Between March 2022 and March 2025, Nightwood was without a venue, forced to rely on renting rehearsal and performance space and, save rehearsals, working remotely. Six months into our search for a new space, we discovered a City of Toronto-owned building run by St. Clare’s that had a viable space in need of dramatic renovation available.

In June of 2023, we shared with you that Nightwood Theatre and our partners at Tapestry Opera had received special funding from the City of Toronto to develop a new facility at 877 Yonge Street.  Just north of Yonge and Bloor, the new facility will be a bold step towards establishing the centre of Toronto as the next great destination for artists and audiences, as well as being an inspired space designed by Hilditch Architects to create new, vital Canadian works. 

The vision was to create two new state-of-the-art venues, a 2,600 square foot performance hall and a 775 square foot rehearsal and recording space, complemented by a greenroom and offices to support Tapestry Opera, Nightwood, artists and independent producers using the venues. The facility is 6,500 square feet, over three times the space we previously ran in the Distillery Historic District Artscape spaces.

The new build and vision encompasses a performance space that features a fully equipped theatre for recitals with the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano, black box performances featuring lighting, audio and video systems, and a turn-key audio-video recording set-up. The rehearsal space supports multiple activities simultaneously and act as a dressing room during show runs. We are thrilled to have worked closely with Remington North Services in devising and delivering our theatrical vision.