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The Dora Mavor Moore Awards

When

June 30, 2025 at 7:30pm

Where

Meridian Hall, 1 Front Street East

Acceptance Speeches

Nominees should be prepared to give an acceptance speech of 60 SECONDS OR LESS.

As a live awards show, the Doras have a strict maximum running time. If you exceed 60 seconds, you will be cued off the stage.

In addition to your personal remarks, TAPA recommends that you mention/thank the producing company of your nominated show, the Dora Awards jurors, sponsors of the award Division or specific cash sponsors for some categories, and TAPA.

Statue note: if you receive an award on stage, please support the statue with one hand under the base. Do not carry the statue by the circular “arms” at the top – they are fragile.

Photography notice: TAPA employs a dedicated photographer for the Awards ceremony and will share photos to social media, the TAPA website and TAPA communications.

 

Substitutions

The named award recipient may accept the Dora statue and deliver a thank-you speech on stage ONLY; no substitutions will be permitted.

If the recipient is unable to attend the ceremony, the on-stage VIP Dora presenters will accept the award on behalf of the recipient and the Dora Manager will contact the recipient to arrange a pickup from the TAPA office of their statue at a later date.

The Dora Awards will have audio-description available. TAPA is working with Superior Description for the Dora award show ceremony. Listening devices are available at the box office. An advance, audio described introduction of this service, venue description and additional program information is available to listen here:

The Dora Awards will also provide on-stage ASL interpretation.

The orchestra level of Meridian Hall is barrier free for patrons using wheelchairs or similar assistive devices. The mezzanine and lower lobby spaces can be accessed via elevator from the main lobby. Accessible washrooms are located on all levels. Meridian Hall maintains specific wheelchair-accessible seating locations on the orchestra and mezzanine levels—please contact the box office for more details.

For more information, please click here for the Meridian Hall venue guide.

Assistive devices
Patrons using assistive devices such as wheelchairs or walkers will be accommodated in an accessible area of the theatre. A wheelchair is available at Meridian Hall for use by patrons during their visit.

Meridian Hall uses an infrared system to enhance performance audio. Patrons may borrow a receiver from the patron services desk located in the main lobby. There is no charge, but a piece of identification must be left as a deposit.

Binoculars are available for rent from the patron services desk located in the main lobby for a small charge.

Support persons and service animals
Meridian Hall is happy to offer free admission to support persons for patrons with access needs at all TO Live Presents events. Other events may charge full admission price for support persons. Service animals are welcome at Meridian Hall at no charge. Please contact our box office at 416-366-7723 | 1-800-708-6754 to make appropriate seating arrangements.

Parking for patrons with disabilities
Meridian Hall has limited accessible parking in the main driveway available on a first-come, first-served basis. For inquiries about accessible parking or to book an accessible spot, please call 416-368-6161 x7135.

Questions or concerns
Any questions or concerns about services for patrons with access needs may be directed to our box office at 416-366-7723 | 1-800-708-6754 or email us at boxoffice@tolive.com.

Meridian Hall is located at 1 Front Street East in Toronto — at the southeast corner of Yonge Street.

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Getting There

Meridian Hall is easily accessible by TTC, GO Transit, UP Express, Bike Share Toronto, and vehicle.

Carbon footprint: private vehicle emissions can be the highest contributor to the carbon footprint of live event production. TAPA strongly recommends that Dora Awards attendees consider using lower/zero emission alternatives when traveling to and from the ceremony, such as public transit, bicycle or car pooling.

Transit

Transit users can reach Meridian with a short walk two blocks east of Union Station, or two blocks south of King Station.

Bike Share Toronto

With over 800 Bike Share docking locations in Toronto, please consider cycling to an event. Several stations are near Meridian Hall including those on Scott Street, Front Street and Church Street. Find a location near you.

Parking

Meridian Hall is a short drive north of the Yonge Street exit off Lakeshore Boulevard/Gardiner Expressway.
Meridian Hall has no onsite parking available, except for a limited number of spaces for guests with accessible needs.

Public parking can be found at several lots in the local area, including at:
• Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, across from Meridian Hall
• Scott Street, public lot just east of Meridian Hall
• The Esplanade, public lot just south of Meridian Hall

New this year! 

Support for Parents and Caregivers at the Dora Awards:
Babes-In-Arms, Feeding Room

Babes-in-Arms

For those with the very youngest of audience members, we welcome babes-in-arms. Please contact us to book seats on the aisles for ‘standing and swaying,’ and close to the exit for easy access. We also have a limited number of baby noise-cancelling headphones available. Please note, the theatre atmosphere will have audience lights out and full sound on. 

Click Here to Book Aisle Seats and/or Headphones Baby Feeding Room

In collaboration with Meridian Hall, we are able to offer a separate, private room for feeding of babes-in-arms, with close access to the auditorium. The room will be equipped with comfortable chairs. Way-finding signs in the lobby will indicate how to get to the room.

 

* Balancing Act is a national initiative that supports and advocates for artist and arts worker parents and caregivers. To learn more, visit balancingactcanada.com

 

The annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrate excellence on Toronto stages and are the oldest and largest professional theatre, dance and opera awards program in Canada. Founded in 1979, with the first ceremony occurring in 1981, the Dora’s recently marked a 45 year anniversary. The Dora Awards evolve constantly, adjusting and adapting to changes in the broader performing arts industry and the needs of the TAPA membership. There are currently 43 award categories across 7 distinct “divisions.”

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All Registered Productions 2024-2025

General Theatre Division

1939 A Canadian Stage and Belfry Theatre joint production in association with The Stratford Festival
A Streetcar Named Desire Soulpepper Theatre Company
All Messed Up and Nowhere To Go The Second City
Benevolence Tarragon Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre and Broadleaf Creative
Blind Dates Theatre Passe Muraille
Come Home – The Legend of Daddy Hall Tarragon Theatre
Craze Tarragon Theatre and Modern Times Stage Company In Association with Theatre ARTaud
Duel Citizens (90th Second City Mainstage Revue) The Second City
Erased An Open Heart Surgery Theatre production in partnership with Theatre Passe Muraille
Fat Ham Canadian Stage
Feast Tarragon Theatre
Feu Monsieur Feydeau! Théâtre français de Toronto
FLEX Crow’s Theatre and Obsidian Theatre Company Co-production
Hamlet Canadian Stage
Honey I’m Home Lester Trips (Theatre) presented by Factory Theatre
Hypothetical Baby Nightwood Theatre in association with The Howland Company
Interior Design Tarragon Theatre
Kim’s Convenience Soulpepper Theatre Company, in association with Adam Blanshay Productions and American Conservatory Theatre
Mahabharata: Part One: Karma: The Life We Inherit Why Not Theatre presented by Canadian Stage
Mahabharata: Part Two: Dharma: The Life We Choose Why Not Theatre presented by Canadian Stage
My Name is Lucy Barton Canadian Stage
Oraculum Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Denim & Pythia
Playing Shylock Canadian Stage in association with Starvox Entertainment
Roberto Zucco Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Rosmersholm A Crow’s Theatre Production
seven methods of killing kylie jenner An Obsidian Theatre Production in Association with Crow’s Theatre
Shedding a Skin Nightwood Theatre in association with Buddies In Bad Times
Table for Two Soulpepper Theatre Company & Obsidian Theatre Company
The Bidding War A Crow’s Theatre Production
The Wolf in the Voice Tarragon Theatre production in association with Nightswimming
The Wrong Bashir A Crow’s Theatre Production
There is Violence and There is Righteous Violence and There is Death, or The Born-Again Crow Native Earth Performing Arts and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre production
Trident Moon Crow’s Theatre and National Arts Centre English Theatre Co-production
What the Constitution Means to Me A Soulpepper and Nightwood Theatre Co-Production in association with Necessary Angel and Talk Is Free Theatre
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Canadian Stage
Wights A Crow’s Theatre Production
Winter Solstice Necessary Angel Theatre Company in association with Canadian Stage and BirdLand Theatre
Wonderful Joe TO Live

Independent Theatre Division

A Case for the Existence of God Coal Mine Theatre
A Public Display of Affection Studio 180 Theatre in association with Crow’s Theatre
Age is a Feeling Haley McGee, Soho Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre
All Hail Mrs. Satan Still Your Friend
Big Stuff Baram and Snieckus Productions
Carried by the River Red Snow Collective
Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special VideoCabaret
Cock Talk is Free Theatre
Constellations Icarus Theatre
Dead Broke Lost Dreams Collective
Dear Robert VideoCabaret
FAOC’s Beige Christmas FAOC (Maryem Hassan Tollar & Roula Said) and VideoCabaret International
Fly Me To The Moon Shillelagh Theatre
For Both Resting and Breeding Talk is Free Theatre
GIRLS UNWANTED The King Black Box
Hedda Gabler Coal Mine Theatre
Hookup Bad Dog Theatre Company
Infinite Life Coal Mine Theatre
INSERT CLOWN HERE Parlous Theatre
Isle of Demons Guild Festival Theatre
Job Coal Mine Theatre
Last Landscape Bad New Days in partnership with Common Boots
Life Sucks. Outliers Theatre Collective
Little Women Wren Theatre
Measure for Measure HOUSE + BODY In Association with Crow’s Theatre
MONKS Veronica Hortigüela & Annie Luján Presented by The Theatre Centre
Mukashi, Mukashi (Once Upon a Time) CORPUS
People, Places and Things Coal Mine Theatre
Performance Review Outside the March
Pochsy IV: Unplugged VideoCabaret
Prove A Villain: A Radical Reimagining of Richard III Panoply Theatre Collective
Qalb – A Journey of the Ego A 1s1 Theatre production co-presented by Why Not Theatre
RED Riot King
SAMCA Spindle Collective and Riot King
Sanguine Cahoots Theatre
SMART VideoCabaret
Takwahiminana Punctuate! Theatre, presented by Soulpepper Theatre
The Caged Bird Sings Modern Times Stage Company, Aga Khan Museum, Theatre ARTaud
The Cunning Linguist TCL Collective and Aluna Theatre in association with Factory Theatre
The Glory of Living The King Black Box
The Irish Pub Play The King Black Box
The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare BASH’d
The Noose Abigail Whitney Productions presented by the Next Stage Theatre Festival
The Rear Window Bygone Theatre, presented by Hart House Theatre
The Roof is Leaking ਛੱਤ ਚੋਂਦੀ ਹੈ Pleiades Theatre
The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers Shakespeare in the Ruff
The Threepenny Opera Unbridled Theatre Collective
This Feels Like The End Theatre Aurinko presented by the Next Stage Theatre Festival
Three Men on a Bike Guild Festival Theatre
Timon of Athens Dandelion Theatre
Truck Pressgang in association with Factory Theatre
We are being watched Black Pearl Theatre Group
When Winter Stole the Sun Plateau 310 Theatre Company

Musical Theatre Division

A Strange Loop The Musical Stage Company, Soulpepper, Crow’s Theatre, and TO Live
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Young People’s Theatre
Discovering Allan Sherman Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Bowtie Productions
I Was Unbecoming Then Downtown Theatre presented by the Next Stage Theatre Festival
In My Own Little Corner EveryBODY on Stage
Life After Yonge Street Theatricals, David Barnett, Cynthia Stroum, Grove Entertainment, Thomas Swayne, Jake Epstein, Chilina Kennedy, and Goodman Theatre
Not a Cult: The Musical Small but Mighty Productions
Sankofa: The Soldier’s Tale Retold Art of Time Ensemble
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Shifting Ground Collective
The Flin Flon Cowboy A Flin Flon Cowboy Collective & Theatre Passe Muraille Co-Production in Association with Why Not Theatre
The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical A Canadian Stage Production in Association with the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres

Opera Division

Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White Produced by the Canadian Opera Company, in association with the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund, Canada Council for the Arts, and Ontario Arts Council
Eugene Onegin Canadian Opera Company production. All scenery, properties, and costumes constructed by the Metropolitan Opera Shops.
Faust Canadian Opera Company co-production with Malmö Opera
Garden of Vanished Pleasures Soundstreams
Jacqueline Tapestry Opera
La Reine-garçon Canadian Opera Company co-production with Opéra de Montréal
Madama Butterfly Canadian Opera Company presents the Houston Grand Opera production
Nabucco Canadian Opera Company presents the Lyric Opera of Chicago production
The Turn of the Screw Opera 5
Wozzeck Canadian Opera Company co-production with The Salzburg Festival, The Metropolitan Opera, and Opera Australia

Theatre for Young Audiences Division

Alligator Pie Soulpepper Theatre Company
Finding Home: A Salmon Journey Upstream Theatre Direct, presented by the Harbourfront Centre Junior Festival
Les Zinspiré·e·s : le nombre sublime Théâtre français de Toronto
Patty Picker One Four One Collective in Association with The Assembly Theatre
Pettson and Findus at Christmas Sparrow House Children’s Theatre & Humpty Dumpty Puppet Theatre
Taking Care of Maman A Roseneath Theatre and Black Theatre Workshop co-production
The Assembly A Co-Production of Crossroads Theatre and Colouring Book Theatre
The Little Prince Landon Krentz, Theatre Passe Muraille and Inside Out Theatre Co-Production
Unbelievably Believable Twisted Dog Theatre
Wicked Nix Young People’s Theatre
Yassama and the Beaded Calabash // Yassama et la Calebasse aux Cauris Lua Shayenne, presented by the Harbourfront Junior Festival

Dance Division

All that is between Tiger Princess Dance Projects
Big Time Miss Rock Bottom Movement presented by Fall For Dance North
Binary-Codes (Citadel Dance Exchange – Week 2) Citadel + Compagnie
Burn Baby, Burn Côté Danse presented by Fall for Dance North
Community Performance Project (Older & Reckless) Moonhorse Dance Theatre
Contes pour la fin du temps Citadel + Compagnie
Echoes of the Abyss EMiMOTION
Elsinore / Soliloquies (Citadel Dance Exchange – Week 2) Citadel + Compagnie
Embers of Memory (Citadel Dance Exchange – Week 1) Citadel + Compagnie
everything i wanted to tell you (but couldn’t, so here it is now) Citadel + Compagnie
Gesture (Older & Reckless) Moonhorse Dance Theatre
He, Her, They: Humanimal (Flesh) EMiMOTION
heartless Citadel + Compagnie
Jam Session dance Immersion in association with Canadian Stage
Mestiza (Older & Reckless) Moonhorse Dance Theatre
MOEM – BODY Human Body Expression
My House (Older & Reckless) Moonhorse Dance Theatre
Ngoma (Don’t Worry About It) Citadel + Compagnie
Ophis TRANSCEN|DANCE PROJECT
Reflections of the Mind EMiMOTION
Seen (Don’t Worry About It) Citadel + Compagnie
Sister Nightlight Citadel + Compagnie
The Mars Project Tap Love Tour and Greg ‘Krypto’ Selinger with presenting partner Fall for Dance North
Tomato Blues (Older & Reckless) Moonhorse Dance Theatre
VAMPIRIC BED (Flesh) EMiMOTION
একসঙ – Akshongay Citadel + Compagnie

Touring Division

Afrikan Party Luminato presents Supa Rich Kids by Oulouy
I Don’t Even Miss You Tiny Bears Jaws presented by Factory Theatre
Soliloquio (I woke up and hit my head against the wall) A ROSA Studio Production presented by Theatre Passe Muraille
360 ALLSTARS Luminato Festival Toronto Presents 360 ALLSTARS
Black & Rural dance Immersion with Pi Theatre
BOW’T TRAIL Retrospek RD Créations presented by dance Immersion, in association with DanceWorks
Cispersonnages en quête d’auteurice A Joe Jack & John Production Co-Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille & Théâtre français de Toronto
GOBLIN: MACBETH Spontaneous Theatre presented by Tarragon Theatre
HOME Luminato Festival Toronto presents Geoff Sobelle
Le problème avec le rose  Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke and La Parenthèse Production, presented by Théâtre français de Toronto
Le vent se lève (Citadel Dance Exchange Week 1) Citadel + Compagnie
Les Fourberies de Scapin A PRODUCTION BY COMPAGNIE L’ÉTERNEL ÉTÉ AND LUCERNAIRE DIFFUSION CO-PRESENTED BY THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DE TORONTO AND ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE TORONTO
Make Me Dance Panta Rei Danseteater, presented by the Harbourfront Junior Festival
REMINISCENCIA | Reminiscence Malicho Vaca Valenzuela presented by Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS International Performing Arts Festival
Robot Song Arena Theatre Company, presented by the Harbourfront Junior Festival
ROSA Carlos Rivera in collaboration with Onndinok (Montreal) and Abra Projects (Mexico) presented by Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS International Performing Arts Festival and Factory Theatre
Soft manners (Citadel Dance Exchange Week 2) Citadel + Compagnie
Twas the Night Before… TO Live and Cirque du Soleil
Waiting in the Wings No More The Disability Collective presents Propeller Dance presented by Fall for Dance North
What We Carry A’nó:wara Dance Theatre, Presented by Native Earth Performing Arts
Where The Wild Things Are Young People’s Theatre Presents Presentation House
Wilma Porta Teatro presented by Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS International Performing Arts Festival

Innovative Experience

Game of Life bluemouth inc. Presented by: The Theatre Centre
Love And The Trick Of Time Cahoots Theatre in collaboration with the Alzheimer Society Toronto
R.A.V.E. A R.A.V.E. Institute and Outside the March production, in association with Luminato Festival Toronto

Born in Glasgow in 1888, teacher and director Dora Mavor Moore arrived in Toronto eight years later. She devoted her long life to creating theatre and theatre companies in her new home. Her contributions to Canadian professional theatre are immeasurable. Dora Mavor Moore was the founder of the University Extension Players and the Hart House Touring Players with the innovative playwright and teacher Herman Voaden.

The Dora Mavor Moore Awards is a program of

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