
Sense and Sensibility is a "boisterous new production" and a "rollicking comedy" (Toronto Star).
"If you're chomping at the bit for the next se…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:06PMThursday, June 19, 2025
âNever before has cheering for the bad guys been so fun." đ
Let's hear it for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which received a Critic's Pick in The Globe and Mail! đ
You're in for a "damn …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24PMSaturday, June 14, 2025
The Winter's Tale is a "magical and fantastical" delight with "hearty and plentiful humour" rating 4 out of 4 stars in the Toronto Star!
âGraham Abbey delivers a tour de force performance …
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PM 
