Videofag serves up a much needed dose of the unexpected with a heavy dollop of irreverence.Īcting Up Stage Company Not all musicals are like cotton candy, delicious, but with no substance or nutritional value. These guys are leading the pack with works that blur the lines between video, film, new media, and live art. Videofag With Jordan Tannahill, the 'it boy' of Toronto theatre, as one of its two curators, Videofag is enjoying the limelight as the company to watch for experimental new work. For a taste of what this theatre has to offer go see The Unplugging, a co-production with Native Earth Performing Arts, and the winner of the 2013 Jessie Award for Outstanding New Play. Through staged readings, workshops, writers' retreats, residencies, and festivals, this theatre has lived up to its mandate to solely develop Canadian work and act as a community hub. The company has an international outlook that can be seen in their Spotlight on South Africa festival (April 8 - 25), originally planned to mark the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Nelson Mandela.įactory Theatre Factory has been developing Canadian productions and playwrights for over four decades. The Canadian Stage The Canadian Stage is one of the leading contemporary theatre companies in the country with a mandate to foster emerging performance styles that integrate theatre, dance, film, and the visual arts. With a roster of 14 shows presented or produced for the 2015-16 season, this company dominates the commercial theatre scene with productions like Matilda (July 2016), the runner-up for the 2013 Tony Award for best musical or Ayad Akhtar's Pultizer Prize-winning play, Disgraced, about Islamophobia (March 2016). Mirvish Productions If the Toronto theatre scene has a whale - it's Mirvish Productions. Here are the best theatre production companies in Toronto.ġ0 under the radar live theatre venues in Toronto The best live theatre venues in Toronto They're also responsible for the work that goes into mentoring, workshopping, and fostering the productions and artists that make Toronto stages a live-art destination.

These companies are the lifeblood behind the big and small theatres that showcase the sometimes profound and other times profane productions in Toronto. Theatre production companies in Toronto sustain the city's growing list of festivals, from newcomers like the Progress Festival to veterans like the Toronto Fringe.

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