All of us at Nightwood are filled with admiration and gratitude as our long-standing Board Chair Susan Hodkinson passes the baton to valued board member and Vice-Chair Tara Remedios this season. We are endlessly thankful to both these incredible community leaders for all they do to support Nightwood’s misson. Susan shares, “My involvement with Nightwood has been a true …
The team for THE QUEEN IN ME by Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 head off to Northern Ireland today to share this glorious show at the Belfast International Arts Festival! Wishing everyone a brilliant European Premiere of this playful and powerful production! Photo credit: Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 in The Queen In Me. Photo by Dahlia Katz. The Queen In …
Nightwood Theatre is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Strombergs Family Realization Fund: Maria Clara De Sena and Suzanne Roberts Smith with their piece Oxúm is Alive & Well & Living in TO. This $10,000 cash award, established by theatre director Vinetta Strombergs in honour of her artist parents, is intended to support …
Nightwood Theatre’s Board of Directors are thrilled to announce Naz Afsahi (she/they) as the new Managing Director. Bringing over a decade of experience in the Toronto theatre sector, Naz first joined Nightwood in 2015 as the Metcalf Foundation General Manager Intern, working closely with the previous executive leaders, Beth Brown and Kelly Thornton. Over the …
Nightwood Theatre is delighted to share the incredible artists we have selected to receive Ontario Arts Council’s Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators (RGTC)! We were honoured to receive so many engaging applications and we thank everyone who took the time to share more about their exciting work-in-progress! Congratulations to Nightwood’s 2022 OAC RGTC recipients (pictured above left to …
Nightwood Theatre and Tapestry Opera are deeply disappointed to share the news that the lease for our offices and The Ernest Balmer Studio in the Distillery Historic District will not be renewed, after operating out of the Distillery for almost 20 years. As of March 2022, and five months in advance of the signed lease, …
Running November 10-17, our annual Groundswell Festival invites the audience to get creative, offering a six-day, interactive digital retreat to generate ideas and spotlight brand new works from our Write From The Hip playwright’s unit (WFTH). Inspired by the success of Nightwood’s Creatryx Writing Room, this season’s festival offers a unique opportunity for folks to hear selections of new plays from Anahita …
After eight seasons as Nightwood’s invaluable Managing Director, Beth Brown is moving on to a new adventure as the Executive Director at Soundstreams at the top of November.
We are thrilled to share the newest group of powerhouse theatre practitioners that we’re welcoming into the 2021-22 Nightwood Innovators program!
This Thursday marks the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. Long-overdue, many are planning how they will mark this vital day in meaningful and active ways, and how they will create new traditions around healing and hope to carry on for years to come. The Downie & Wenjack Fund has an extensive array of ideas …
