After the relative busyness of July; Fringe, TSM, August really does look pretty quiet.  There are a few things on though:

• Devon Healey’s theatre piece about his own journey into blindness; Rainbow on Mars, runs at the Daniels Spectrum from August 9th to 20th (official opening is the 13th).  It’s a collaboration between the National Ballet and Outside the March Theatre Company.  It’s been described as Pan’s Labyrinth meets The Matrix and it features the debut of a new technology; Immersive Descriptive Audio.
• Soulpepper offers a comparatively rare opportunity (for Toronto) of seeing some Harold Pinter.  Old Times, in a production directed by Peter Pasyk, is playing at the Michael Young Theatre.  Previews are from the 6th to the 12th with opening on the 13th and the run continuing to September 7th.
• And if you want an outdoor alternative to CanStage’s Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare in the Ruff are presenting Tiff’ny of Athens in Withrow Park from August 14th to 31st.