For obvious reasons, I haven’t checked out other reviewers’/blogger folks’ lists—so I don’t know what they’ve been saying—but is it just me or was this year’s top 10 list an especially challenging task? Seems to me that we had an extra large embarrassment of riches with this year’s theatre productions, so I’m cheating with a larger than usual honourable mention list this year.*
Top ten theatre productions for 2018 (in alphabetical order):
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Soulpepper
Maggie & Pierre – timeshare productions
The Message – Tarragon Theatre
The Monkey Queen – Red Snow Collective
The Nether – Coal Mine & Studio 180 Theatre
Peter Pan – Bad Hats Theatre & Soulpepper
The Pigeon – Alumnae Theatre FireWorks Festival
Honourable mentions:
Category E – Coal Mine Theatre
A Christmas Carol – Three Ships Collective & Soup Can Theatre
Little Gem – Toronto Irish Players
Pearle Harbour’s Chautauqua – Theatre Passe Muraille
Secret Life of a Mother – Theatre Centre
What I Call Her – In Association & Crow’s Theatre
*Including shows I covered in life with more cowbell this year. As I was employed by Nightwood Theatre, either on staff or freelance, I have not reviewed their shows this year.
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