We deeply respect our audiences and we make high demands of them. Our plays value the emotional and intellectual life of children, and we seek to further their understanding of the world experientially.
In the fall of 1966, renowned Toronto Star theatre critic Nathan Cohen reported, 'Susan Douglas Rubes has formed a new venture, Young Peoples Theatre (YPT). Her first production, aimed at the 3-to-7 set, is The Looking Glass Revue to be presented weekends at the Colonnade Theatre'. Other YPT productions soon followed, including school tours of plays by Ionesco and Chekhov, weekday school performances and classroom visits by performers.
The Canadian Stage Company was founded in 1988 through the merger of CentreStage and Toronto Free Theatre. The merger came out of complementary ideologies as well as practical advantages: it seemed an ideal marriage because of the flexibility of venues that the new company would offer, not to mention the increased human and financial resources available to each. For the 1987-1988 season, two separate programs were mounted under the banner Toronto Free Theatre/CentreStage Company.
The Canadian Stage Company was founded in 1988 through the merger of CentreStage and Toronto Free Theatre. The merger came out of complementary ideologies as well as practical advantages: it seemed an ideal marriage because of the flexibility of venues that the new company would offer, not to mention the increased human and financial resources available to each. For the 1987-1988 season, two separate programs were mounted under the banner Toronto Free Theatre/CentreStage Company.
The Canadian Stage Company was founded in 1988 through the merger of CentreStage and Toronto Free Theatre. The merger came out of complementary ideologies as well as practical advantages: it seemed an ideal marriage because of the flexibility of venues that the new company would offer, not to mention the increased human and financial resources available to each. For the 1987-1988 season, two separate programs were mounted under the banner Toronto Free Theatre/CentreStage Company.
Located in the heart of downtown Toronto,the St Lawrence Centre for the Arts features live theatre,music,operetta,musicals,dance,spoken word and comedy.The StLC'S Bluma Appel and Jane Mallett Theatres are available for rent and are suitable for artistic performance,corporate and special events.
The Queen Elizabeth Theatre is a fair-sized venue at 190 Princes' Boulevard, Exhibition Place, nestled between BMO Field and the Press Building. Expect more acts to come to our theatre, which is actually 50 years old.