Mavor Moore News

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) today announced that the 33rd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, celebrating extraordinary Toronto talent in the performing arts, will take place on Monday, June 25 at 8pm at the St.Lawrence Centre for the Arts in the Bluma Appel Theatre. (more...)

The London premiere of the multi-award winning international hit play from one of Canada's leading playwrights, Michael Healey, The Drawer Boy opens at the Finborough Theatre for a limited four week run, opening Tuesday, 19 June 2012 (Press Night: Thursday, 21 June 2012), starring John Bett, Neil McCaul and Simon Lee Phillips. (more...)

Roch Carrier's "The Hockey Sweater" is described as "quintessentially Canadian as the game of hockey itself. Originally published in French, the story, which is often seen as a parable about French and English relations in Canada, became an instant classic of Canadian literature." (more...)

Choreographer/dancer and Artistic Director Esmeralda Enrique of Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company celebrates 30 years in Canada with the world premiere Aguas / Waters featuring Juan Ogalla of Spain who received the 2011 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance for his stellar performance in last season's Espejo de Oro / Mirror of Gold. The celebration runs April 19 to April 22 at Fleck Dance Theatre as part of Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps series. Check out the photos of the dance company below! (more...)

New York University’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will to present the U.S. premiere of The Neverending Story from Toronto’s Roseneath Theatre. This engagement marks the New York debut of one of Canada’s most celebrated theater companies and features the New York stage debut of Adamo Ruggiero, who played Marco on Degrassi: The Next Generation. (more...)

Centaur Theatre’s 2012-2013 Season will open with the North American Premiere of an international Dance/Theatre/Music/Performance work directly from Aarhus Denmark inspired by the music and lyrics of Leonard Cohen Dance me to the end on/off Love. A Granhøj Dans creation, Oct 2 - Oct 21 and November 13 -18, 2012. Centaur follows with the Canadian Premiere of the Broadway hit comedy/drama Good People by Pulitzer Prize- winning author David Lindsay-Abaire, November 6 - December 2, 2012. (more...)

Crow’s Theatre, in association with Porte Parole (Montreal), will present the Toronto premiere of SEEDS written by Annabel Soutar, directed by Crow’s Theatre Artistic Director Chris Abraham and starring Eric Peterson, from February 18 – March 10 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. (more...)

LEO written by Rosa Laborde and directed by Susan Einhorn is described as "a lyrical but ultimately tragic story about three childhood friends – Leo a romantic poet whose memories unravel the action of the play in flashbacks, Rodrigo, an idealistic socialist, and Isolda a maladjusted young woman adrift in life." (more...)

In a limited Toronto run of only seven performances, Canadian Stage will present Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM’s potent and affecting dance piece Dark Matters. (more...)

LEO written by Rosa Laborde and directed by Susan Einhorn is described as "a lyrical but ultimately tragic story about three childhood friends – Leo a romantic poet whose memories unravel the action of the play in flashbacks, Rodrigo, an idealistic socialist, and Isolda a maladjusted young woman adrift in life." (more...)

New York University’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will to present the U.S. premiere of The Neverending Story from Toronto’s Roseneath Theatre. This engagement marks the New York debut of one of Canada’s most celebrated theater companies and features the New York stage debut of Adamo Ruggiero, who played Marco on Degrassi: The Next Generation. (more...)

In a limited Toronto run of only seven performances, Canadian Stage will present Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM’s potent and affecting dance piece Dark Matters. (more...)

LEO written by Rosa Laborde and directed by Susan Einhorn is described as "a lyrical but ultimately tragic story about three childhood friends – Leo a romantic poet whose memories unravel the action of the play in flashbacks, Rodrigo, an idealistic socialist, and Isolda a maladjusted young woman adrift in life." (more...)

Necessary Angel presents Divisadero: a performance with text by Michael Ondaatje (more...)

TheatreRUN presents the world premiere of The Double, a multi-disciplinary adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novella of the same name. (more...)

Crow’s Theatre, in association with Porte Parole (Montreal), will present the Toronto premiere of SEEDS written by Annabel Soutar, directed by Crow’s Theatre Artistic Director Chris Abraham and starring Eric Peterson, from February 18 – March 10 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. (more...)

In a limited Toronto run of only seven performances, Canadian Stage will present Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM’s potent and affecting dance piece Dark Matters. (more...)

Necessary Angel presents Divisadero: a performance with text by Michael Ondaatje (more...)

Necessary Angel presents Divisadero: a performance with text by Michael Ondaatje (more...)

TheatreRUN, the Dora Award-winning company best known for co-creating the critically acclaimed smash hit Spent, presents the world premiere of The Double, a multi-disciplinary adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novella of the same name. Conceived, created and performed by Artistic Director Adam Paolozza (who also directs) and Arif Mirabdolbaghi, bass-player and lyricist of the award-winning Canadian Metal band Protest The Hero, The Double combines physical theatre, mime and music for a jazzy exploration of alienation and paranoia. A dark comedic satire about our deepest fears of losing our identity, The Double previews February 2, opens February 3 and runs to February 19 at Factory Studio Theatre. (more...)