Next Stage 2024 Press

Check out the articles, reviews, and buzz for the festival at the links below!

Articles will be added to this list as they are published. 

 

Reviews

Toronto Star (Oct 23): "We lived through COVID. This apocalyptic play and a cappella musical explore how we live with each other"

NEXT Magazine (Oct 25): "Next Stage Theatre Festival reviews: ‘Prude,’ ‘Gemini,’ ‘Civilized’"

NEXT Magazine (Oct 25): "Next Stage Theatre Festival reviews: ‘This Feels Like The End,’ ‘The Noose’"

SheDoesTheCity (Oct 23): "‘I Was Unbecoming Then’ at Next Stage Explores Girlhood in the Early 2000s"

Cup of Hemlock Theatre (Oct 25): "The Cup | Next Stage Festival Review Roundup (Part 2)"

Cup of Hemlock Theatre (Oct 23): "The Cup | Next Stage Festival Review Roundup (Part 1)"

Broadway World (Oct 22): "Review: NEXT STAGE FESTIVAL: PART 2"

Broadway World (Oct 20): "Review: NEXT STAGE FESTIVAL: PART 1"

Istvan Dugalin (Oct 20): "Istvan Reviews ➤ THIS FEELS LIKE THE END ⏤ Next Stage Festival 2024"

Istvan Dugalin (Oct 20): "Istvan Reviews ➤ THE NOOSE ⏤ Next Stage Festival 2024"

Istvan Dugalin (Oct 19): "Istvan Reviews ➤ I WAS UNBECOMING THEN ⏤ Next Stage Festival 2024"

A View from the Box (Oct 22): "Next Stage Festival Day 2 - October 17"

A View from the Box (Oct 17): "Next Stage Festival Day 1 – October 16"

 

Previews & Interviews

CTV (Oct 25): "One-on-one with Canadian playwright Bonnie Duff"

SesayArts Magazine (Oct 25): "Exploring girlhood and identity: Ilana Khanin’s innovative direction in “I Was Unbecoming Then” at Next Stage"

CTV (Oct 24): "Next Stage Theatre Festival underway in Toronto - The Noose"

CBC (Oct 18): "This 'diaspora kid' is bringing one of Haiti's most famous plays to a Canadian stage"

SesayArts Magazine (Oct 16): "Jasmine Case Embraces Youth, Imagination, and the Unexpected in “This Feels Like the End""

SheDoesTheCity (Oct 14): "Toronto Best Bets: October 15 – 21"

SesayArts Magazine (Oct 13): "John D. Huston’s “Civilized” confronts the truth about residential school and Canada’s colonial past"

BlogTO (Oct 14): "15 things to do in Toronto this week"

Intermission Magazine (Oct 11): "At Next Stage 2024, two shows complicate the meaning of a night out"

Toronto Star (Oct 11): "This Week in Toronto Culture"

Intermission Magazine (Sept 27): "Toronto Fringe unveils 2024 Next Stage programming"

NEXT Magazine: "NEXT’s 2024 Fall Stage Preview"

Streets of Toronto (Oct 1): "65 of the best things to do in Toronto this month"

The WholeNote (Oct/Nov 2024, pg. 18): "A joy-filled and music-fuelled season at London's Grand Theatre and beyond"