The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced today that the 44th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards will be held Monday, June 24th at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre. The celebration will be hosted by Toronto theatre icon Ryan G. Hinds.
Soulpepper and Obsidian Theatre present 'Three Sisters' from Feb. 29 to March 17, 2024. This collaboration brings together two of Canada's leading theatre companies to present a powerful and innovative adaptation of the beloved Chekhov play, set in Nigeria.
Soulpepper Theatre presents the Tony-nominated work by one of South Africa's greatest playwrights, Athol Fugard, in their production of his revolutionary apartheid-era collaboration with John Kani and Winston Ntshona, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead.
Dora Awards honour lifetime achievement in theatre as COVID-19 shuts down live shows
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Soheil Parsa poses in this undated handout photo. The Dora Ancillary Awards handed out honours at a virtual event Wednesday to theatre professionals in both artistic and administrative roles for their body of work rather than specific performances. Soheil Parsa, who is stepping down as artistic director of the Modern Times Stage Company this year, took the Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award recognizing a Canadian champion of the performing arts. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - John Lauener
TORONTO – The Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrated lifetime contributions to theatre following a scuttled season in which the COVID-19 pandemic halted live indoor performances.
However, organizers scrapped their usual bash this year saying jurors had nothing to adjudicate.
They focused instead on the Dora Ancillary Awards, which honour theatre professionals in both artistic and administrative roles for their body of work rather than specific performances.
Soheil Parsa, who is stepping down as artistic director of the Modern Times Stage Company this year, took the Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award recognizing a Canadian champion of the performing arts.
The John Hirsch Director s Award, presented every three years to Ontario-resident theatre director, went to Jani Lauzon, a multidisciplinary artist of Métis ancestry who has won accolades for her accomplishments as a director, writer, actor, singer and puppeteer.