Thanks so much to everyone – including our special guests – for joining us on World Theatre Day, a chance for our performing arts communities to gather, celebrate, and sneak a peek at what will be the future home of the museum.
News & Events
Category: Exhibitions
Colm Feore announced as honorary patron
Canada’s Theatre Museum is delighted that iconic Canadian actor Colm Feore has agreed to take on the role of honorary patron for the museum. Colm adds: “Canada’s Theatre Museum is a foundational resource for all. It showcases our rich cultural history and points toward a glorious future.
Theatre Museum presents the Toronto Theatre Database Project
In category: Events Exhibitions
Trying to remember who was in that show you loved?
Canada’s Theatre Museum is delighted to present this popular website project recording the production history and performance dates of Toronto’s professional theatre: The Toronto Theatre Database Project (www.ttdb.ca).
Herbert Whittaker: Designing for the Theatre
In category: Exhibitions
On Now
Online Exhibit
This online exhibit features designs by Herbert Whittaker, and is part of the Google Arts and Culture initiative and its non-commercial mission to preserve and bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Behind the curtain
In category: Exhibitions
A pop-up exhibit in the lobby of The Elgin Theatre
PAST EXHIBITION
July & August 2017
This free pop-up exhibit offered the rare chance to see costumes and other theatre wonders up close.
David French: Writing Home
In category: Exhibitions
PAST EXHIBITION
Fall 2011
NAC English Theatre in association with Theatre Museum Canada presented a retrospective exhibit about the life and work of one of Canada’s most important playwrights, Newfoundland and Labrador’s David French (1939-2010), in conjunction with the production of his play Salt-Water Moon.
TOM HENDRY: Kickstarter of Canadian Theatre
In category: Exhibitions
PAST EXHIBITION
October 2014
to July 2016
Macdonald Heaslip Walkway of Theatre History
Tom was a playwright, producer, administrator, director, literary manager, policy creator, founder – and it turns out, a collector of posters.
Renegade Bodies: Canadian Dance in the 1970s
In category: Exhibitions
PAST EXHIBITION
September 2011 to September 2014
Macdonald Heaslip Walkway of Theatre History
Theatre Museum Canada presented an exhibit by Dance Collection Danse
The 1970s saw an unprecedented dance boom in Canada. Canadian dancers travelled the world as unofficial cultural ambassadors.
David French: Writing Home
In category: Exhibitions
Produced by the National Arts Centre in association with Theatre Museum Canada
An online companion exhibit is also featured on the NAC’s educational website ArtsAlive.ca.
September to November 2011
National Arts Centre, Ottawa
September to October 2012
Tarragon Theatre, Toronto
October to November 2013
Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque
This special retrospective exhibit about one of Canada’s most influential playwrights, David French (1939 – 2010), produced by the National Arts Centre in association with Theatre Museum Canada, celebrated David French’s life, his career, and why his work was so important to the development of English Canadian theatre.
Distinctly Different: The Theatre Posters of Theo Dimson
In category: Exhibitions
PAST EXHIBITION
January 2010 – September 2010
Macdonald Heaslip Walkway of Theatre History
Curated by Ivan Tanzer
Theo Dimson (1930-2012) was a world renowned graphic designer and had close ties to the theatre community in Toronto.