our 2025/2026 Season

Empowering acts. Fresh perspectives. Resilient spirits.

Kathleen DeGrandis, Diane Brown, Jasmine Chen, Faly Mevamanana and Maria Trocchi. Photo by Emily Cooper Photography.

At Ruby Slippers Theatre we are cooking up a storm!

We have three powerful stories cooking in the creative kitchen for future production that includes a bold new work from Québec by Egyptian Canadian Nathalie Doummar, translated by our Associate Artist extraordinaire Leanna Brodie

And that’s not all! This season we are premiering The Baking Show Show: The Play by Faly Mevamanana, our Artist in Residence, as part of our newly minted Advance Theatre Production Program, plus another installation of the Advance Theatre Festival which will showcase five plays over five days written and directed by awesome equity deserving artists. Details below!
In the spirit of allyship and collective liberation from our patriarchal colonial past, come one, come all as we transform the world one play at a time!

The Advance Theatre Festival 2026, produced by Ruby Slippers Theatre in association with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Playwrights Guild of Canada, is curated by Zahida Rahemtulla. The Festival showcases new works written and directed by female identifying and gender non conforming artists who also identify as IBPOC. 

Faly Mevamanana in The Baking Show Show: The Play. Photo by Emily Cooper Photography

By Faly Mevamanana.
Directed by Jasmine Chen.

A Ruby Slippers Theatre Premiere Production

Presented in association with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Presentation House Theatre

Two Showings

February 5 – 7, 2026 Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

February 12 – 15, 2026 Presentation House Theatre

Faly Mevamanana is our Artist-In-Residence for 25/26 and Advance Theatre Festival curator for 2027.

Dil Ka. (2023/24 Season) Cast: Nimet Kanji, Parm Soor, Rami Kahlon, Janavi Chawla, Talia Vandenbrink, Tanaz Roudgar. Photography by Emily Cooper.
Dil Ka. (2023/24 Season) Cast: Nimet Kanji, Parm Soor, Rami Kahlon, Janavi Chawla, Talia Vandenbrink, Tanaz Roudgar. Photography by Emily Cooper.

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To realize this vision, RST illuminates under-represented perspectives and inspires independent critical thought by giving voice to diverse equity deserving artists from across Canada including Québec works in English translation. In this way we advance the inclusive stage and theatre practice.