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The Young Centre for the Performing Arts
- Home of the well-respected George Brown Theatre School and the acclaimed
Soulpepper Theatre Company
- A joint-venture
partnership between George Brown College and the
Soulpepper Theatre Company
- Designed by
Thomas Payne, Principal Architect - Kuwabara
Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
- Spearheaded by a generous
donation by The Michael Young Family Foundation,
the Province of Ontario and numerous other
generous donors
- Located in Tankhouse 9 and 10 in the
Distillery Historic District
- The Young Centre for
the Performing Arts is a 45,565 square-foot facility
that will feature:
- 5 performing arts spaces, ranging
in size from 80 to 400 seats
- 400-seat Charles and Marilyn
Baillie Theatre
- 250-seat Michael Young Theatre
- 100-seat
Studio Theatre
- 100-seat Cabaret space
- Production and administrative
facilities
- Box Office
- 9 teaching and rehearsal studios
- a costume shop
- a spacious lobby and café
- an outdoor artists' garden/performance
venue
The George Brown Theatre School
- George Brown Theatre School principals
- Anne Sado,
President, George Brown College
- Maureen Loweth,
Dean, Faculty of Business and Creative Arts
- Frances
Dungey, Director, Faculty of Business and Creative
Arts
- James Simon,
Artistic Director, George Brown Theatre School
- More than 500 artists have graduated
from the prestigious George Brown Theatre
School since its
founding in 1976
- 115 students are enrolled in George
Brown Theatre School
- 45 students are enrolled in
the Introduction to Performing Arts (one-year
programme)
- 33
instructors teach at George Brown Theatre School
- The graduating class performs in five productions annually, ranging
from
classical to contemporary plays and one production
for young audiences
- 3 productions will be performed
in the Young Centre in the 2005/2006 season
The Toronto Theatre Industry
- Toronto
is the third-largest English language theatre community
in the world and ranks third in film and television production in
North
America
- Toronto is home to more than 180 theatre companies
- In any given month,
approximately 75 productions are on-stage throughout
the city
- Annual revenue from the theatre business is
more than $130 million
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