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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 »

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 »