March

Including an audacious retelling of Shakespeare, a taste of the city's top chefs and a novel about a seductive scammer.

Come for the magical giant squid, stay for the gentle mending of relationships between old friends.” The Fake is about love, lies and the seductive power of self-delusion. And, in 2020, she received a Grammy nomination for her appearance on the compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III. 12 From the award-winning author of The Luminaires comes this psychological thriller about survival. While grieving the death of her wife, Shelby meets Cammie, whose fearlessness and charisma draw her in. In I Love the Smell of Gasoline, Grosz airs her frustrations over the way climate action has fallen prey to divisive politics and hypocrisy. In 2016, a record-breaking collaboration with Drake propelled him to international stardom and made him the first Afrobeats artist to appear in the Guinness World Records. 5 Actor-playwright Cliff Cardinal (Huff) added trickster to his resumé when this cunning show premiered at Crow’s Theatre in the fall of 2021. Running through the heart of the collection are seven stories that follow an old married couple, Tig and Nell, tracing the thread of their relationship until it begins to unravel in grief. With a discography that spans more than two decades, Muse has continued blending genres and exploring themes ranging from government oppression to the simulation hypothesis. On the bill for the Toronto stop is #kzn from Kizuna AI, Himehina, Gumi, Marinasu and Lilypse. Kudelka’s version uses nearly all of the original 1945 score, and Canadian designer David Boechler has given the set and costumes an art deco makeover inspired by the styles of the 1920s and ’30s.