This year, The Theatre Centre celebrates ten years of programming in our forever home at 1115 Queen West. To mark the occasion, a series called 10 for 10 (ten unique offerings over ten months) launched with a building-wide party, the first of ten free or low-cost artistic offerings happening throughout 2024 to showcase new work by innovative artists, and bring the community closer together.
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In January 2023, Managing Director Audrey Kwan joined General and Artistic Director Aislinn Rose, and Associate Artistic Director liza paul. Together, they have stabilized the organization throughout the process of reopening our doors on west queen west toronto, the renovation of the café/bar, and created new programs like the annual Comedy is Art festival.
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Thank you to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for the $44,900 Resilient Communities Fund grant we received from the Government of Ontario!
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The Theatre Centre has announced its annual Comedy is Art festival lineup, with five nights of can’t miss comedy and good vibes running from October 24 to 28.
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The Theatre Centre announces its 23.24 Fall/Winter Programming, presenting two hugely acclaimed experimental productions work.txt and asses.masses — where audiences are invited to “play”: participating, gaming, and/or actively observing.
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The Theatre Centre’s cafe/bar has reopened to the public, following a renovation and refresh of the space, thanks to a capital grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and an investment from the Toronto Convention and Visitor Association, as part of the Government of Canada’s Tourism Relief Fund, delivered by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario.
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The Theatre Centre is thrilled to announce Loss by Ian Kamau, featuring poems by his father, writer & filmmaker Roger McTair, music composed by Bruce A. Russell, Kamau, and Njo Kong Kie, video by award-winning filmmaker Tiffany Hsuing, and environmental design by acclaimed installation artist Javid Jah.
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Please join us in welcoming Akash Swar as The Theatre Centre Café’s new baker-in-residence! Akash’s beautiful pastries are available at our café right now, and we are so happy to welcome her to the team.
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Developed in Residency at The Theatre Centre, Broken Shapes is a collaborative hybrid performance constructed of visual installations, videos, and performance. We connected with co-creators Rimah Jabr and Dareen Abbas during rehearsal to talk about notions of space, blurred lines between grief and healing, and the process of bringing Broken Shapes to fruition.
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Recognizing the OTF’s integral contribution to helping us stay afloat during our 2021/22 programming year through the Community Building Fund.
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