@tarragontheatreto’s latest “cicada” is an ambitious, occasionally bewildering eco-thriller. @monicadottor is part of a Toronto couple who find their new west end home has something deeply wrong below the surface. Check our 3-N @nextmagcanada review: nextmag.ca/review-cicad...

Check out @nextmagcanada’s new Singles of the Week feature highlighting the best and most interesting new singles. @iamtalk takes Single of the Week for his track “Time Machine.” @allisonrussellmusic and @tennysonking also have noteworthy releases. Read it all here: nextmag.ca/singles-roun...

You may know the dulcimer from Joni Mitchell’s mastery of the instrument but this weekend the @agakhanmuseum shows there is literally a world of dulcimer music at their two-day, “Hammered: International Festival of the Dulcimers”. Check out our preview here: nextmag.ca/preview-hamm...

Hometown heroes @brokensocialscene are back with their first album in nine years with a fresh release not afraid to look back. “Remember the Humans” is an introspective, nostalgic trip filled with dreamy pop-rock vocals and grand trumpets. Our 3-N review here: nextmag.ca/album-review...

@billieeilish concert film, “Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft” directed by @jamescameronofficial and the music star is disappointingly flat, metaphorically and literally. For mega-fans only. Our 2-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-billi...

Need to update your watch list? Check out this week's #StreamingPicks for must-sees this May: nextmag.ca/list_article... #YourNextBinge

“How to Catch Creation” starring @b.darenherbert and @theamandacordner is a charming, sometimes cheesy, ensemble look at our desire to create — and it might inspire its audience to try to catch some creation too. Check out our 3-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-how-t...

@abeautifulnoisemusical, @mirvishproductions latest touring production presentation works best as a faux Neil Diamond concert rather than as a play. Check out @girllikestheatre’s @nextmagcanada 2-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-a-bea...

Soft rock legend @thekennyloggins speaks with NEXT about finally getting doc. treatment, which premieres @hotdocs_ today (Tuesday., April28) and why he turned to a Tony-winning Broadway musical producer to create it. Check out our feature on the “Footloose” singer here: nextmag.ca/hot-docs-int...

Director @mayaannik’s @hotdocs_ ‘s presentation “ Black Zombies” seeks to bring the current zombie craze back to its roots in Haitian Vodou culture. Check out our interview with the director of this 4-N film here: nextmag.ca/hot-docs-int...

The elephant in the room in the new film “Michael” purporting to be the Michael Jackson story isn’t a cute animal from singer’s exotic pet collection but pedophilia. This sanitized look at the talented Jackson’s life totally avoids the scandal. Our 2-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-micha...

Talented doc filmmaker Morgan Neville turns his lens on a reluctant @lornemichaelsofficial_12 for an affectionate and informative look at the comedy legend in the new film “Lorne” released Friday., April 17. Our 4-N review here nextmag.ca/review-morga...

What's on Toronto stages this week: Returning favourites, sneaky sleuths and menstrual joy.

It's time for a quarterly check-in on our theatre recommendations from the beginning of the year. What held up, and what fell flat?

The new @thesecondcityto revue “World’s Gone Wild” is short on politics and long on laughs — which works in this time of regularly devastating newscasts. Our 4-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-excel...

What's on stage in Toronto this week: Outnumbered openings, déjà vu and an exclusive interview with Richard Tse from Tarragon Theatre's ‘The Neighbours’. Check out the latest edition of our weekly "What's On Stage" email newsletter 👇

It’s been 26 years since Emperor, the revered Norwegian death metal band, last took to a Toronto stage. Ihsahn — the only bandmember who does interviews — chats with NEXT ahead of their grand return this Friday.

Theatre Scenes: Changing seasons, announcing seasons and nearly ending seasons

@mirvishproductions latest production “Cyrano” joins a long list of current shows that seeks to update a classic. It’s an easy, feel-good night of theatre that trades tragedy for comedy with mixed results. Our 3-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-cyran...

Review: Turkish drama 'The Things You Kill' surprises with stunning mid-film twist

Timothée Chalamet is wrong. If anything, the National Ballet of Canada’s production ‘Pinocchio’ is almost too lively.

Interview: Alireza Khatami on pushing cinema to the edge, exploring masculinity in 'The Things You Kill'

Just Announced concerts alert! New shows just announced include: @pussycatdolls, @lucydacus, @treyanastasio, @judycollinsofficial and many more. Find out about all the shows before they sell out by subscribing to our free Just Announced Concerts newsletter here: mailchi.mp/813fec880886...

Canadian theatre legend Claire Coulter is characteristically superb in @tarragontheatreto’s new production of Judith Thompson’s “ Queen Maeve”. It’s a “not to be missed” performance. Our 4-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-tarra...

The @shiftinggroundcollective’s new production of Canadian indie-turned-Broadway-hit, “The Drowsy Chaperone” delivers gusto over gloss for an irresistibly toe-tapping, blissfully unrefined good time. Our 4-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-shift...

A long-time writer on CBC’s 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' and Canadian Comedy Award winner, Jon Blair is bringing his hit one-man show to this year’s Sketchfest for a headlining performance tonight.

Lots of pondering and not enough action and space awesomeness in Ryan Gosling’s latest @projecthailmary an interstellar dud. Our 3-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-proje...

Album Review: Listening to 'Mud Blood Bone', Cat Clyde's fourth album, patience remains a virtue, with good things coming to those who wait

Director @mgyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” Is insane, not in good way. A cinematic tonal mess whose incomprehensiveness has to be seen to be believed. It’s brimming with ambition but shockingly low on substance. Check out our 1-N review -- that's one more than "Melania" got. nextmag.ca/review-the-b...

Review: If you’re in the mood for a harvest of puns and just enough heart to balance the dad jokes, 'Shucked' is worth husking out for. nextmag.ca/review-shuck...

Album Review: 'Queen of the Strait' belongs as much to Jenn Grant’s mother as it does to her.

Mohawk singer-songwriter @shawneekish says Sunday’s Indigenous women’s showcase @koernerhallrcm reflects “a powerful time”. Kish tells how music “saved my life” especially when she was “a closeted two-spirited person”. There’s @hockeynight connection too in our interview: nextmag.ca/interview-sh...

“We’re in a ballet studio, and we cannot imagine what it is like to be displaced or to have to make that kind of choice," says Heather Ogden of the National Ballet of Canada. She spoke with NEXT about Crystal Pite’s harrowing 'Flight Pattern'. Read it here:

Interview: Ashton James reflects on taking the lead on remake of hockey drama "Youngblood"

Review: Hockey drama 'Youngblood' lacks emotional weight but remains an engrossing spectacle

Review: National Ballet’s ‘Flight Pattern / Suite en Blanc’ turns utopia inside out

North by Northeast @northby.bsky.social just announced its first 100 confirmed acts for this summer’s music festival and conference in Toronto and features top emerging acts from Canada and around the world. Details here: nextmag.ca/north-by-nor...

Review: 'The Neighbours', written by Nicolas Billon and directed by Matt White, is a well-written and incredibly well-performed piece of theatre that has audiences sitting on the edge of their seats until the very end.

Review: 'Scream 7' finds the franchise running on fumes.

The @agotoronto’s new show Paul McCartney: Eyes of the Storm is a must-see exhibit. McCartney has a great eye and has created a raw and intimate record of the Beatles and how the world was responding to them just as they are breaking worldwide. Our 5-N review: nextmag.ca/art-review-p...

Album Review: 'Strike the Match' marks a richer, more vibrant exploration of Fleur Electra’s talent, with her focus on lush pop vocals blending with more upbeat lyrics to heighten their dreamlike production.

Not content with simply following in the footsteps of his earlier work, Yungblud’s fourth album, 'Idols', goes bigger, louder and ultimately better.

Live review: Goldie Boutilller delivers three acts of star power at dazzling Danforth gig 🎤 NNNNN (out of 5)

Album review: Hilary Duff returns with 'luck… or something' — a witty and glittery collection of 11 pop songs that reflect on the years since listeners last heard from her.

NEXT theatre writer Divine Angubua wins the Canadian Theatre Critics Association’s 2025 Nathan Cohen Award for Outstanding Emerging Critic. NEXT writers swept the category as the two runners up are NEXT writers Lori Ossip and Hassan Hoosaney. Full story here: nextmag.ca/next-theatre...

Director @bazluhrmann has created a characteristically gorgeous, surprisingly intimate performance-based celebration of the King of Rock ‘n’ Rock in his latest film @epic.themovie that deserves to be seen on the biggest screen. Check out our 5-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-baz-l...

@canadianopera’s “Rigoletto” is closing, @mirvish has a “Hot” opening and a gallery gets theatrical in this week’s Theatre Scenes. Get all the news here: nextmag.ca/theatre-scen...

@mirvishproductions latest “ Some Like It Hot” is wildly entertaining and surprisingly, subtly relevant. Our 4-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-some-...

@soulpeppertheatre’s “Copperbelt” is a riveting post colonial family drama that successfully subverts African stereotypes — but struggles to build behind them. Our 4-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-soulp...

Romantic (and decidedly unromantic) theatre to see on and around Valentine’s Day #TorontoTheatre