Benevolence Hall wins Inaugural Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Innovative Experience
June 24, 2024 - Toronto, ON Why Not Theatre is thrilled to announce Benevolence Hall, an installation created by Director of Producing and Creative Associate Kevin Matthew Wong, has been honoured with the 2024 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Innovative Experience. The
Activate Free Space for Artists in Toronto
[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Making Space for 2021 The final project we wanted to introduce you to as part of our PROVOKE Campaign is called Space Project. Space is at an unprecedented premium in Toronto. As real estate becomes increasingly expensive, cultural spaces become harder
We’re Hiring a Fundraiser (to cover a maternity leave)!
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BLACK LIVES MATTER
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Mahabharata Postponed
[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear friends of Why Not, We hope this message finds you safe and healthy in this extraordinary moment. We hope that wherever you are in the world you have care and support around you. For the past five years, Why
RISER Project 2020 Cancelled
[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear community, As you may already know, Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency Tuesday morning, effectively banning people from most public spaces, and outlawing events that promote gatherings of over 50 people. During this turbulent situation, we have
We’re Hiring a Producer!
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“Kitne Saare Laloo Yahan Pey Hain” heads to Next Stage
[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]One of our RISER alums, Bilal Baig, is producing their new play, Kitne Saare Laloo Yahan Pey Hain - Next Stage Theatre Festival, about a transwoman who runs away to Canada from her home in Bangladesh with only
RISER Project 2020 Show Announcements
[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]First up for #RISER20 we've got Theatre Nidāna's "Gods Like Us", co-created by Vince Deiulis and Zazu Oke, directed by Ben-Eben Kwabena Tawiah Mfoafo-M'Carthy. Set in 1917, during the Great War, a Nigerian farmer's morality is challenged when a Canadian army recruiter
The Globe and Mail’s Martin Morrow: “Mahabharata” shoutout
[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thanks to The Globe and Mail's Martin Morrow for giving a shout out to Mahabharata, our production with Shaw Festival in August. "The ancient Sanskrit epic, both a Hindu foundational text and a masterpiece of world literature, is no easy work to