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Tantoo Cardinal Appointed Honorary Patron

In category: News Press release

Distinguished stage and screen actor Tantoo Cardinal joins Canada’s Theatre Museum as a new Honorary Patron.

Museums are valuable for sharing stories and preserving the history of various cultures, time periods and impactful events while helping to create understanding, strengthen values, and clarify misconceptions,” says Tantoo Cardinal.

(L-R: 2024 Canadian Ambassador for World Theatre Day, Jani Lauzon, Kevin Wong and Toronto Mayor, Olivia Chow at World Theatre Day 2024) Photos by: Anne-Marie Krytiuk

Thank you for joining us on World Theatre Day!

In category: Events News

Thank you to all of those that joined us on World Theatre Day at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres – a chance for our performing arts communities to gather, celebrate, and sneak a peek at what will be the future home of the museum.

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Your generous charitable donations set the stage for students and theatre lovers, young and old, to remember and be inspired by our rich theatre heritage.

Colm Feore announced as honorary patron

In category: News

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.

Canada’s Theatre Museum Announces Its New Home Within The Elgin And Winter Garden Theatre Centre.

In category: News

TORONTO ( Thursday, March 23, 2023) –  Canada’s Theatre Museum announced today that it will have a new home located in the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre.

The museum is in the planning stages of a $5Million Campaign that will provide capital, museum start-up and operating funding, and create a solid financial future by building on the endowment and sustaining funds. 

Planning and design work is underway with Toronto-based international multidisciplinary design firm Reich&Petch.

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Theatre Museum presents the Toronto Theatre Database Project

In category: Events

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).

Whittaker set design for Galileo

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.

Christopher Plummer

Theatre Museum Presents CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER: A MEMOIR

In category: Events

PAST EVENT
Special screening of CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER: A MEMOIR  a documentary film featuring Christopher Plummer in conversation with Atom Egoyan.

Thursday May 16, 2019
Film Screening (90 Minutes)
Followed by a Q&A

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