June 20-24, 2012
We are pleased to announce the triumphant return of The Cooking Fire Theatre Festival, a week-long performance extravaganza celebrating theatre, food and public space in Toronto’s Dufferin Grove Park. Each evening from June 20-24, acclaimed theatre companies will present original work that promises to delight, entice, and inspire, ranging from an absurdist take on Toronto’s housing market to a visit to a strange and wondrous clock shop. Delicious organic meals will be served to the audience over cooking fires and from Dufferin Grove Park’s two wood-fired outdoor bake ovens. Building on the success of the last seven years, this year’s Cooking Fire Theatre Festival will offer the experience of enchanting and challenging theatre, wonderful food and the beginning of summer.
The Cooking Fire Theatre Festival is an annual week-long celebration of theatre, food and public space held in Toronto’s Dufferin Grove Park since 2004. Delicious, affordable organic meals from the park’s wood-fired community bake ovens are served alongside an evening of pay-what-you-can outdoor theatre performed by local, national and international artists. The festival is an ideal venue for independent artist-run companies creating original, ambitious outdoor theatre. We present work that draws on a range of forms, including devised theatre, puppetry, choral singing, live music, clown, street theatre and storytelling.
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Dufferin Grove Park is located on the east side of Dufferin street south of Bloor street, directly across from the Dufferin Mall. To look at a map click here.
The Cooking Fire Theatre Festival gratefully acknowledges the generous support of:
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