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Thrice Upon a Time…
By Jacqueline Gosselin | Directed by Jacqueline Gosselin  and Robert Dion | Produced by DynamO Théâtre
STUDIO | Apr. 18-29, 2010
Recommended for ages 7-12
Media opening: Tuesday, April 20 at 10:30 AM and 1:15 PM

Perched on the edge of the world, a young boy is stranded on a mysterious island with an outlandish creature who wants his help to defeat a wicked witch. Montreal’s critically acclaimed DynamO Théâtre incorporates their renowned acrobatics into a thrilling modern-day tale that reflects the courage and resilience children must have in a sometimes forbidding world. More »

Back by overwhelming demand!
Hana’s Suitcase
Adapted by Emil Sher | Based on the book by Karen Levine | Originally published by Second Story Press
Directed by Allen MacInnis
MAINSTAGE | Apr. 18-May 21, 2010
Recommended for ages 10 & up
Media opening: Wednesday, April 21 at 1:00 PM | General public opening: 7:00 PM More »

Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People presents Canadian Premiere of
Funny and thrilling play The Monster Under the Bed by Kevin Dyer

LKTYP is pleased to present the Canadian premiere of Kevin Dyer’s The Monster Under the Bed. A hilarious new comedy about friendship and facing your fears, The Monster Under the Bed will be presented on the Mainstage from March 8 to April 1, 2010. More »

Shakespeare in Action presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy and his most popular work for the stage, re-envisioned for a new generation of young audiences. Performances run at the Joseph Workman Auditorium from May 9 – 23, 2009. More »

Theatre Direct, one of the country’s most respected companies dedicated to young audiences, continues the tradition of producing thoughtful and engaging theatre for young people and families with its newest production Walking the Tightrope by Mike Kenny.

Directed by Thomas Morgan Jones (Pyaasa, Letters to my Grandma) and presented at the Loop, Theatre Direct’s newly opened theatre for children, youth and families, Walking the Tightrope will run from April 7 to May 3. More »

LKTYP is proud to present the stage adaptation of Pobby and Dingan. Based on the award-winning book by Australian author, Ben Rice, Pobby and Dingan is a beautiful parable about how even ordinary people can become heroes to help those they love. Adapted for the stage by Paula Wing, Pobby and Dingan runs on the Mainstage between April 20 and May 10. This play was first presented as a staged reading in April 2008, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as part of New Visions/New Voices.

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This March Break, Shakespeare in Action, Canada¹s leading Shakespeare company for young audiences, and Toronto Public Library, invite you to take the family on a fantastical journey through a Shakespearean playground.

Featuring an Elizabethan-inspired environmental installation, designer Lori Hickling and the Shakespeare in Action team will transform the Lillian H. Smith Library (239 College Street West) into a Shakespearean wonderland where families can enjoy performances, free workshops, games and more as part of its week-long March Break festivities. More »

The Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People is pleased to announce that the most recent production in Judith Marcuse’s trilogy of dance-theatre works for young people, EARTH=home, will be presented on the Mainstage from March 31 to April 9.

Based on three years of workshops with young people from diverse communities, EARTH=home explores the state of the earth – where we are taking it and each other – by examining global warming, diminishing resources, environmental sustainability and social justice. This high-energy, multi-discipline production incorporates original music, dance, theatre, humour and video to tell the tale of a group of young people who are forced to confront their very survival when they are trapped by a cataclysmic storm. More »

March Break spells FUN at LKTYP with lively puppet and mask production based on the Hans Christian Andersen classic, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”

As part of their March Break programming the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre is pleased to welcome Vancouver’s Axis Theatre Company and their out of this world physical theatre production The Emperor’s New Threads. The witty adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fable created and staged by Melody and Peter Anderson and featuring Melody’s amazing masks and fabulous costumes, will be presented on the Mainstage from March 15 to 27.
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Suitcase Theatre is thrilled to present The House That Jack Built, an engaging new musical for the whole family based on the timeless nursery rhyme of the same name. It will run March 16-21 at 3pm daily all through March Break at the Church of the Redeemer in the heart of downtown Toronto at Bloor and Avenue Road.

This heartwarming musical combines the magic and allure of masks and puppetry with live singer-actors playing four characters – the Man All-Tattered-and-Torn (Doug Price), the Maiden All Forlorn (JoAnn Brooks), the Cow with the Crumpled Horn (Bie Engelen) and the Priest All Shaven and Shorn (Robert Naismith). They perform with colourful masks, costumes and extraordinary miniature and oversized puppets. More »

The Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People is proud to present Edmonton’s Marty Chan’s and Robert Walsh’s Chinese neo-opera The Forbidden Phoenix. Combining the classical Chinese form with elements of Western musical this fascinating new play promises to burn the floors of the Mainstage from February 2 to March 11, 2009. More »

THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
Cow Over Moon has the scoop as Chicken Licken takes centre stage this holiday season at the Burnhamthorpe Library Theatre.

Friday Dec. 19 – 11am, Saturday Dec. 20 – 11am & 1pm, Sunday Dec. 21- 1pm
Saturday, Dec. 27 – 11am & 1pm, Sunday, Dec. 28 – 1pm. More »