If, like me, you’ve been feeling overwhelmed with work and unable to do anything well because you’ve taken on too many things, then I suggest you head downtown to the salubrious surrounds of the Metro Parking Garage and take in Bridge Mix. It’s theatre with a serotonin kick and I guarantee you’ll come out feeling a whole lot better. Even if you’ve been feeling rather chipper, give it a go – we can always use a bit of body-induced sunshine.

Felix Culpa has done an admirable job with a challenging script.  Playwright Tom Cone's latest opus, Donald and Lenore, is a surreal journey with two characters going nowhere in a made-up paradise of sorts.  Set in a Polynesian-inspired Tiki Room underneath an unnamed airport, ex-con Donald performs nightly in a tiki room act with his boss Lenore.  Depending on her mood, she calls him either "Jailbait" or "Donald #7".  They seem to have creative differences - Donald wants to share his highly inappropriate stand-up act about his former cellmate Hernando while Lenore insists on pretending it is their big...

The latest work from Canadian theatre icon Judith Thompson – Such Creatures –  is a warm welcome home after her debut thirty years ago at the intimate backspace of Theatre Passe Muraille.

Such Creatures confronts audiences with pain, rage, fear and unimaginable choices. True to form, Thompson handles the harshest realities of human existence with sensitivity, artistry and always hope. Milder than her earlier work, Such Creatures strikes a graceful balance between accessibility and thoughtful, political theatre. Two powerful, interwoven monologues are artfully brought to life under the direction of Brian Quirt and nuanced actors Michaela Washburn...