Grab your golden ticket and join Charlie Bucket on this delectable adventure into Willy Wonka’s world famous chocolate factory! A world of pure imagination awaits as Charlie, Grandpa Joe and four golden ticket-winners embark on a journey brimming with chocolate rivers, gumdrop trees and cocoa-loving Oompa Loompas. Based on the beloved novel by Roald Dahl, now celebrating its 60th anniversary, enjoy this delightfully scrumptious musical adaptation that brings to life all of your favourite characters, songs – and confections. A gobstoppingly good time for the whole family!

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Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Young People's Theatre

A Case for the Existence of God unfolds in a cubicle where two seated people unexpectedly choose to bring one another into their fragile worlds. Keith, a mortgage broker, and Ryan, a yogurt plant worker seeking to buy a plot of land that belonged to his family many decades ago, realize they share a "specific kind of sadness." At this desk in the middle of America, loan talk opens up into a discussion about the chokehold of financial insecurity and a bond over the precariousness of single fatherhood. With humor, empathy and wrenching honesty, Hunter commingles two lives and deftly bridges disparate experiences of marginality.

A Case for the Existence of God

Coal Mine Theatre

Enter the Hungarian folk-inspired world of Béla Bartók in this live-recorded performance. The ballet score to The Miraculous Mandarin, with its alluring melodies and seductive rhythms, tells a saucy tale of desire and intrigue, while his Concerto for Orchestra is an electrifying display of orchestral brilliance.

Brilliant Bartók

David Pecaut Square

Black & Rural is an artistic inquiry into the hearts and minds of Black folks tucked away on Canada’s countryside. Project lead, Shayna Jones, aims to seek out, honour, and showcase stories from rurally based Blacks (like herself) to nuance and challenge the monolith of what matters to Black Lives. Created and performed by Shayna Jones and produced by Pi Theatre, Black & Rural weaves spoken word, movement, music, and verbatim theatre together in a spellbinding performance that is resonating across the country. www.blackandrural.com

Black & Rural

Tarragon Theatre

Earl Lee is a renowned Korean Canadian cellist and conductor, currently Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony. He also served as the Resident Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 2015 to 2018 and was the associate conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony. He is the 2022 recipient of The Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award.

Royal Conservatory Orchestra with conductor Earl Lee

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Experience the enchanting melodies of Richard Clayderman live in Toronto as he celebrates 50 years of Timeless Romance.

Richard Clayderman: Timeless Romance

Meridian Hall

TDT collaborates with well known Toronto visual artist Ness Lee on a new performance work featuring the company ensemble. This free durational event will be performed on November 23rd, November 29th  and December 1st, 2024 at 32 Lisgar Street.

After their initial collaboration during the Performance Clash in 2020, TDT and Ness Lee come together to imagine a performance that will  gently move through the biennial’s exhibition space, with seven performers interacting with Lee’s distinctive sculptures and objects. Finding moments of intimacy between their bodies and the plush characters Ness creates, the dancers will animate the gallery through a tender parade, embodying the breath of space as a  momentary feeling of one another.

Ness Lee X TDT

32 Lisgar Street

Celebrate ABBA’s 50th anniversary of hit single “Waterloo” as ABBA Revisited recreates the magic of the iconic Swedish pop group with authentic costumes, spectacular harmonies, and note-perfect musicianship, taking their audiences on a musical journey back in time.

ABBA Revisited: 50th Anniversary Tour

St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

The exuberant energy of Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture and the vibrant rhythms of Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances culminate with the soaring melodies of Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony in this high-octane program that will leave audiences reeling.

High Spirits: Brahms, Borodin & Dvořák

Meridian Arts Centre

A biting satire about the stunning failure to build a smart city in Toronto. Adapted from award-winning writer and The Globe and Mail journalist Josh O’Kane’s best-selling book  Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, the play takes us behind closed doors and reveals the corporate drama, epic personalities, and iconic Canadian figures involved in the messy affair between Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto.  

The Master Plan

Young Centre for the Performing Arts

Experience the emotional depth and breathtaking beauty of "Giselle," performed by The National Ballet of Canada. This quintessential Romantic ballet, staged by Sir Peter Wright, captures the essence of love, deceit, and forgiveness through the tragic story of Giselle, a young country girl caught in a devastating love triangle. Set against Adolphe Adam's haunting score, the ballet unfolds in a world where the supernatural blends with the all-too-human, culminating in a powerful testament to the redemptive power of love.

Running from November 20 to 24, 2024, this production brings to life the tale of Giselle, who falls deeply in love with Albrecht, a nobleman disguised as a villager. Unaware of his true identity and his existing engagement, Giselle's heartbreak leads her to a tragic end, only to be summoned from the grave by the Wilis, vengeful spirits of women betrayed. In a dramatic twist, the purity of Giselle's love offers a chance for redemption in a story that has captivated audiences for centuries.

Featuring exquisite choreography, inspired by the original works of Jean Coralli and Marius Petipa, and set to the evocative music of Adolphe Adam, this production showcases the talents of The National Ballet of Canada's dancers, alongside stunning set and costume designs by Desmond Heeley, and atmospheric lighting by Gil Wechsler. 

Don't miss this timeless masterpiece, a highlight of the ballet season, and a testament to the enduring power of classical dance. Tickets are available now for this limited engagement. Join us for a performance that promises to be both a visual and emotional spectacle, celebrating the art of ballet at its most profound and moving.

Giselle

Canadian Opera Company

Sound forms of immense power or poetic, delicate beauty are the musical essences for experiencing this concert. Flowing, pulsing, riveting energies arise in time-transcendent creations. f(x)=sin2x-1/x is a mathematical formula conveying the shape of Smith’s “in the groove” piece which moves with exhilarating rhythmic drive to end with a cascade of brass flourishes serving as our season’s opening fanfare. Sørensen’s intimate, captivating work, in slow motion, creates an intoxicating sensual atmosphere. Ishii’s massive sound-space continuum is imbued with surprise and its East/West cross-cultural fabric provides it with tremendous imaginative power. Such illusive descriptions of varied inspirations only begin to hint at the varied richness and grand scope of the three amazing works on this concert.

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We throw open the doors to the holiday season with a journey to the Land of Sweets in Act II of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. The beloved ballet classic comes to life with familiar favourites including “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” and “Waltz of the Flowers”. Adding to the revelry, the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra joins side by side for a thrilling performance of Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor.

Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker: Land of Sweets

The sensational Canadian soprano returns to Koerner Hall to perform works by Scriabin, Messiaen, and John Zorn with pianist Bertrand Chamayou. 

Embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility, soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation. The Canadian musician has shown a profound commitment to the music of our time and has given the world premiere performances of over 90 new works. “The intrepid Canadian soprano has emerged over the last half decade as one of the most vital and original musicians of her generation.” (The New Yorker)

Barbara Hannigan, soprano, with Bertrand Chamayou, piano

TO Live and Glatz Concerts present Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen in Concert with composer Christophe Beck’s Grammy-nominated score performed live to the film. The concert will be led by conductor Evan Mitchell.

Disney in Concert: Frozen

With a passion for storytelling, Grammy Award-winner Salvant finds the connections between vaudeville, blues, theatre, jazz, baroque, and folkloric music.

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Sail away to the land of the Wild Things! Jump in and help Max transform his bedroom into an exotic jungle, then transport yourself to where the wild things are. After being crowned king of these magical creatures, Max must make a decision: stay and rule the Wild Things or return home. Based on the timeless children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, this interactive adventure by Presentation House is filled with guided play for ages 3 to 7. Together, young ones and their adults can join the wild ride!

Where the Wild Things Are

“The Constitution can be thought of as a boiling pot in which we are thrown together in sizzling and steamy conflict to find out what it is we truly believe.” 

What the Constitution Means to Me

The Magic of Assembly is a choreographic conversation between Street Dance and Punking/Whacking artist Ashley ‘Colours’ Perez and experimental dance artist Andrew Tay. Blending elements of Punking/Whacking and unapologetically queer performance, the work is set to an emotional electronic score from Polaris Prize nominated duo LAL (Nicholas Murray and Rosina Kazi) who perform live alongside the TDT ensemble.

The Magic of Assembly

Winchester Street Theatre

Whether you’re a seasoned classical music enthusiast or just beginning to explore its depths, Rob Kapilow's What Makes It Great? presentations will captivate and enlighten you. With his infectious enthusiasm and profound knowledge, Rob delves into Beethoven’s music, offering fresh insights and perspectives that will forever change the way you listen.

Events in Toronto, ON this month

Roald Dahl's Charlie and ...

Young People's Theatre

A Case for the Existence ...

Coal Mine Theatre

Brilliant Bartók

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Black & Rural

Dance Immersion

Royal Conservatory Orches...

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Richard Clayderman: Timel...

TO Live

Ness Lee X TDT

Toronto Dance Theatre

ABBA Revisited: 50th Anni...

TO Live

High Spirits: Brahms, Bor...

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

The Master Plan

Soulpepper Theatre Company

Giselle

The National Ballet of Canada

F(X)=

Esprit Orchestra

Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcrac...

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Barbara Hannigan, soprano...

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Disney in Concert: Frozen...

TO Live

Cécile McLorin Salvant

TO Live

Where the Wild Things Are...

Young People's Theatre

What the Constitution Mea...

Soulpepper Theatre Company

The Magic of Assembly

Toronto Dance Theatre

What Makes It Great? with...

TO Live