PRIDE OF CAMPBELL HOUSE

Elizabeth-Darcy, a two-woman version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, is one of this week’s Top Tickets,

Traces Watch this if: You would do back flips at the end of the world.

Traces tells the story of what happens when a bunch of strangers are confined to a bunker as their city crumbles around them: confessions, bonding, fights . . . and acrobatics, naturally. Montreal’s 7 doigts de la main and Mirvish Productions are bringing the acclaimed circus show to Toronto after playing more than 1,700 performances around the world since it was created in 2006, inspired by the claustrophobic post- Sept. 11 atmosphere. Traces combines Cirque du Soleil spectacle with the intimacy and character development of theatre — and the stunts feel all the more suspenseful when you know these performers are just as flawed as everyone in the audience.

Dec. 15 to Jan. 13, Panasonic Theatre, 651Yonge St. The Chasse-Galerie Watch this if: You want a seasonal Canadian folk tale with an indie twist.

The old French-Canadian tale goes like this: a group of lumberjacks are desperate to spend New Year’s with their loved ones in Montreal but have to be back to work in the wilderness the next morning, so they make a deal with the devil to travel in a flying canoe and it doesn’t go as planned. The Storefront Theatre presents an exciting all-female cast of woodsmen, directed by Stratford’s Tyrone Savage, featuring some allstar performers to support the story with music, singing, dancing and whiskey. This is the kind of show to end 2015 with.

Dec. 17 to 22 and 28 to 31, Storefront Theatre, 955 Bloor St. W. Elizabeth-Darcy Watch this if: You want to feel “proud and prejudiced” in the best way.

It’s the third year in a row that the 2013 Fringe favourite ElizabethDarcy is hitting the historic Campbell House Museum at Christmastime, adding to the holiday cheer with one of the most swoon-worthy romances of all time. Co-creators and performers Hallie Burt and Kate Wernberg condense the Jane Austen story so that it can be encapsulated by only two actors and fit into the antique rooms and hallways of the museum. And the result is surprising, impressive and absolutely charming.

Dec. 16 to 20, Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen St. W.