Caroline Toal

“To say that Caroline Toal plays Anne doesn’t quite feel right. She is Anne, with every fibre of being. From the moment we first meet her at the train station - sitting on a stack of crates, legs swinging above the ground, with her lips pursed and her eyes curiously taking in the world around her - she completely wins us over.” - Toronto Star

“And what’s an adaptation without a spitfire Anne leading the way? Caroline Toal is that and more, spunky and sprightly as Canada’s favourite redhead, as convincing in the play’s darker moments as in its more lighthearted tales of tweenage girlhood.” - The Globe and Mail

“This is Anne’s show and Toal’s interpretation of the title character is beyond anything I could have imagined, constantly bowling me over with her infectious attitude and fanciful diction. She’s more than just the ball of peppy optimism one might anticipate, bubbling with an undercurrent of pent-up trauma from past abuse and neglect. She feels every one of her emotions so deeply and in turn makes the world genuinely feel like a kinder place thanks to her presence in it.” - Next Magazine

“ [Toal] is the Anne of one’s dreams: spirited, passionate, self-dramatizing yet ultimately in search of fairness. Like Anne, she will capture your heart.” - So Sumi

“Caroline Toal is a wonderful Anne Shirley. She demonstrates all of Anne’s energy, her head-strong behaviour and her love of chatter.” - The Beacon Herald

“The production rests on Anne herself, and Caroline Toal makes a dazzling first impression. From the moment she collapses face-first in grief over not being the boy Marilla expected, we understand: this Anne is a live wire of feeling, and we’re going to feel it all with her.” - Stratford Today

“Caroline Toal is exquisite as Anne Shirley. From the moment she first appears on stage, she brings our beloved heroine to life. She is charming and funny and instantly root-able.” - Broadway World

“Toal’s infectious energy in delivering her lines garners laughs along the way. Always using a mouth full of words for a spoonful of thoughts, her charming doom and gloom and nervous outlooks, not to mention that notorious, fiery temper and brutal honesty are, after all, what everyone loves about the character.” - My Stratford Now

“Caroline Toal is captivating in the title role and manages the tricky task of playing a child character with sincerity and not cute-ifying her.” - Intermission Magazine

“Caroline Toal’s Anne is like a lightning bolt fired straight from a stage at the Charlottetown Festival. She is garbed in the standard Anne-iform of red braids, hat and too-small dress, but her delightfully concentrated, wickedly intense version of the orphan literally sets the stage aglow with her righteous anger or soaring joy.” - Sesaya Arts

“Caroline Toal is energetic, charismatic, and adorably impish as the mischievous protagonist, Anne Shirley. Toal smartly develops Anne believably from a young girl to a young woman at the end of the play.” - Our Theatre Voice

“Anne, “with an E“, portrayed magically and magnificently by Caroline Toal” - Front Mezz Junkies

"I especially enjoyed Toal’s Erica, who makes what could have been a difficult transition from brushing off Nikki to fully embracing her absolutely believable.” - Ontario Stage

“Masha, the most intriguing middle child in dramatic literature, is played by Caroline Toal – an independent actress of impressive range… Toal gives as good a performance as you’ll see from this character” - The Globe and Mail

“The growing passion between [Christine Horne’s Alex] and Toal’s Masha is gripping.” - Toronto Star

“One of the most grounded and present ensembles of actors in the city” - Lights Up Toronto

“Alex’s relationship with Toal’s Masha is one of two sad hearts finding hope; it’s touching and compelling.” - Intermission Magazine

“Every performer in the ensemble brings something special to each scene, whether it be powerful, raw vulnerability or excellent comedic timing. The acting ensemble is incredibly strong” - My Entertainment World

“The cast of Three Sisters is a brilliant ensemble lead by the incredible Shauna Thompson, Caroline Toal and Hallie Seline as the titular sisters.” - A View from the Box

“A primo cast of a tightly cohesive ensemble of actors. The final scene between Christine Horne and Caroline Toal, the heartrending goodbye between the two becomes deep-rooted and so highly lamentable that I wondered how Masha would ever recover. A fine moment between them.” - Our Theatre Voice

“Great combative chemistry with Toal’s edgy, gruffly candid Liz” - Life with More Cowbell

“Caroline Toal’s Liz is more than fine, especially towards the end.” - Cushman Collected

“Amos Crawley as the journalist Davey and Caroline Toal as Perri and Starkman’s ward and resident prostitute share some humorous moments together. Their chemistry and comedic timing are evident and refreshing.” - Dart Critics

“Toal captures Cecile’s incipient coquetry nicely” – Now Magazine

“I think I was most taken with Caroline Toal’s turn as an unsuspecting fiancée! She’s so giddy and it’s contagious. She was responsible for my first and most satisfying belly laugh. Having been offered some flowers she’s allergic to, she clutches them enthusiastically and exclaims: “I still love to hold them.” I doesn’t read like much, but trust me, it’s beautiful and hilarious.” – Mooney on Theatre

“Luckily, Caroline Toal’s Scout proves to be a charming, loose-limbed and relaxed guide to events; through her and like her, we experience the shock of prejudice, bafflement at the law’s inadequacies and, by the end, the accumulation of some worldly wisdom.” – The Toronto Star

“Caroline Toal brings out all the enthusiasm and excitement of a girl imbued with an overwhelmingly positive view of the world.” – Stage Door

“Playing his daughter, Scout, Toal matches Atticus (Jeff Miller) scene for scene as an inquisitive youngster whose curiosity launches her into the next stage of life.” – Examiner.com

“Caroline Toal(Scout), Tal Shulman (Dill), and Noah Spitzer (Jem) not only work well together and with the ensemble cast, they embody their respective characters very well. As an audience, we forget they are not children in real life.”- Hye’s Musings 

“It is impossible to imagine anyone but Toal playing Ingrid: She fits the troubled teenager’s impossible description perfectly.” – The Globe And Mail

“Intense and thrilling, Sandler seems to have a keen ear on how men behave badly with each other all in the name of brotherhood, while a girl (in a stunning turn by Caroline Toal) steps into the ring to throw in a curve in these mens relationship with each other.” – Tapeworthy: Best of Stage 2014

“Caroline Toal is terrific as Ingrid, a young woman so in need of validation and adventure, she shifts alliances on a dime, triggering conflict.” – Burke Campbell

“My favourite Character was Bell, Mackenzie’s youngest daughter, played by Caroline Toal. Feisty and ever curious, Bell was the hope in the play. She was the one who wanted to take over her father’s political fight. I wanted to know what happened to her. Did she lead the Canadian suffragettes movement? Or did she marry a politician and secretly lead a revolution? “- Mooney on Theatre

“From the pretty student who nervously enters the bar to meet a guy from an internet dating site (we’ve all been there) to the brave 16-year-old who declares she came to the bar to “fight for her future right to drink” and “make stupid decisions as a result.” The girl’s certainly got spirit! The actors here truly inhabit their characters, with no-one playing it just for laughs and instead letting the honesty of what could be an absurd situation play itself out.” –Spindle Magazine

 NNNNN. “Engagingly fresh…at times the indomitable cast is practically in the lap of the audience who respond with rapt attention” – NOW Magazine