Founded in Toronto in 1979, the B.A.A.N.N. Theatre centre was originally a shared facility for five experimental theatre companies: Buddies in Bad Times, Autumn Leaf Theatre, AKA Performance Interface, Necessary Angel, and Nightwood Theatre. It began as a place where each company could come, rehearse, and get opinions on new works and performances from like minded people. By the mid-1980's, the five founding members had left, but the Theatre Centre continued on, helping new companies develop and giving them a creative space in which to work.
In 2002, Theatre Centre premiered its first festival, an innovative biennial event, Free Fall, which was dedicated to boundary testing national and international works.
Most recently, in 2014, the Theatre Centre has become a live arts hub and incubator in the historic Carnegie Library building in Toronto.
Found in this collection are administrative files, show files, financial information (government grants and fund raising), posters, reviews and articles, press releases, house programs, and production photos, R&D series.
Dates
Types of Materials
- Photographs
- Posters
- Published Material
- Unpublished Material and Manuscripts
Extent
36 cm of textual materials.
How to Access This Resource
XZ1 MS A917 to XZ1 MS A920
Appointments are required to view this material and can be made through Archival & Special Collections.
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