Hope everyone’s been enjoying the holiday season. As we say goodbye to 2016 (for better or worse), it’s time for the annual top 10 theatre list. As usual, this is always a challenging endeavour, so I’ve added a few honourable mentions (in alphabetical order):
Top 10 theatre 2016
Blind Date (queer version): Spontaneous Theatre & Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Chasse-Galerie: Kabin, Storefront Theatre & Soulpepper
Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen: Theatre 20, The Firehall Arts Centre & Theatre Passe Muraille
The Harrowing of Brimstone McReedy: Eldritch Theatre
The Hogtown Experience: The Hogtown Collective & Campbell House Museum
Late Night: Theatre Brouhaha & Zoomer LIVE Theatre
Mouthpiece: Quote Unquote Collective & Nightwood Theatre
The Queen’s Conjuror: Circlesnake Productions
She Mami Wata and the Pussy Witchhunt: The Watah Theatre
The Summoned: Tarragon Theatre
Honourable mention
The Clergy Project: SOULO Theatre
Killer Joe: Coal Mine Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew: Driftwood Theatre Group
Three Men in a Boat: Pea Green Theatre
Up next: The Next Stage Theatre Festival (NSTF), running January 4 – 15, 2017 at Factory Theatre.