When
June 29, 2026 at 7:30pm
Where
Meridian Hall, 1 Front Street East
What
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.
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
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 44 award categories across 7 distinct “divisions.”
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All Registered Productions 2025-2026
General Theatre Division
| A Doll’s House | Canadian Stage |
| a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) | Tarragon Theatre and Obsidian Theatre Company |
| An IMM-Permanent Resident | Nautanki Bazaar in association with Factory Theatre |
| Bremen Town | Tarragon Theatre |
| BUTCH/FEMME | Theatre Passe Muraille presents The Green Couch Theatre Company |
| CHILD-ish | Tarragon Theatre in association with The CHILD-ish Collective |
| cicadas | Tarragon Theatre and NAC English Theatre co-production in association with fu-GEN Asian Theatre Company |
| Clyde’s | Canadian Stage |
| Comfort Food | Crow’s Theatre in association with Zorana Sadiq |
| Copperbelt | NAC English Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre |
| Dissonant Species | Theatre Gargantua |
| Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs | Nightwood Theatre, in association with Tarragon Theatre |
| How to Catch Creation | Soulpepper Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, Obsidian Theatre |
| Kainchee Lagaa & Jhooti: The Begging Brown Bitch Plays | House of Beida and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| Le malentendu (The Misunderstanding) | Théâtre français de Toronto |
| Little Willy | Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes presented by Canadian Stage |
| Made in Italy | Marquis Entertainment |
| Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary | Crow’s Theatre |
| Mischief | Tarragon Theatre, Native Earth Performing Arts, and Neptune Theatre |
| Moonlight Schooner | Necessary Angel Theatre Company in association with Canadian Stage and Tarragon Theatre |
| Never Walk Alone (Genrefuck) | PNSNV and fu-GEN Theatre in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| Old Times | Soulpepper Theatre Company |
| Queen Maeve | Tarragon Theatre |
| Rainbow on Mars | Outside the March with The National Ballet of Canada and Peripheral Theatre |
| Red Like Fruit | 2b theatre company, presented by Soulpepper and Luminato Festival |
| Reina (Genrefuck) | Pencil Kit Productions in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Theatre |
| Rogers v. Rogers | Crow’s Theatre |
| Romeo & Juliet | Canadian Stage |
| Slave Play | Canadian Stage |
| Summer and Smoke | Crow’s Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre co-production in association with Birdland Theatre |
| The Christmas Market | b current Performing Arts in association with Crow’s Theatre and Studio 180 Theatre |
| The Comeuppance | Soulpepper Theatre Company |
| The Neighbours | Green Light Arts in association with Tarragon Theatre |
| The Surrogate | Here For Now Theatre Company in association with Crow’s Theatre, House + Body, and BCurrent Performing Arts |
| The Welkin | Soulpepper Theatre Company, The Howland Company, and Crow’s Theatre |
| Through the Eyes of God | Theatre Passe Muraille |
| What Brings You In | Leslie Ting in Partnership with Theatre Passe Muraille |
| WITCH | Soulpepper Theatre Company |
| World’s Gone Wild – The Second City’s 91st Mainstage Revue | The Second City Toronto |
| You, Always | Canadian Stage |
Independent Theatre Division
| 12 Litres 8800 Steps | Unbridled Theatre Collective and Aluna Theatre |
| A Mirror | Actors Repertory Company |
| A Question of Character | Stakes & Embers and Minmar Gaslight Productions |
| An Intervention | Downstage Theatre Company |
| An Orchid and Other Such Lilies and Lies | Dandelion Theatre |
| Anywhere | Leroy Street Theatre and One Four One Collective in association with The Assembly Theatre |
| Bachelor Man | Renaissance Canadian Theatre Company |
| Blackbird | Talk is Free Theatre |
| Brilliant Traces | SlipTrap Theatre |
| Bug | The King Black Box, in partnership with Elkabong Theatre Projects |
| Colonial Circus | Two2Mango |
| Concord Floral | Pucker’s |
| Dance Nation | Coal Mine Theatre and Outside The March in association with Rock Bottom Movement |
| Dear Ms. Kitt | Hard-Bitten Productions |
| DNA | Icarus Theatre |
| Doc Wuthergloom’s Little Lib’ary of the Damned | Eldritch Theatre |
| Eureka Day | Coal Mine Theatre |
| Fulfillment Centre | Coal Mine Theatre |
| GO | Pitchin’in Productions |
| Heratio | Guild Festival Theatre |
| Invasion: Christmas Carol | One Four One Collective and Knifefight Theatre in Association with The Assembly Theatre |
| Julie | Icarus Theatre |
| Karma | Pleiades Theatre |
| Kill Your Father | Expandido Arts Collective |
| Knife | Stagepunk Theatre |
| Les Liaison Dangereuses | Wren Theatre |
| Night at the Grand Guignol | Eldritch Theatre |
| Oleanna | Icarus Theatre |
| Public Consumption | Lester Trips (Theatre) presented by Factory Theatre |
| Romeo Pimp | The King Black Box in partnership with One East Productions |
| Searching for Aimai | Cahoots Theatre |
| Shaparak (Butterfly) | Noor |
| Spycraft | A Yarn Or Two Arts Collective in association with The Theatre Centre |
| Strife | Punctuate! Theatre, in association with Tarragon Theatre |
| take rimbaud | Howland Company in partnership with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| Tales of an Urban Indian | Talk Is Free Theatre |
| The 39 Steps | Guild Festival Theatre |
| The Division | Project: Humanity and Pyretic Productions in association with Crow’s Theatre |
| The Elephant Girls | Parry Riposte Productions |
| The Green Line | In Arms Theatre Company and MENA Collective in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Factory Theatre |
| The Herald | An It Could Still Happen production in partnership with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| The Moors | Riot King |
| The Sankofa Trilogy: benu | Watah Theatre presented by The Theatre Centre |
| The Sankofa Trilogy: blood.claat | Watah Theatre presented by The Theatre Centre |
| The Sankofa Trilogy: word! sound! powah! | Watah Theatre presented by The Theatre Centre |
| The Veil | Thought For Food Productions in association with Crow’s Theatre and Guild Festival Theatre |
| Tiff’ny of Athens | Shakespeare in the Ruff |
| Troilus and Cressida | Shakespeare BASH’d |
| Vitals | Second Act Actor Productions |
| Waiting for Godot | Coal Mine Theatre |
| Zombocalypse! | Eldritch Theatre |
Musical Theatre Division
| After the Rain | Tarragon Theatre and The Musical Stage Company |
| Bright Star | Garner Theatre Productions presented by Mirvish Productions |
| Company | Talk is Free Theatre |
| Cyclops: A Satyr Play | Talk Is Free Theatre & Panic Theatre |
| Elegies | Opera 5 |
| Eternally Yours the Musical | Small but Mighty Productions |
| Little Shop of Horrors | TheatreTO |
| Narnia | Soulpepper Theatre, Bad Hats Theatre, and Crow’s Theatre |
| Octet | Crow’s Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, and The Musical Stage Company Co-production |
| Ride the Cyclone | Shifting Ground Collective |
| Robin Hood | Canadian Stage in association with the Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres |
| Shrek the Musical | Young People’s Theatre |
| Songs By A Wannabe | Merriam-Klif Productions |
| The Drowsy Chaperone | Shifting Ground Collective |
| The Wizard of Oz | TheatreTO |
| tick, tick… BOOM! | Bowtie Productions |
Opera Division
| Ana Sokolović’s Love Songs | Tapestry Opera in partnership with New Music Concerts |
| Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung | Canadian Opera Company |
| Canuck Cantatas | Against the Grain Theatre |
| Come Closer | Opera 5 |
| LOL: Laughing Out Lonely | OPE–N presented by Tapestry Opera |
| Orfeo ed Euridice | Canadian Opera Company co-production with Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Fondazione Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Opéra Royal Château de Versailles Spectacles, and Lyric Opera of Chicago |
| Rigoletto | Canadian Opera Company co-production with English National Opera |
| Roméo et Juliette | Canadian Opera Company presents the Malmö Opera production |
| Sanctuary Song | Tapestry Opera |
| Tapestry Briefs: Under Where | Tapestry Opera |
| The Barber of Seville | Canadian Opera Company co-production with Houston Grand Opera, Opéra National de Bordeaux, and Opera Australia |
| Werther | Canadian Opera Company co-production with Opéra de Montréal and Vancouver Opera |
Theatre for Young Audiences Division
| Boys With Cars | Nightswimming in association with Young People’s Theatre |
| Clowns Reading Shakespeare | Panoply Theatre Collective |
| Guardians of the Gods | Theatre Direct |
| HANS: My Life in Fairy Tales | WYRD Productions and Kidoons, in association with The 20K Collective, presented by the Luminato Festival |
| Les Zinspiré·e·s : À la lumière des 13 Lunes | Théâtre français de Toronto |
| Love You Forever… And More Munsch | Young People’s Theatre |
| Morgan’s Journey | Roseneath Theatre |
| She Holds Up the Stars | Red Sky Performance |
| Syndrome | Theatre Direct |
| The Camp Campy Campfire Show | Stories by Dan |
| The Flight | Roseneath Theatre |
| The Mush Hole | Young People’s Theatre presents Kaha:wi Dance Theatre |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show | TheatreTO |
Dance Division
| A Subject (Ripe Fruit Dance Festival) | VideoCabaret and Rough House Dance |
| Aakarsh (dance: made in / fait au canada Festival, Morrison Series) | princess productions |
| AGAAMING (Citadel Dance Mix) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| An Unwind (Fall 2025 Season) | ProArteDanza |
| Anne | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Another Life: Inspired by True Events (Fall 2025 Season) | ProArteDanza |
| Armonia | Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company |
| BABAElan (Citadel Dance Exchange – Programme 1) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Be the Bird (dance: made in / fait au canada Festival, Wolfe Series) | princess productions |
| BESIDE (dance: made in / fait au canada Festival, Morrison Series) | princess productions |
| Buoyancy of Light | pounds per square inch |
| Community Performance Project (Older & Reckless 25) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| de corazón (Older & Reckless 25) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| Dead Weighting (dance: made in / fait au canada Festival, Morrison Series) | princess productions |
| Double | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Elsinore/night hours (Older & Reckless 25) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| ESHI (AFROFUSION: Signature Programme 1) | Esie Mensah Creations presented by Fall for Dance North |
| Firehorse and Shadow | Citadel + Compagnie, co-produced by Dreamwalker Dance Company |
| Flight Pattern | The National Ballet of Canada |
| Grand Mirage (Adieu Mixed Programme) | The National Ballet of Canada |
| gutted (Intimate Pairings: Program 2) | Katie Adams-Gossage presented by Fall for Dance North and Citadel + Compagnie |
| Handmade (Older & Reckless 25) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| How Lucky Are We (Citadel Dance Mix) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| if then (MIGHTY DANCES IN A small SPACE) | VideoCabaret |
| In a Landscape (Ripe Fruit Dance Festival) | VideoCabaret and Rough House Dance |
| Journey to the Motherland (HOMEGROWN: Signature Programme 2) | Lua Shayenne Dance Company presented by Fall for Dance North |
| King’s Fall (Adieu Mixed Programme) | The National Ballet of Canada |
| Les Paradis Perdus/Remix | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Make Banana Cry | Toronto Dance Theatre in partnership with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| Memento Vita (Fall 2025 Season) | ProArteDanza |
| Microphone Controller | Citadel + Compagnie |
| MY HOUSE (dance: made in / fait au canada Festival, Wolfe Series) | princess productions |
| Pendulum (Intimate Pairings: Program 2) | Priyanka Tope presented by Fall for Dance North and Citadel + Compagnie |
| Prism (dance: made in / fait au canada Festival, Lecavalier Series) | princess productions |
| Procession | The National Ballet of Canada |
| Project Inizi (dance: made in / fait au canada Festival, Lecavalier Series) | princess productions |
| Pull Up Your Socks | Viv Moore |
| Reverence (Adieu Mixed Programme) | The National Ballet of Canada |
| Sand Flight | Toronto Dance Theatre |
| Sex Dalmatian’s Hot Holiday Spectacular | Citadel + Compagnie in association with Rock Bottom Movement |
| Shanaasai (KATHAK & BALLET: Signature Programme 3) | Tanveer Alam and Barkha Patel presented by Fall for Dance North |
| Shapeshift (Ripe Fruit Dance Festival) | VideoCabaret and Rough House Dance |
| Sometimes the Sex is so Good (Sweet Ephemera) | DanceWorks presents Tavia Christina |
| Still Life (dance: made in / fait au canada Festival) | princess productions |
| Tea with Mara | Citadel + Compagnie co-presented with Suzanne Liska |
| TEJAS (Ripe Fruit Dance Festival) | VideoCabaret and Rough House Dance |
| The Boy and The Wolf | Ismailova Theatre of Dance |
| The Room Upstairs | Presented by DanceWorks and Toronto Dance Theatre + Co-produced by DanceWorks and Holla Jazz in collaboration with Toronto Dance Theatre |
| This Piece is Not About Motherhood, it’s About the Body (Citadel Dance Exchange – Programme 2) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| This Skin Is Not My Own (Ripe Fruit Dance Festival) | VideoCabaret and Rough House Dance |
| to be here (MIGHTY DANCES IN A small SPACE) | VideoCabaret |
| Unplugged (dance: made in / fait au canada Festival, Wolfe Series) | princess productions |
| Unraveled Bloom (Citadel Dance Exchange – Programme 1) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| What belongs to us/Ce qui nous appartient (dance: made in / fait au canada Festival, Lecavalier Series) | princess productions |
| ZAYO | dance Immersion & Esie Mensah Creations, in association with TO Live |
| zikr (Citadel Dance Exchange – Programme 2) | Citadel + Compagnie |
Touring Division
| …And the Ideas Soar | Animal Religion presented by WeeFestival Arts and Culture for Early Years |
| A Taste of Hong Kong | A co-production by Pi Theatre and fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre in association with vAct, presented by Theatre Passe Muraille |
| Afro Latin Soul (AFROFUSION: Signature Programme 1) | Sekou McMiller and Friends presented by Fall for Dance North |
| An Oak Tree | The Luminato Festival |
| Aves (Citadel Dance Exchange – Programme 1) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Bijuriya | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents Gabriel Dharmoo |
| Bonnes Bonnes | Nervous Hunter presented by Factory Theatre and Théâtre français de Toronto |
| Braids & Heritage (Intimate Pairings) | Stacey Désilier and Jossua Satinée presented by Fall for Dance North and Citadel + Compagnie |
| Chaturang ki Chaupal (KATHAK & BALLET: Signature Programme 3) | Nad-Roop presented by Fall for Dance North |
| Duende (AFROFUSION: Signature Programme 1) | Dickson Mbi Company presented by Fall for Dance North |
| Hamlet | The Luminato Festival |
| Leaving Home | Matchstick Theatre in association with Coal Mine Theatre |
| Michel(le) | Théâtre La Seizième presented by Théâtre français de Toronto |
| Nigamon/Tunai | The Luminato Festival |
| Nzinga | Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui co-production with La Sentinelle, presented by Théâtre français de Toronto |
| only child (Sweet Ephemera) | DanceWorks presents Calder White |
| Sans collier, Physiographie d’existences (Citadel Dance Exchange – Programme 2) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| SHIVO-AHAM-AN ODE TO THE SOUL (KATHAK & BALLET: Signature Programme 3) | Dheerendra Tiwari presented by Fall for Dance North |
| Spine of the Mother | Raven Spirit Production, presented by Native Earth Performing Arts |
| The Far Side of the Moon | Ex Machina presented by Canadian Stage |
| To Begin With | L’Arrière Scène presented by WeeFestival Arts and Culture for Early Years |
| Tree | Young People’s Theatre presents Thיגtre Motus |
| What the Day Owes to the Night | The Luminato Festival |
Innovative Experience
| A Christmas Carol | The Three Ships Collective, with the support of Soup Can Theatre |
| White Rabbit Red Rabbit | One Four One Collective in association with the Assembly Theatre and Nassim Soleimanpour Productions |
| The Haunting | UnSpun Theatre |
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 