Steve Lantier, Author at Toronto Guardian

George Balanchine’s three-act ballet Jewels debuted in 1967 in New York to widespread critical acclaim. The plotless ballet – considered […]

Our review of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, developed by Nintendo. Available now for Nintendo Switch. WHAT IS IT? A […]

Founded in 2007, the Luminato Festival has had its ups and downs – earlier this year, it relocated its HQ […]

Our review of MADiSON, developed by Bloodious Games. Available now for PlayStation VR2, PCVR, PS5, PS4, Xbox X/S, Switch, and […]

Our review of System Shock, developed by Nightdive Studios (original by Looking Glass Studios, 1994). Remaster available now for PS5 […]

Scenic Niagara-on-the-Lake has been playing host to the Shaw Festival since 1962, welcoming in audiences from both sides of the […]

The 1869 ballet version of Don Quixote, choreographed by Marius Petipa to a score by composer Ludwig Minkus, has probably […]

Good news for coulrophobes and furries alike, as Cirque du Soleil’s triumphant new show, ECHO, downplays the clowning and ups […]

My favourite stories by Alice Munro could not be further removed from my own experience. “Red Dress—1946” (included in her […]

Itzhak Perlman hardly needs an introduction. (Though the six page(!) biography in the programme of his recent recital at Roy […]