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

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.

actor Colm Feore. Photo by Ann Baggley

Colm Feore signs on as new honorary patron

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Canada’s Theatre Museum is delighted that iconic Canadian actor Colm Feore has signed on to be a new honoray 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.

Christopher Plummer at Theatre Museum event

In Memorium CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, C.C.

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“Good Night, Sweet Prince” (Hamlet, Act V, scene ii)

Theatre Museum Canada has not only lost its Honorary Patron, the theatrical world has lost one of its greatest classical actors.

Christopher Plummer cherished his Canadian roots and his generosity of spirit was exemplified by his long time support of TMC.

We are open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week!

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Like theatres and museums across Canada and around the world, our offices are closed for now and staff is working from home.

But it is great to see that more people than ever are now learning from our online resources, especially the Legend Library of interviews with pioneers of Canadian theatre.

Theatre Critic Lynn Slotkin

The 2019 Herbert Whittaker Lecture

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The 2019 Herbert Whittaker Lecture

Monday November 4, 2019
The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto
14 Elm Street

5:30pm – BAR
6:30pm – DINNER
followed by
The 2019 Herbert Whittaker Lecture
“Why Critics Matter”
by: Lynn Slotkin

including dinner and dessert
only $27.50 per person

Please reserve your seat:
phone or leave a message at
416-597-0223 ext 2

OR

Email:
[email protected]

The Herbert Whittaker Lectures are held by Theatre Museum Canada
to honour our founding Chair who believed that our country’s theatre heritage
was worth celebrating and preserving.

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